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House approves bill barring use of business license to terminate nonconforming rental uses
Summary
House Bill 381, sponsored by Representative Sandstrom, passed the Utah House to prohibit municipalities from using business-license renewal processes to force physical changes or termination of legal nonconforming rental housing uses; the bill passed 72-0 and is headed to the Senate.
The Utah House approved House Bill 381, which prevents cities from using business-license requirements to force physical changes that would terminate legal nonconforming rental housing uses.
Representative Sandstrom said the bill addresses situations where cities have retooled land-use ordinances such that previously legal rentals become nonconforming and are then pressured out through business-license compliance requirements. He said the bill protects private-property interests and was developed with input from the Utah Realtors Association and the Utah League of Cities and Towns.
Sandstrom told the House this measure would prohibit a city from forcing structural changes or nonrenewal of a business license as a method to terminate a lawful nonconforming rental use. The sponsor said the bill was developed after meetings with municipal stakeholders and real-estate interests and represents a straightforward property-rights protection in municipal land-use code.
After limited floor discussion and no further amendments, the House opened the vote and passed HB381 with 72 yes and 0 no; the bill will be transmitted to the Senate.
