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Utah House adopts permit-speed and design-limits bill aimed at lowering housing costs
Summary
The House passed second-substitute House Bill 98 to expedite permits and restrict local design rules for single-family homes, allowing builders to begin after 14 days and to hire private inspectors if municipalities miss 3‑day inspection deadlines; the House amended the bill to extend the historic-district cutoff to 1950.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 26 approved second-substitute House Bill 98, legislation its sponsor said is intended to speed construction and reduce costs that he and supporters say are driven by local design rules and slow permitting.
Representative Paul Ray, the bill sponsor, told colleagues that current law gives cities 14 days to issue a building permit but no enforcement mechanism; HB 98 would let a builder begin construction after 14 days if the applicant…
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