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ULCT training: Use conditional use permits sparingly and write clear standards, presenters say
Summary
At a Utah League of Cities and Towns Land Use Academy session, speakers urged cities to reserve conditional use permits for exceptional cases, document review standards in code (citing Title 10, Ch. 20), and consider delegating administrative review to staff or planning commissions.
Meg, identified in the session as the senior land use planner, told attendees that conditional use permits (CUPs) are an administrative tool that must be grounded in written standards. She cited state law (Title 10, Chapter 20) requiring jurisdictions that use CUPs to include standards in their zoning code and said that, if an application meets those standards, the permit "shall be approved."
Meg recommended limiting the use of CUPs and, where a use is expected and common, making it a permitted use…
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