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UC3 warns county that SB 337 would curtail local planning authority, offers constitution-focused training
Summary
Sarah Davenport Smith of UC3 told Emery County commissioners that Senate Bill 337 would have shifted planning and zoning authority away from local governments and described a June 2025 executive order she called a "soft mandate" of the bill; UC3 offered membership, training and constitutional analysis to counties.
Sarah Davenport Smith, founder and managing director of UC3 (the Utah Coalition of Cities and Counties), told the Emery County Commission on June 3 that the group will offer constitution-focused training, policy analysis and representation to counties and cities statewide.
Smith said one legislative effort she and UC3 tracked this year, Senate Bill 337, "would have given our state way too much leeway" in planning and zoning decisions and that a recently signed executive order is a "soft…
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