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Ombudsman trains Grand County commissioners on conditional use permits and the need to —show your work—
Summary
Jordan Collemore of the Utah Ombudsman's Office led a workshop explaining why conditional use permits are administrative decisions that must be supported by substantial evidence, how to craft objective standards and conditions, and why clear factual findings in the record are essential to withstand legal challenge.
Jordan Collemore, lead attorney at the Utah Ombudsman's Office, led a training for Grand County commissioners on the legal standards that govern conditional use permits (CUPs), emphasizing the difference between legislative and administrative land-use decisions and the evidentiary burden that applies when the county acts as the land-use authority.
Collemore told commissioners that CUPs are administrative applications and therefore ‘‘you're not deciding what you want the rules to be'' but rather must…
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