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Staff briefs housing authority on recent state bills, reporting deadlines and ADU changes
Summary
Staff summarized several Utah bills (HB 68, HR 6, HB 436, HB 504, HB 492, SB 284), explaining structural changes, a July 1 reporting requirement and policy shifts affecting ADUs and regional development zones.
Staff gave a legislative overview of bills passed in the recent Utah session and highlighted items relevant to the county’s housing strategy, including program restructuring, priority consideration rules and reporting deadlines.
"HB 68 ... restructured the housing programs ... and repealed the committee on housing affordability," staff said, summarizing structural changes at the state level. The presentation also noted HR 6’s support for the state housing strategic plan and changes in HB 436 that froze moderate-income housing plan reporting for 2026 while maintaining the county’s priority consideration status.
Staff highlighted HB 504’s sunset of certain HTRZ designations in 2028 and SB 284’s broad land-use provisions (new public checklists online, planning commission training requirements and a change that moves appeal authority from county council to an administrative law judge). The board asked staff to track the items affecting detached ADUs, reporting of certificates of occupancy by July 1 and the county’s next steps to align local code.
