{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17-79-801","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17-79-801","heading":"Land use authority requirements -- Nature of land use decision.","body":"(1) A land use authority shall apply the plain language of land use regulations.\n(2) If a land use regulation does not plainly restrict a land use application, the land use authority shall interpret and apply the land use regulation to favor the land use application.\n(3) A land use decision of a land use authority is an administrative act, even if the land use authority is the legislative body.","path":["Title 17 Counties","Chapter 17-79 County Land Use, Development, and Management Act","Part 17-79-8 Administration of Land Use, Development, and Management Provisions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter79/17-79-S801.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"c9906f699810b6f1335b2a4c076cd04c9e82ca0ee2c0df103d6bb7fb933dc2e9","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17-79-716","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17-79-802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}