Utah Code § 10-20-903
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§ 10-20-903. Historic preservation authority.
Official statutory text
(1) (a) A legislative body may designate a historic preservation authority. (b) A legislative body may not designate the legislative body or the municipality's governing body as a historic preservation authority. (2) In making administrative decisions on land use applications, a historic preservation authority shall apply the plain language of the land use regulations to a land use application. (3) If a land use regulation does not plainly restrict a land use application, the historic preservation authority shall interpret and apply the land use regulation to favor the land use application.
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