Utah Code § 10-20-904

(1) A municipality may impose or collect a fee for reviewing or approving the plans for a commercial or residential building, not to exceed the lesser of: (a) the actual cost of performing the plan review; and (b) 65% of the amount the municipality charges for a building permit fee for that building. (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), a municipality may impose and collect a fee for reviewing and approving identical plans, as described in Section 10-20-908, not to exceed the lesser of: (i) the actual cost of performing the plan review; or (ii) 30% of the fee that would be imposed and collected under Subsection (1). (b) A municipality may impose and collect a fee for reviewing an original plan, as defined in Section 10-20-908, that an applicant submits with the intent that the original plan be used as the basis for a future identical plan submission, the same as any other plan review fee under Subsection (1). (3) A municipality may not impose or collect a hookup fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of installing and inspecting the pipe, line, meter, and appurtenance to connect to the municipal water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility system. (4) A municipality may not impose or collect: (a) a land use application fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of processing the application or issuing the permit; (b) an inspection, regulation, or review fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of performing the inspection, regulation, or review; or (c) an inspection fee on a qualified water conservancy district, as defined in Section 17B-2a-1010, that hires a qualified inspector to conduct inspections on new infrastructure. (5) (a) If requested by an applicant who is charged a fee or an owner of residential property upon which a fee is imposed, the municipality shall provide an itemized fee statement that shows the calculation method for each fee. (b) If an applicant who is charged a fee or an owner of residential property upon which a fee is imposed submits a request for an itemized fee statement no later than 30 days after the day on which the applicant or owner pays the fee, the municipality shall no later than 10 days after the day on which the request is received provide or commit to provide within a specific time: (i) for each fee, any studies, reports, or methods relied upon by the municipality to create the calculation method described in Subsection (5)(a); (ii) an accounting of each fee paid; (iii) how each fee will be distributed; and (iv) information on filing a fee appeal through the process described in Subsection (5)(c). (c) A municipality shall establish a fee appeal process subject to an appeal authority described in Part 11, Appeal Authority, Variances, and District Court Review, and district court review in accordance with Part 11, Appeal Authority, Variances, and District Court Review, to determine whether a fee reflects only the reasonable estimated cost of: (i) regulation; (ii) processing an application; (iii) issuing a permit; or (iv) delivering the service for which the applicant or owner paid the fee. (6) A municipality may not impose on or collect from a public agency any fee associated with the public agency's development of its land other than: (a) subject to Subsection (4), a fee for a development service that the public agency does not itself provide; (b) subject to Subsection (3), a hookup fee; and (c) an impact fee for a public facility listed in Subsection 11-36a-102(17)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (g), subject to any applicable credit under Subsection 11-36a-402(2).