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Utah Code § 10-20-626, 2026

A municipality may regulate a structure’s habitable stories and overall height. For certain commercial lodging applications approved on or before September 1, 2025, a land use authority may not limit above-ground…

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“A municipality may regulate a structure’s habitable stories and overall height. For certain commercial lodging applications approved on or before September 1, 2025, a land use authority may not limit above-ground habitable stories within the approved maximum height if conflicting regulations apply.”

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Structure height.

A municipality may regulate a structure’s habitable stories and overall height. For certain commercial lodging applications approved on or before September 1, 2025, a land use authority may not limit above-ground habitable stories within the approved maximum…

Section 10-20-626

Subsection 10-20-626(1)

A municipality may regulate the number of habitable stories in a structure and its overall height.

Section 10-20-626(1)

Subsection 10-20-626(2)

A land use authority may not limit the number of above-ground habitable stories for an approved commercial lodging structure in the stated circumstances.

Section 10-20-626(2)

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Part 10-20-6

part 10-20-6 Land Use Regulations - Particular Situations

§ 10-20-626Structure height.Provision

A municipality may regulate a structure’s habitable stories and overall height. For certain commercial lodging applications approved on or before September 1, 2025, a land use authority may not limit above-ground habitable stories within the approved maximum height if conflicting regulations apply.

Structure height. A municipality may regulate: the number of habitable stories that a structure may contain; and the overall height of a structure. If a land use authority approved a land use application for a commercial lodging structure on or before September 1, 2025, and the land use application is subject to land use regulations described in Subsection (1) that conflict, the land use authority may not limit the number of above-ground habitable stories the land use applicant builds within the maximum overall height that the land use authority approved for the structure.
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§ 10-20-626(1)Subsection 10-20-626(1)Provision

A municipality may regulate the number of habitable stories in a structure and its overall height.

A municipality may regulate: the number of habitable stories that a structure may contain; and the overall height of a structure.
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§ 10-20-626(1)(a)Subsection 10-20-626(1)(a)Provision

A structure may contain a specified number of habitable stories.

the number of habitable stories that a structure may contain; and
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§ 10-20-626(1)(b)Subsection 10-20-626(1)(b)Provision

the overall height of a structure.

the overall height of a structure.
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§ 10-20-626(2)Subsection 10-20-626(2)Provision

A land use authority may not limit the number of above-ground habitable stories for an approved commercial lodging structure in the stated circumstances.

If a land use authority approved a land use application for a commercial lodging structure on or before September 1, 2025, and the land use application is subject to land use regulations described in Subsection (1) that conflict, the land use authority may not limit the number of above-ground habitable stories the land use applicant builds within the maximum overall height that the land use authority approved for the structure.
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