This bill deals with regulation of certain land uses in residential zones.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- provides that a person may make a request to a municipality or county in regard to a proposed land use that conforms with a preferred land use regulation;
- requires a municipality or county to determine if a request conforms with a preferred land use regulation and provide notice of the determination to the applicant;
- authorizes a planning commission or legislative body to deny a request, under certain conditions, that conforms with a preferred land use regulation;
- provides that if a planning commission or legislative body does not deny a request that conforms with a preferred land use regulation within 30 days, the request becomes a permitted use;
- provides that a municipality's or county's determination that a request does not meet statutory requirements for a preferred land use regulation is an administrative act;
- provides that a planning commission's decision to deny a request that conforms with a preferred land use regulation is an administrative act;
- provides that a legislative body's decision to deny a request that conforms with a preferred land use regulation is a legislative act; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.