Property owners entitled to assistance from Ombudsman
Wasatch County v. Okelberry
When continuous public use causes dedication of private land for a public road.
Three D Corp. v. Salt Lake City
Total denial of access is compensable.
Wintergreen Group, LLC v. UDOT
Ripeness and right to pursue claims for compensation.
UDOT v. Boggess-Draper (UT Ct. App.) (2025)
Distinguishing general and special benefits in cases of severance damages.
Living Rivers v. San Juan County
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 162 The Utah Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s ruling that associational standing is not available under LUDMA, though it upheld dismissal of the case because the party lacked statutory standing. The San Juan County Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for tent camping on a 240-acre property in Upper Mill …
Springdale Lodging v. Springdale
Utah Court of Appeals 2024 UT App 83 (May 31, 2024) (click for full text of opinion) In remanding the district court ’s dismissal of a property owner’s challenge of a rezone denial, the Utah Court of Appeals found that the district court misconstrued state law provisions that were applicable only to judicial review of administrative decisions, and not legislative …
Bermes v. Summit County
a technical error in citing the wrong ordinance standards in a written decision’s conclusions of law did not require the county to allow additional discussion on the application upon a court’s remand to correct the findings and conclusions, because the substance of the correct standards had adequately been discussed in the land use authority’s proceedings.
Northern Monticello Alliance v. San Juan County (NMA II)
Failure of a land use authority to make adequate written findings was a “fatal flaw” in subsequent decisions of the appeal authority and district court that purported to uphold the land use authority’s decision under a deferential standard of review.
