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Utah land-use guides
Short, sourced answers to the questions that come up when a rezone, annexation or new development shows up on a Utah agenda. Each guide cites the Utah Code or the city's own pages and says when it was last checked.
How rezones and annexations work in Utah cities
Who decides a rezone or annexation in a Utah city, what notice is required, and how to object or protest, with current Utah Code citations.
Utah zoning codes explained
What zoning letters like R-1-8, A-1, C-2, M-1 and MU mean in Salt Lake City, West Jordan, Draper, Provo, Orem, Lehi, Saratoga Springs and unincorporated Utah County.
How to track development applications in Utah
Which free and paid ways to follow rezones, site plans and subdivisions in Utah cover what, what they cost, and what they miss.
How Utah Land-Use Radar works
Where this site's agenda items come from, how often they are checked, how the AI summaries are written, and how accurate they are.
See what's on the agendas
Browse land-use items by place: this week's items, any city from the city list, or the Salt Lake County and Utah County pages. For example: Salt Lake City, Provo, Lehi, West Jordan.
Guides are plain-language summaries, not legal advice. Spot an error? See contact and corrections.