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Echo Canyon development draws lawsuit challenging Utah’s corporate-run “preliminary municipality” law.
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Miss: City Slickers On one hand, the Legislature wants all of the power. On the other hand, they’re happy to give it to developers. Those pesky voters just stand in the way of the people with big brains—you know, the ones you elected and the ones with all the money.
At least some voters near Moab are having none of it and are suing to eliminate a special law. Passed in 2024, SB258 provides something called “preliminary municipality status.” In other words, a corporation with land holdings can set itself up as a city or town with the authority to adopt zoning and infrastructure decisions.
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