Legal Opinion
Washington Townhomes, LLC v. Washington County Water Conservancy District
Utah Supreme Court
Decided October 3, 2016No. 20150258PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ASSOCIATE CHIEF JUSTICE LEE,
opinion of the Court:
¶1 This is a putative class action aimed at challenging the legality of certain impact’fees imposed by the Washington County Water Conservancy District. The case was filéd by a group of property owners who paid impact fees — a “water availability charge” — to the District within a specific time period. The plaintiffs claim that the impact fees run afoul of the Impact Fees Act, UTAH CODE §§ 11-36a-201 to -205, and amount to a taking under the Utah and United States Constitutions.
¶2 The District defends its impact fees by asserting that they were…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Agins v. City of TiburonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Dolan v. City of TigardSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist.Supreme Court of the United States · 2013
- Ehrlich v. City of Culver CityCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
- Powell v. CannonUtah Supreme Court · 2008
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Wash. Townhomes v. Wash.Co.Utah Supreme Court · 2016