Thurston v. Cache County

HALL, Justice:

Plaintiffs Ken Thurston and Michael P. Nielsen appeal from the trial court’s refusal to grant declaratory relief from the denial, by the County Commission of Cache County, Utah, of plaintiffs’ request for certain conditional use permits to build residences in an agricultural area.

Pursuant to Utah law, 1 Cache County adopted a master zoning plan for the unincorporated areas of the county in 1970. The plan reflected solicitude for agricultural lands lying within the county and contained certain measures designed to alleviate the effects of “scattered and premature urbanization.”…