MESA DEVELOPMENT CO. v. Sandy City Corp.

BILLINGS, Judge:

Mesa Development Company (Mesa) appeals an order of the district court granting summary judgment for the City of Sandy (Sandy City) in Mesa’s challenge to a city ordinance annexing Mesa’s property. We affirm.

FACTS

Mesa is a Utah corporation engaged in real estate development. In 1998, Mesa owned numerous properties in the Salt Lake City area, including an undeveloped 3.89 acre lot in a semirural neighborhood adjacent to Sandy City limits.

In 1993, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) began plans to build a chapel on Mesa’s lot. As part of the development…