Utah Code § 78B-6a-402

Defense in private nuisance action for manufacturing facility in operation over
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three years.
(1)
(a) A person or government entity does not have a right of action for a private nuisance under
this chapter for any changed circumstance in land uses near a manufacturing facility if:
(i) the manufacturing facility has been in operation for more than three years; and
(ii) the manufacturing facility was not a private nuisance at the time the manufacturing facility
began operation.
(b) The manufacturing facility may not increase the condition asserted to be a private nuisance.
(c) The provisions of this Subsection (1) do not apply if a private nuisance results from the
negligent or improper operation of a manufacturing facility.
(2) Nothing in this section affects the right of a person in an action other than an action for a private
or public nuisance to recover damages for injuries or damage sustained as a result of the
pollution or change in the conditions of the waters of a stream or overflow of the lands of any
person.
(3)
(a) Any and all ordinances adopted by any county or municipal corporation in which a
manufacturing facility is located that makes the manufacturing facility's operation a private
nuisance or providing for an abatement as a private nuisance in the circumstances set forth in
this section are null and void.
(b) The provisions of this Subsection (3) may not apply whenever a private nuisance results from
the negligent or improper operation of a manufacturing facility.
(4) This section does not apply to an action under Part 2, Public Nuisance.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 401, 2026 General Session

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