2-4-080 Nonconforming Use as Affirmative Defense
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The official Box Elder County code is at https://www.boxeldercountyut.gov/241/Land-Use-Management-Development-Code.
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It shall be an affirmative defense to the enforcement of the provisions of this Code that the action complained of is a legally nonconforming lot, nonconforming use, Noncomplying structure, or other nonconformity as governed by the provisions of Chapter 2-3 of this Code.
2-4-070 Remedies and Enforcement Powers · 2-4-090 Enforcement Procedures