permit

Finally Food Truck Freedom

Food trucks should not have to pay redundant and costly fees for a government permission slip in each city.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 30th Nov 2021

A New Model for Building Permits Shows a Bright Future

Utah faces a real estate crunch, both residential and commercial. Making it faster and easier to get a building permit could relieve some of that pressure.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 20th Jul 2021

Op-Eds

Utah needs to streamline its permitting processes

Rather than ask Utahns to weave through a patchwork of confusing regulations, Senate Bill 204 would ensure that permitting processes throughout the state meet three simple and common-sense rules.

Aerin Christensen
| 24th Feb 2021

Personal Freedom

Problematic Permitting Is More Than Just Annoying

When the permitting process is too complicated, too expensive, or takes too long to accomplish, it's more than just a headache—it can be downright dangerous.

Aerin Christensen
| 23rd Nov 2020

Op-Eds

Procrastination as rejection in the permitting process

With no deadline by which a permit decision has to be made, issuing entities can indefinitely postpone consideration of an application, effectively denying it.

Aerin Christensen
| 29th Sep 2020

Blog, Free Market

Are City Permits Up to Code?

Permits were intended to be straightforward and a means to protect the safety and rights of others. But over time they have been used to restrict opportunity and freedom.

Michael Melendez
| 22nd Aug 2019

Finally Food Truck Freedom

A New Model for Building Permits Shows a Bright Future

Utah needs to streamline its permitting processes

Problematic Permitting Is More Than Just Annoying

Procrastination as rejection in the permitting process

Are City Permits Up to Code?

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