Section 10-9a-527 - Historic preservation authority(1)(a) A legislative body may designate a historic preservation authority.(b) A legislative body may not designate the legislative body or the municipality's governing body as a historic preservation authority.(2) In making administrative decisions on land use applications, a historic preservation authority shall apply the plain language of the land use regulations to a land use application.(3) If a land use regulation does not plainly restrict a land use application, the historic preservation authority shall interpret and apply the land use regulation to favor the land use application. Added by Chapter 17, 2017 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/9/2017.