Sen. Al Mansell may be rewriting his land-use bill -- the one he acknowledged was "over the top" -- but Utah cities aren't forgetting the original.

City leaders are planning to get the Sandy Republican's attention by endorsing resolutions that "strongly oppose" SB170. City councils -- including those in West Valley City, West Jordan, South Jordan, Midvale, Murray, South Salt Lake, Draper and Provo -- are set to vote on resolutions tonight.

A sample of resolution language includes this proposed statement from West Jordan: "This bill wields a meat-cleaver approach to land-use surgery, hacking off the arm to treat a lesion. And it hands that cleaver squarely into the developer's hands."

The Utah League of Cities and Towns "encouraged" cities to craft resolutions opposing the measure. Mansell's original version would have stripped cities of the ability to reject or change development plans. It also would have prevented cities from planning to relieve congestion or sprawl, from protecting hillsides or from requiring specific aesthetics.

The resolutions, however, come a week after Mansell announced he was scrapping the majority of SB170 in favor of a revised version, still in the works.

Realtor lobbyists say the new bill will focus on procedures, such as how long a city can take to process an application for development. Cities appear to be preparing to try to scuttle the revised version of SB170.

"This new bill is not something that our council can support in any way, shape or form," said Terry Ann Harward, executive director of the Provo City Council.

-- Jacob Santini and Todd Hollingshead