Utah Code § 10-2a-205.5 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2a / § 10-2a-205.5
§ 10-2a-205.5. Additional feasibility consultant considerations for proposed incorporation of community council area -- Additional feasibility study requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Applicable community council" means the community council that represents the community council area that is proposed to be incorporated. (b) "Request sponsors" means the sponsors of a feasibility request relating to the proposed incorporation of a community council area. (2) Subsections 10-2a-205(3)(a) and (b) do not apply to a feasibility study for a proposed incorporation of a community council area. (3) A feasibility consultant conducting a feasibility study for a proposed incorporation of a community council area shall consider: (a) population and population density within the community council area; (b) current and five-year projections of demographics and economic base in the community council area, including household size and income, commercial and industrial development, and public facilities; (c) projected population growth in the community council area during the next five years; (d) subject to Subsection (4)(a), the present and five-year projections of the cost, including overhead, of providing the same or a similar service in the community council area as is provided by the municipal services district, including a comparison of: (i) the estimated cost if the municipal services district continues to provide service; (ii) the estimated cost if the community council municipality provides service directly or through a contract with another service provider; and (iii) the estimated cost if an unincorporated island within the community council area is annexed under Section 10-2-814 and the annexing municipality provides service; (e) subject to Subsection (4)(a), evaluating the present and five-year projections of the cost, including overhead, of a municipal services district providing municipal services to the community council area, comparing those costs assuming that the community council area is included in the service area of the municipal services district with those costs assuming that the community council area is excluded from the service area of the municipal services district; (f) a projection of any new taxes per household that may be levied within the community council municipality within five years after incorporation; (g) the fiscal impact that the community council area's incorporation will have on other municipalities and unincorporated areas served by the municipal services district, including any rate increase that may become necessary to maintain required coverage ratios for the municipal services district's debt if, after incorporation: (i) the municipal services district continues to provide service to the community council area; or (ii) the community council area provides service directly or through contract with another service provider; (h) the physical and other assets that will be required by the municipal services district to provide, without interruption or diminution of service, the same or a similar service to the community council municipality upon incorporation; (i) the physical and other assets that will no longer be required by the municipal services district to continue to provide the current level of service to the remainder of the service area without the community council area if the community council area incorporates and provides services directly or through contract with another service provider; (j) the number and classification of municipal services district employees who will no longer be required to serve the remaining portions of the service area if a community council area provides service directly or through contract with another service provider upon incorporation, including the dollar amount of the wages, salaries, and benefits attributable to the employees and the estimated cost associated with termination of the employees if the community council municipality does not employ the employees; (k) if the community council municipality will provide service directly or through another service provider, the effects of maintaining as a base, for a period of three years, the existing schedule of pay and benefits for municipal services district employees who may be transferred to the employment of the community council municipality or to another service provider with which the community council municipality contracts for service; and (l) any other factor that the feasibility consultant considers relevant to the cost of providing municipal services as a result of a community council area's incorporation or the annexation of one or more unincorporated islands under Section 10-2-814. (4) (a) For purposes of Subsections (3)(d) and (e): (i) the feasibility consultant shall assume a level and quality of service to be provided in the future to the community council municipality that fairly and reasonably approximates the level and quality of service that the municipal services district provides to the community council area at the time of the feasibility study; (ii) in determining the present-value cost of a service that the municipal services district provides, the feasibility consultant shall consider: (A) the cost to the community council municipality of providing the service for the first five years after incorporation; (B) the municipal services district's present and five-year projected cost of providing the same service to the community council area; (C) the present and five-year projected cost of providing the same or a similar service to the community council area if service is provided by a municipality to which one or more unincorporated islands are annexed under Section 10-2-814; (D) evaluate and detail the expected cost savings and qualitative benefits that result from a service provider other than the proposed municipality providing some municipal services; (E) incorporate into the overall cost projection for the proposed municipality the potential for municipal services to be provided by a service provider other than the proposed municipality; and (F) evaluate and detail projected costs for municipal services based on the proposed municipality providing municipal services as compared to service providers other than the proposed municipality providing municipal services funded by those other service providers; and (iii) the feasibility consultant shall consider inflation and anticipated population growth in calculating the cost of providing service. (b) A feasibility consultant may not consider an allocation of municipal services district assets or a transfer of municipal services district employees to the extent that the allocation or transfer would impair the municipal services district's ability to continue to provide the current level of service to the remainder of the municipal services district's service area without the community council area, unless the municipal services district consents to the allocation or transfer. (5) (a) A feasibility consultant shall prepare a written report of the results of the feasibility study. (b) A report under Subsection (5)(a) shall: (i) contain a recommendation as to whether the proposed incorporation of the community council area is functionally and financially feasible for the community council area; (ii) include any conditions the feasibility consultant determines are required to be satisfied to make the incorporation functionally and financially feasible; and (iii) compare the costs of incorporation to the costs of the unincorporated islands within the community council area being annexed under Section 10-2-814. (c) (i) Before finalizing a written report under this Subsection (5), the feasibility consultant shall provide a copy of a draft feasibility study report to the request sponsors and the county for their review and comments. (ii) Based on comments provided under Subsection (5)(c)(i), a feasibility consultant may adjust the draft feasibility study report before finalizing the report. (6) Upon completion of the feasibility study and preparation of a written report, the feasibility consultant shall deliver a copy of the report to: (a) the applicable community council; (b) the request sponsors; (c) the municipal services district that provides service to the community council area; (d) the county in which the community council area is located; and (e) each municipality that borders any part of the community council area. (7) (a) (i) If the request sponsors or the county in which the community council area is located disagrees with any aspect of a feasibility study report or, if applicable, a feasibility study report modified under Subsection (7)(c), the request sponsors or county may, within 20 business days after receiving a copy of the report under Subsection (6) or a copy of a modified feasibility study report under Subsection (7)(c)(ii), submit to the feasibility consultant a written objection detailing the disagreement. (ii) Request sponsors who submit a written objection under Subsection (7)(a)(i) shall simultaneously deliver a copy of the objection to the county. (iii) A county that submits a written objection under Subsection (7)(a)(i) shall simultaneously deliver a copy of the objection to the request sponsors. (b) (i) The request sponsors or a county may, within 10 business days after receiving an objection under Subsection (7)(a)(i), submit to the feasibility consultant a written response to the objection. (ii) The request sponsors who submit a response under Subsection (7)(b)(i) shall simultaneously deliver a copy of the response to the county. (iii) A county that submits a response under Subsection (7)(b)(i) shall simultaneously deliver a copy of the response to the request sponsors. (c) If an objection is filed under Subsection (7)(a)(i), the feasibility consultant shall, within 20 business days after the expiration of the deadline under Subsection (7)(b)(i) for submitting a response to an objection: (i) (A) modify the feasibility study report; or (B) explain in writing why the feasibility consultant is not modifying the feasibility study report; and (ii) deliver the modified feasibility study report or written explanation to: (A) the request sponsors; (B) the municipal services district that provides service to the community council area; (C) the county in which the community council area is located; and (D) each municipality that borders any part of the community council area. (d) Within seven days after the expiration of the deadline under Subsection (7)(a)(i) for submitting an objection or, if an objection is submitted, within seven days after receiving a modified feasibility study report or written explanation under Subsection (7)(c), but at least 30 days before a public hearing under Subsection (9), the applicable community council shall: (i) make a copy of the report available to the public at the primary office of the applicable community council; and (ii) post a copy of the report on the website of the applicable community council, if the applicable community council has a website. (8) (a) A feasibility study report or, if a feasibility study report is modified under Subsection (7), a modified feasibility study report may not be challenged unless the basis of the challenge is that the report results from collusion or fraud. (b) Subsection (8)(a) does not apply to an objection to a feasibility study report or a modified feasibility study report under Subsection (7). (9) (a) Following the expiration of the deadline under Subsection (7)(a)(i) for submitting an objection, or, if an objection is submitted under Subsection (7)(a)(i), following the applicable community council's receipt of the modified feasibility study report or written explanation under Subsection (7)(c), the applicable community council shall, at the applicable community council's next regular meeting, schedule at least one public hearing to be held: (i) within the following 60 days; and (ii) for the purpose of allowing: (A) the feasibility consultant to present the results of the feasibility study; and (B) the public to become informed about the feasibility study results, to ask the feasibility consultant questions about the feasibility study, and to express the public's views about the proposed incorporation of the community council area. (b) At a public hearing under Subsection (9)(a), the applicable community council shall: (i) provide a copy of the feasibility study for public review; and (ii) allow the public to: (A) ask the feasibility consultant questions about the feasibility study; and (B) express the public's views about the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed incorporation as compared to a potential annexation under Section 10-2-814. (c) (i) The applicable community council shall publish notice of a hearing under Subsection (9)(a), as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for three consecutive weeks immediately before the public hearing. (ii) A notice under Subsection (9)(c)(i) shall state: (A) the date, time, and location of the public hearing; and (B) that a copy of the feasibility study report may be obtained, free of charge, at the office of the applicable community council or, if applicable, on the applicable community council's website. (10) A community council area may not incorporate if the feasibility study concludes that incorporation of the community council area is not functionally and financially feasible. (11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part: (a) the lieutenant governor shall pay the fees and costs of a feasibility consultant using funds from the Municipal Incorporation Expendable Special Revenue Fund under Section 10-2a-220; and (b) if the community council area incorporates as a municipality, the newly incorporated municipality shall pay incorporation costs to the lieutenant governor and county as provided in Section 10-2a-220. (12) Unless the request sponsors and county agree otherwise, conditions that a feasibility study report indicates are necessary to be met for the incorporation of the community council area to be functionally and financially feasible for the proposed community council municipality are binding on the community council municipality and county if the incorporation occurs.
Utah Code § 10-2-602 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-602
§ 10-2-602. Contents of resolution or petition.
Status: in_force

(1) The resolution of the governing body or the petition of the electors shall include: (a) a statement fully describing each of the areas to be included within the consolidated municipality; (b) the name of the proposed consolidated municipality; and (c) the names of the municipalities to be consolidated. (2) (a) The resolution or petition shall state the population of each of the municipalities within the area of the proposed consolidated municipality and the total population of the proposed consolidated municipality. (b) The population for each municipality under Subsection (2)(a) shall be derived from: (i) the estimate of the Utah Population Committee created in Section 63C-20-103; or (ii) if the Utah Population Committee estimate is not available, the most recent official census or census estimate of the United States Bureau of the Census. (3) The first page of a petition described in this section shall include the following statement in at least the same size type as the majority of the other statements on the page:"WARNING TO SIGNERS WITH PRIVATE VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDSIf you sign this petition, your voter identification number and the date you signed may be publicly disclosed. This disclosure may occur even if you are an at-risk voter with a voter registration record that has been classified as a private record."
Utah Code § 10-8-20 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-20
§ 10-8-20. Lighting works -- Contracts -- Retainage.
Status: in_force

(1) They may contract with and authorize any person, company or association to construct gas works, electric or other lighting works within the city, and give such persons, company or association the privilege of furnishing light for the public buildings, streets, sidewalks and alleys of the city for any length of time not exceeding three years. (2) If any payment on a contract with a private person, firm, or corporation to construct gas works, electric or other lighting works within the city is retained or withheld, it shall be retained or withheld and released as provided in Section 13-8-5.
Utah Code § 10-7-76 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-76
§ 10-7-76. Payment of witness fees and mileage.
Status: in_force

Whenever a criminal action arising out of the violation of a city or town ordinance is tried on appeal, the per diems and mileage of witnesses for the prosecution shall be paid out of the treasury of the city or town in which such action originated.
Utah Code § 10-2-302 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-302
§ 10-2-302. Change of class of municipality.
Status: in_force

(1) Each municipality shall retain its classification under Section 10-2-301 until changed as provided in this section or Subsection 67-1a-2(3). (2) If a municipality's population, as determined by the lieutenant governor under Subsection 67-1a-2(3), indicates that the municipality's population has decreased below the limit for its current class, the legislative body of the municipality may petition the lieutenant governor to prepare a certificate indicating the class in which the municipality belongs based on the decreased population figure. (3) A municipality's change in class is effective on the date of the lieutenant governor's certificate under Subsection 67-1a-2(3).
Utah Code § 10-6-151 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-151
§ 10-6-151. Independent audit requirements.
Status: in_force

Independent audits of all cities are required to be performed in conformity with Title 51, Chapter 2a, Accounting Reports from Political Subdivisions, Interlocal Organizations, and Other Local Entities Act.
Utah Code § 10-2-803 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-803
§ 10-2-803. Annexation policy plan.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (9), before a municipality may annex an unincorporated area: (a) the municipality's planning commission shall prepare and recommend to the legislative body an annexation policy plan, as described in Subsections (2) through (4); and (b) a municipal legislative body shall adopt a recommended annexation policy plan, as described in Subsection (6). (2) (a) Each proposed annexation policy plan shall include: (i) a map of the expansion area which may include territory located outside the county in which the municipality is located; (ii) a statement of the specific criteria that will guide the municipality's decision whether or not to grant future annexation petitions, addressing matters relevant to those criteria including: (A) the character of the community; (B) the need for municipal services in developed and undeveloped unincorporated areas; (C) the municipality's plans for extension of municipal services; (D) how the services will be financed; (E) an estimate of the tax consequences to residents both currently within the municipal boundaries and in the expansion area; and (F) the interests of all affected entities; and (iii) justification for excluding from the expansion area any area containing urban development within 1/2 mile of the municipality's boundary; and (b) In addition to the requirements described in Subsection (2)(a), a recommended annexation policy plan shall also include a statement addressing any comments made by affected entities at or within 10 days after the public meeting described in Subsection (4)(d). (3) In preparing a proposed annexation policy plan, the planning commission shall: (a) attempt to avoid gaps between or overlaps with the expansion areas of other municipalities; (b) consider population growth projections for the municipality and adjoining areas for the next 20 years; (c) consider current and projected costs of infrastructure, urban services, and public facilities necessary: (i) to facilitate full development of the area within the municipality; and (ii) to expand the infrastructure, services, and facilities into the area being considered for inclusion in the expansion area; (d) consider, in conjunction with the municipality's general plan, the need over the next 20 years for additional land suitable for residential, commercial, and industrial development; (e) consider the reasons for including agricultural lands, forests, recreational areas, and wildlife management areas in the municipality; and (f) be guided by the principles set forth in Subsection 10-2-806(5). (4) Before presenting a recommended annexation policy plan to a municipal legislative body, the planning commission shall: (a) prepare a proposed annexation policy plan, as described in Subsections (2)(a) and (3); (b) hold a public meeting to allow affected entities to examine the proposed annexation policy plan and to provide comments on the proposed annexation policy plan; (c) provide notice of the public meeting under Subsection (4)(b): (i) as a class A notice, as described in Section 63G-30-102; and (ii) to each affected entity at least 14 days before the day of the meeting; (d) accept and consider any additional written comments from affected entities for 10 days following the public meeting under Subsection (4)(b); (e) if the planning commission receives comments from affected entities under Subsection (4)(b) or written comments under (4)(d): (i) if appropriate, make modifications to the proposed annexation policy plan; and (ii) modify the proposed annexation policy plan to include the statement required by Subsection (2)(b); (f) hold a public hearing on the proposed annexation policy plan, including any new modifications to the proposed annexation policy plan under Subsection (4)(e); (g) provide notice of the public hearing described in Subsection (4)(f): (i) as class A notice, as described in Section 63G-30-102; and (ii) to each affected entity at least 14 days before the day of the hearing; (h) make any final modifications to the proposed annexation policy plan, as appropriate, based on public input provided at the public hearing; and (i) submit the planning commission's recommended annexation policy plan to the municipal legislative body. (5) A municipal legislative body may reject a recommended annexation plan or adopt a recommended annexation plan as described in Subsection (6). (6) To adopt a recommended annexation plan, a municipal body shall: (a) hold a public hearing on the annexation policy plan recommended by the planning commission; (b) provide notice of the public hearing described in Subsection (6)(a): (i) as class A notice, as described in Section 63G-30-102; and (ii) to each affected entity at least 14 days before the day of the hearing; (c) after the public hearing, make modifications to the recommended annexation policy plan, as appropriate; and (d) adopt the recommended annexation policy plan, with or without modifications. (7) Within 30 days after adopting a recommended or modified annexation policy plan, the municipal legislative body shall submit a copy of the adopted annexation policy plan to the legislative body of each county in which any of the municipality's expansion area is located. (8) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit or restrict two or more municipalities from negotiating and cooperating with respect to defining each municipality's expansion area under an annexation policy plan. (9) (a) This section does not apply to a municipality engaged in an automatic annexation under Section 10-2-814. (b) A municipality is not required to comply with the provisions of this section for an annexation petition that is pending on May 7, 2025.
Utah Code § 10-3-1013 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1013
§ 10-3-1013. Annual and special reports by commission.
Status: in_force

The civil service commission shall in December of each year make an annual report to the board of city commissioners and shall make as many special reports as the board of city commissioners shall request.
Utah Code § 10-8-32 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-32
§ 10-8-32. Naming streets and public places.
Status: in_force

They may name streets, courts, parks, thoroughfares and other public places and change the names thereof.
Utah Code § 10-2-816 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-816
§ 10-2-816. Bonds not affected by annexations -- Payment of property taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) An annexation under this part may not jeopardize or endanger any general obligation or revenue bond. (2) A bondholder may require the payment of property taxes from any area that: (a) was included in the taxable value of the municipality or other governmental entity issuing the bond at the time the bond was issued; and (b) is no longer within the boundaries of the municipality or other governmental entity issuing the bond due to an annexation.
Utah Code § 10-5-131 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-131
§ 10-5-131. Uniform accounting and reporting procedures -- Forms -- Instructions.
Status: in_force

The state auditor, with the concurrence of the town fiscal committee, shall: (1) prescribe uniform accounting and reporting procedures for towns, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) conduct a continuing review and modification of the procedures to improve them; (3) prepare and supply each town with suitable budget and reporting forms; and (4) prepare instructional materials, conduct training programs and render other services considered necessary to assist towns in implementing the uniform accounting, budgeting, and reporting procedures.
Utah Code § 10-8-84 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-84
§ 10-8-84. Ordinances, rules, and regulations -- Passage -- Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) The municipal legislative body may pass all ordinances and rules, and make all regulations, not repugnant to law, necessary for carrying into effect or discharging all powers and duties conferred by this chapter, and as are necessary and proper to provide for the safety and preserve the health, and promote the prosperity, improve the morals, peace and good order, comfort, and convenience of the city and its inhabitants, and for the protection of property in the city. (2) The municipal legislative body may enforce obedience to the ordinances with fines or penalties in accordance with Section 10-3-703.
Utah Code § 10-20-205 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-205
§ 10-20-205. Notice of public hearings and public meetings on adoption or modification of land use regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) Each municipality shall give: (a) notice of the date, time, and place of the first public hearing to consider the adoption or any modification of a land use regulation; and (b) notice of each public meeting on the subject. (2) Each notice of a public hearing under Subsection (1)(a) shall be: (a) mailed to each affected entity at least 10 calendar days before the public hearing; and (b) (i) provided for the area directly affected by the land use ordinance change, as a class B notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least 10 calendar days before the day of the public hearing; or (ii) if the proposed land use ordinance adoption or modification is ministerial in nature, as described in Subsections (6)(a) and (b), provided as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102 for at least 10 calendar days before the day of the public hearing. (3) In addition to the notice requirements described in Subsections (1) and (2), for any proposed modification to the text of a zoning code, the notice posted in accordance with Subsection (2) shall: (a) include: (i) a summary of the effect of the proposed modifications to the text of the zoning code designed to be understood by a lay person; or (ii) a direct link to the municipality's webpage where a person can find a summary of the effect of the proposed modifications to the text of the zoning code designed to be understood by a lay person; and (b) be provided to any person upon written request. (4) Each notice of a public meeting under Subsection (1)(b) shall be provided for the municipality, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least 24 hours before the meeting. (5) (a) A municipality shall send a courtesy notice to each owner of private real property whose property is located entirely or partially within a proposed zoning map enactment or amendment at least 10 days before the scheduled day of the public hearing. (b) The notice shall: (i) identify with specificity each owner of record of real property that will be affected by the proposed zoning map or map amendments; (ii) state the current zone in which the real property is located; (iii) state the proposed new zone for the real property; (iv) provide information regarding or a reference to the proposed regulations, prohibitions, and permitted uses that the property will be subject to if the zoning map or map amendment is adopted; (v) state that the owner of real property may no later than 10 days after the day of the first public hearing file a written objection to the inclusion of the owner's property in the proposed zoning map or map amendment; (vi) state the address where the property owner should file the protest; (vii) notify the property owner that each written objection filed with the municipality will be provided to the municipal legislative body; and (viii) state the location, date, and time of the public hearing described in Section 10-20-502. (c) If a municipality mails notice to a property owner in accordance with Subsection (2)(b)(i) for a public hearing on a zoning map or map amendment, the notice required in this Subsection (5) may be included in or part of the notice described in Subsection (2)(b)(i) rather than sent separately. (6) (a) For purpose of the notice requirements in Subsection (2)(b) only, a proposed land use ordinance is ministerial in nature if the proposed land use ordinance is to: (i) bring the municipality's land use ordinances into compliance with a state or federal law; (ii) adopt a municipal land use update that affects: (A) an entire zoning district; or (B) multiple zoning districts; (iii) adopt a non-substantive, clerical text amendment to an existing land use ordinance; (iv) recodify the municipality's existing land use ordinances; or (v) designate or define an affected area for purposes of a boundary adjustment or annexation. (b) A proposed land use ordinance may include more than one of the purposes described in Subsection (6)(a) and remain ministerial in nature. (c) If a proposed land use ordinance includes an adoption or modification not described in Subsection (6)(a): (i) the proposed land use ordinance is not ministerial in nature, even if the proposed land use ordinance also includes a change or modification described in Subsection (6)(a); and (ii) the notice requirements of Subsection (2)(b)(i) apply.
Utah Code § 10-7-3 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-3
§ 10-7-3. Participation in and cooperation with local health department -- Adoption of ordinances.
Status: in_force

Each municipality shall participate in and cooperate with the local health department operating in the county in which the municipality is located. The municipality shall cooperate with the board of health of the local health department in the adoption of ordinances necessary for the protection of public health.
Utah Code § 10-1-206 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-206
§ 10-1-206. Sister municipality restriction.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "forced labor" means labor from a child or an adult that is obtained through the use of force or coercion. (2) A municipality may not enter into or renew a sister city agreement or arrangement with another municipality unless the other municipality confirms that there are no forced labor production facilities within the other municipality's borders. (3) An agreement in violation of Subsection (2) is void.
Utah Code § 10-8-52 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-52
§ 10-8-52. Buildings -- Fire limits -- Removal and destruction of buildings violating ordinance.
Status: in_force

They may define fire limits and prescribe limits within which no building shall be constructed except of brick, stone or other incombustible material, without permission, and may cause the destruction or removal of any building constructed or repaired in violation of any ordinance, and cause all buildings and enclosures which may be in a dangerous state to be put in a safe condition or removed.
Utah Code § 10-1-410 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-410
§ 10-1-410. Transactions consisting of telecommunications service and nontelecommunications services.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, "nontelecommunications services" means services or tangible personal property that are: (a) not telecommunications service; and (b) provided by a telecommunications provider to a customer. (2) Except to the extent prohibited by federal law, if a telecommunications provider provides nontelecommunications services to a customer as part of the same transaction in which the telecommunications provider provides telecommunications service, the gross receipts from the nontelecommunications services provided by the telecommunications provider are subject to a tax under this part unless: (a) the charge for the nontelecommunications services is separately identified in the statement of the transaction with the customer of the telecommunications service; or (b) from the books and records of the telecommunications provider that are kept in the regular course of business, the telecommunications provider can reasonably identify the portion of the total charge for the transaction that is attributable to: (i) the nontelecommunications services; and (ii) the telecommunications service.
Utah Code § 10-20-801 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-801
§ 10-20-801. Enactment of subdivision ordinance.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislative body of a municipality may enact ordinances requiring that a subdivision plat comply with the provisions of the municipality's ordinances and this part before: (a) the subdivision plat may be filed and recorded in the county recorder's office; and (b) lots may be sold. (2) If the legislative body fails to enact a subdivision ordinance, the municipality may regulate subdivisions only to the extent provided in this part. (3) The joining of a lot or lots to a parcel does not constitute a subdivision as to the parcel or subject the parcel to the municipality's subdivision ordinance. (4) A legislative body may adopt a land use regulation that specifies that combining lots does not require a subdivision plat amendment.
Utah Code § 10-3b-303 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3b / § 10-3b-303
§ 10-3b-303. Council in six-member council form of government.
Status: in_force

(1) The council in a municipality operating under a six-member council form of government: (a) exercises any executive or administrative power and performs or supervises the performance of any executive or administrative duty or function that: (i) has not been given to the mayor under Section 10-3b-104; or (ii) has been given to the mayor under Section 10-3b-104 but is removed from the mayor under Subsection (1)(b)(i)(A); (b) may: (i) subject to Subsections (1)(c) and (2), adopt an ordinance: (A) removing from the mayor any power, duty, or function of the mayor under Section 10-3b-104; or (B) reinstating to the mayor any power, duty, or function previously removed under Subsection (1)(b)(i)(A); (ii) adopt an ordinance delegating to the mayor any executive or administrative power, duty, or function that the council has under Subsection (1)(a); (iii) subject to Subsection 10-3b-302(1)(b)(ii)(A): (A) appoint, subject to Subsections (3) and (4), a manager to perform executive and administrative duties or functions that the council by ordinance delegates to the manager, subject to Subsection (1)(c); and (B) subject to Subsection (3), dismiss a manager appointed under Subsection (1)(b)(iii)(A); and (iv) assign any or all council members, including the mayor, to supervise one or more administrative departments of the municipality; and (c) may not remove from the mayor or delegate to a manager appointed by the council: (i) any of the mayor's legislative or judicial powers or ceremonial functions; (ii) the mayor's position as chair of the council; or (iii) any ex officio position that the mayor holds. (2) Adopting an ordinance under Subsection (1)(b)(i) removing from or reinstating to the mayor a power, duty, or function provided for in Section 10-3b-104 requires the affirmative vote of: (a) the mayor and a majority of all other council members; or (b) all council members except the mayor. (3) (a) As used in this Subsection (3), "interim vacancy period" means the period of time that: (i) begins on the day on which a municipal general election described in Section 10-3-201 is held to elect a council member; and (ii) ends on the day on which the council member-elect begins the council member's term. (b) (i) During an interim vacancy period, the council may not: (A) appoint a manager; or (B) adopt an ordinance establishing a procedure for the dismissal of a manager that is more restrictive than the procedure applicable at the time the manager was appointed. (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(b)(i)(A): (A) the council may appoint an interim manager during an interim vacancy period; and (B) the interim manager's term shall expire once a new manager is appointed by the new administration after the interim vacancy period has ended. (c) Subsection (3)(b) does not apply if all the council members who held office on the day of the municipal general election whose term of office was vacant for the election are re-elected to the council for the following term. (4) A council that appoints a manager in accordance with this section may not, on or after May 10, 2011, enter into an employment contract that contains an automatic renewal provision with the manager.
Utah Code § 10-3-710 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-710
§ 10-3-710. Publication in book, pamphlet, or looseleaf form -- State statutes.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Ordinances revised, codified, compiled and published in book, pamphlet or looseleaf form by authority of the governing body need not be printed or published in any other manner, except that the ordinance adopting the revision, codification or compilation shall be published or posted in the manner provided by law. (b) Provisions of state law may be adopted by reference. (2) Any changes necessary to conform those state laws with municipal ordinance shall be noted.
Utah Code § 10-8-94 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-94
§ 10-8-94. Towns with same authority as cities.
Status: in_force

Towns have the same powers and authority granted to cities under this chapter, in addition to other powers conferred by law, but subject to the following: (1) The town council may enact ordinances providing for the public safety, health, morals, and welfare of the town which are not prohibited, preempted by, or inconsistent with, the policy of state or federal law or the constitution of Utah or the United States, or attempt to regulate an area which by the nature of the subject requires uniform state regulation. (2) The town council: (a) may lay out, construct, open, and keep in repair canals, water ditches, or water pipes to conduct water for artificial light and power purposes, and construct, own, and operate artificial light and power plants; (b) may construct, own, and operate water pipes for irrigation, domestic, or other use for the inhabitants of the town; and (c) may annually assess and collect a special tax of not to exceed .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property in the town for those purposes.
Utah Code § 10-19-101 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-19 / § 10-19-101
§ 10-19-101. Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter is known as the "Municipal Electric Utility Carbon Emission Reduction Act."
Utah Code § 10-6-109 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-109
§ 10-6-109. Budget required for certain funds -- Capital projects fund budget.
Status: in_force

(1) The budget officer shall prepare for each budget period a budget for each of the following funds: (a) the city general fund, including the class "C" and collector road funds; (b) special revenue funds; (c) debt service funds; and (d) capital improvement funds. (2) (a) Major capital improvements financed by general obligation bonds, capital grants, or interfund transfers, shall use a capital projects fund budget. (b) The term of the budget shall coincide with the term of the individual project or projects. (c) To the extent appropriate, the requirements for preparation, adoption, and execution of the budgets of the funds enumerated in Subsection (1), as set forth in this chapter, shall apply to budgets of capital projects funds.
Utah Code § 10-20-407 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-407
§ 10-20-407. Public uses to conform to general plan.
Status: in_force

After the legislative body has adopted a general plan, the following public properties may not be constructed or authorized unless the public property conforms to the current general plan: (1) a street, park, or other public way, ground, place, or space; (2) a publicly owned building or structure; and (3) a public utility, whether publicly or privately owned.
Utah Code § 10-2a-510 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2a / § 10-2a-510
§ 10-2a-510. Transitioning from a preliminary municipality to a town -- Petition -- Election of officers.
Status: in_force

(1) Within 30 days after the day on which the population of a preliminary municipality exceeds 99 people, a person who filed the application to incorporate as a preliminary municipality or a resident of the preliminary municipality shall file with the lieutenant governor a petition to transition the preliminary municipality into a town. (2) A petition to transition a preliminary municipality into a town shall include: (a) a request that the lieutenant governor certify the transition of the preliminary municipality to, and the incorporation of the preliminary municipality as, a town; (b) the name, address, and phone number of the person filing the request; (c) the map or plat of the preliminary municipality; (d) a legal description of the boundaries of the preliminary municipality; (e) information regarding the preliminary municipality, including: (i) the number of residences in the preliminary municipality; (ii) the population of the preliminary municipality; (iii) the number of adults and the number of children who reside in the preliminary municipality; and (iv) information regarding the providers of municipal services and emergency services to the preliminary municipality; (f) the proposed name for the town; and (g) a signature sheet containing the names, addresses, and signatures of a majority of the adult residents of the preliminary municipality, supporting the proposed name for the town. (3) Within 30 days after the day on which a person files a petition to transition a preliminary municipality into a town, the lieutenant governor shall: (a) determine whether the preliminary municipality has a population of more than 99 people; (b) examine the petition to determine whether the petition complies with Subsection (2); (c) if the lieutenant governor determines that the preliminary municipality has a population of more than 99 people and that the petition complies with Subsection (2), proceed to transition the preliminary municipality as a town in accordance with Subsection (4); (d) if the lieutenant governor determines that the preliminary municipality has a population of less than 100 people, deny the petition, inform the person who filed the petition of the determination, and request that the person refile the petition when the population exceeds 99 people; and (e) if the lieutenant governor determines that the petition fails to comply with Subsection (2), deny the petition, inform the person who filed the petition of the denial and the reason for the denial, and request that the person correct and refile the petition. (4) After making the determination described in Subsection (3)(c), the lieutenant governor shall: (a) inform the person who filed the petition of the determination; (b) inform the county in which the preliminary municipality is located of the determination; and (c) direct the county to conduct an election for mayor and city council of the future town, to be held on the date of the next regular general election described in Section 20A-1-201, or the next municipal general election described in Section 20A-1-202, that is at least 65 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor directs the county to hold the election. (5) The county shall: (a) comply with the direction given by the lieutenant governor under Subsection (4)(c); (b) determine the initial terms of the mayor and municipal council members to ensure that: (i) the mayor and two of the municipal county members are elected in the next municipal general election; (ii) the remaining municipal council members are elected at elections that result in the staggering of council member terms; and (iii) the council members who receive the highest number of votes are assigned the longer initial terms; and (c) provide notice of the election for the preliminary municipality as a class B notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least three weeks before the day of the election. (6) The notice described in Subsection (5)(c) shall include: (a) a statement of the contents of the petition to transition the preliminary municipality to a town; (b) a description of the area to be incorporated as a town; (c) the name of the town; (d) information about the deadline for an individual to file a declaration of candidacy to become a candidate for mayor or municipal council; (e) information about the initial terms of office; (f) a statement of the date and time of the election and the location of polling places; and (g) a statement that the purpose of the election is to elect a mayor and a council to govern the town upon the town's incorporation. (7) (a) In addition to the notice described in Subsection (6), the county clerk shall publish and distribute, before the election is held, a voter information pamphlet: (i) in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Section 20A-7-402; (ii) in consultation with the lieutenant governor; and (iii) in a manner that the county clerk determines is adequate. (b) The voter information pamphlet described in Subsection (7)(a): (i) shall inform the public of the election and the purpose of the election; and (ii) may include additional information regarding the election of the elected officials and the incorporation of the town. (8) An individual may not vote in the election described in this section unless the individual is a registered voter who is a resident, as defined in Section 20A-1-102, within the boundaries of the preliminary municipality. (9) The town, incorporated under Subsection (10)(b), shall pay to the county the cost of running the election described in this section. (10) On the day after the day on which the canvass for the election is completed: (a) the elected mayor and council members shall take office and replace the board chair and board members of the preliminary municipality; (b) the lieutenant governor shall issue a certification that the preliminary municipality has transitioned to, and is incorporated as, a town; and (c) subject to Subsection (14), the town holds all authority and power of a town. (11) The former mayor and council members for the preliminary municipality shall assist the newly-elected mayor of the town and the newly-elected council members of the town with the transition to a town and the transfer of power to the elected government of the town. (12) The initial government of a town incorporated under this section is the five member council form of government described in Chapter 3b, Part 4, Five-Member Council Form of Municipal Government, with the mayor and counsel members elected at large. (13) Within 30 days after the day on which the mayor takes office under Subsection (10)(a), the mayor shall record the certification described in Subsection (10)(b), and a copy of the plat for the municipality, with the county recorder. (14) Until the mayor complies with Subsection (13), the municipality may not: (a) levy or collect a property tax on property within the municipality; (b) levy or collect an assessment on property within the municipality; or (c) charge or collect a fee for a service provided to property within the municipality. (15) Section 10-2a-220 applies to a town incorporated under this section.
Utah Code § 10-5-102 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-102
§ 10-5-102. Applicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to all towns.
Utah Code § 10-2-707 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-707
§ 10-2-707. Disposition of records.
Status: in_force

(1) The books, documents, records, papers, and seal of any dissolved municipality shall be deposited with the county clerk for safekeeping and reference. (2) All court records of justice court judges shall be deposited with a justice court judge of the county to be designated by the court, and other records with the district court. (3) The courts respectively have authority to execute and complete all unfinished business standing on the same.
Utah Code § 10-6-130 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-130
§ 10-6-130. Lapse of appropriations -- Exceptions.
Status: in_force

All unexpended or unencumbered appropriations except capital projects fund appropriations shall lapse at the end of the budget period.
Utah Code § 10-3-704 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-704
§ 10-3-704. Form of ordinance.
Status: in_force

The governing body shall ensure that any ordinance that the governing body passes contains the following, in substantially the following order and form: (1) a number; (2) a title which indicates the nature of the subject matter of the ordinance; (3) a preamble which states the need or reason for the ordinance; (4) an ordaining clause which states "Be it ordained by the ____ (name of the governing body and municipality):"; (5) the body or subject of the ordinance; (6) when applicable, a statement indicating the penalty for violation of the ordinance or a reference that the punishment is covered by an ordinance which prescribes the fines and terms of imprisonment for the violation of a municipal ordinance; or, the penalty may establish a classification of penalties and refer to such ordinance in which the penalty for such violation is established; (7) when a penalty for a violation of the ordinance includes any possibility of imprisonment, a statement that the municipality is required, under Section 78B-22-301, to provide for indigent defense services, as that term is defined in Section 78B-22-102; (8) a statement indicating the effective date of the ordinance or the date when the ordinance shall become effective after publication or posting as required by this chapter; (9) a line for the signature of the mayor or acting mayor to sign the ordinance; (10) a place for the municipal recorder to attest the ordinance and fix the seal of the municipality; and (11) in municipalities where the mayor may disapprove an ordinance passed by the legislative body, a statement showing: (a) if the mayor approves the ordinance, that the governing body passes the ordinance with the mayor's approval; (b) if the mayor disapproves the ordinance, that the governing body passes the ordinance over the mayor's disapproval; or (c) if the mayor neither approves or disapproves the ordinance, that the ordinance became effective without the approval or disapproval of the mayor.
Utah Code § 10-8-47 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-47
§ 10-8-47. Intoxication -- Fights -- Disorderly conduct -- Assault and battery -- Petit larceny -- Riots and disorderly assemblies -- Firearms and fireworks -- False pretenses and embezzlement -- Sale of liquor, narcotics, tobacco products, electronic cigarette products, or nicotine products to minors -- Possession of controlled substances -- Treatment of alcoholics and narcotics or drug addicts.
Status: in_force

(1) A municipal legislative body may: (a) prevent intoxication, fighting, quarreling, dog fights, cockfights, prize fights, bullfights, and all disorderly conduct and provide against and punish the offenses of assault and battery and petit larceny; (b) restrain riots, routs, noises, disturbances, or disorderly assemblies in any street, house, or place in the city; (c) regulate and prevent the discharge of firearms, rockets, powder, fireworks in accordance with Section 53-7-225, or any other dangerous or combustible material; (d) provide against and prevent the offense of obtaining money or property under false pretenses and the offense of embezzling money or property in the cases when the money or property embezzled or obtained under false pretenses does not exceed in value the sum of $500; (e) prohibit the sale, giving away, or furnishing of narcotics or alcoholic beverages to an individual younger than 21 years old; or (f) prohibit the sale, giving away, or furnishing of a tobacco product, an electronic cigarette product, or a nicotine product as those terms are defined in Section 76-9-1101 to an individual younger than 21 years old. (2) A city may: (a) by ordinance, prohibit the possession of controlled substances as defined in Title 58, Chapter 37, Controlled Substances, or Title 76, Chapter 18, Part 2, Offenses Concerning Controlled Substances, or any other endangering or impairing substance, provided the conduct is not a class A misdemeanor or felony; and (b) provide for treatment of alcoholics, narcotic addicts, and other individuals who are addicted to the use of drugs or intoxicants such that an individual substantially lacks the capacity to control the individual's use of the drugs or intoxicants, and judicial supervision may be imposed as a means of effecting the individual's rehabilitation.
Utah Code § 10-6-148 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-148
§ 10-6-148. Monthly and quarterly financial reports -- Cities of the third, fourth, and fifth class.
Status: in_force

The city recorder or other delegated person in each city of the third, fourth, or fifth class shall prepare and present to the governing body monthly summary financial reports and quarterly detail financial reports, prepared in the manner prescribed in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Utah Cities.
Utah Code § 10-3-1005 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1005
§ 10-3-1005. Organization of commission -- Secretary -- Offices.
Status: in_force

(1) The civil service commission shall organize by selecting one of its members chairman, and shall appoint as secretary one of the available officers or employees of the city, who shall act and serve without additional compensation. (2) The secretary shall keep a record of all meetings of the civil service commission and of its work and shall perform such other services as the commission may require, and shall have the custody of the books and records of the commission. (3) The board of city commissioners shall provide suitable accommodations and equipment to enable the civil service commission to attend to its business.
Utah Code § 10-5-107.5 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-107.5
§ 10-5-107.5. Transfer of enterprise fund money to another fund -- Notice.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Budget hearing" means a public hearing required under Section 10-5-108. (b) "Enterprise fund accounting data" means a detailed overview of the various enterprise funds of the town that includes: (i) a cost accounting breakdown of how money in the enterprise fund is being used to cover, as applicable: (A) administrative and overhead costs of the town attributable to the operation of the enterprise for which the enterprise fund was created; and (B) other costs not associated with the enterprise for which the enterprise fund was created; and (ii) specific enterprise fund information. (c) "Enterprise fund hearing" means the public hearing required under Subsection (3)(d). (d) "Specific enterprise fund information" means: (i) the dollar amount of transfers from an enterprise fund to another fund; and (ii) the percentage of the total enterprise fund expenditures represented by each transfer to another fund. (2) Subject to the requirements of this section, a town may transfer money in an enterprise fund to another fund to pay for a good, service, project, venture, or other purpose that is not directly related to the goods or services provided by the enterprise for which the enterprise fund was created. (3) The governing body of a town that intends to transfer money in an enterprise fund to another fund shall: (a) provide notice of the intended transfer as required under Subsection (4); (b) clearly identify in a separate section or document accompanying the town's tentative budget or, if an amendment to the town's budget includes or is based on an intended transfer, in a separate section or document accompanying the amendment to the town's budget: (i) the enterprise fund from which money is intended to be transferred; and (ii) the specific enterprise fund information for that enterprise fund; (c) provide notice of an enterprise fund hearing, as required in Subsection (4); and (d) hold an enterprise fund hearing before the adoption of the town's budget or, if applicable, the amendment to the budget. (4) (a) At least seven days before holding an enterprise fund hearing, a governing body shallprovide the notice described in Subsection (4)(b) for the town, as a class B notice under Section 63G-30-102. (b) The notice required under Subsection (4)(a) shall: (i) explain the intended transfer of enterprise fund money to another fund; (ii) include specific enterprise fund information for each enterprise fund from which money is intended to be transferred; (iii) provide the date, time, and place of the enterprise fund hearing; and (iv) explain the purpose of the enterprise fund hearing. (5) (a) An enterprise fund hearing shall be separate and independent from a budget hearing and any other public hearing. (b) At an enterprise fund hearing, the governing body shall: (i) explain the intended transfer of enterprise fund money to another fund; (ii) provide enterprise fund accounting data to the public; and (iii) allow members of the public in attendance at the hearing to comment on: (A) the intended transfer of enterprise fund money to another fund; and (B) the enterprise fund accounting data. (6) (a) If a governing body adopts a budget or a budget amendment that includes or is based on a transfer of money from an enterprise fund to another fund, the governing body shall: (i) within 60 days after adopting the budget or budget amendment: (A) mail a notice to users of the goods or services provided by the enterprise for which the enterprise fund was created, if the town regularly mails users a periodic billing for the goods or services; and (B) email a notice to users of the goods or services provided by the enterprise for which the enterprise fund was created, if the town regularly emails users a periodic billing for the goods or services; (ii) within seven days after adopting the budget or budget amendment: (A) post enterprise fund accounting data on the town's website, if the town has a website; (B) using the town's social media platform, publish notice of the adoption of a budget or budget amendment that includes or is based on a transfer of money from an enterprise fund to another fund, if the town communicates with the public through a social media platform; and (iii) within 30 days after adopting the budget, submit to the state auditor the specific enterprise fund information for each enterprise fund from which money will be transferred. (b) A notice required under Subsection (6)(a)(i) shall: (i) announce the adoption of a budget or budget amendment that includes or is based on a transfer of money from an enterprise fund to another fund; and (ii) include the specific enterprise fund information. (c) The governing body shall maintain the website posting required under Subsection (6)(a)(ii)(A) continuously until another posting is required under Subsection (4)(a).
Utah Code § 10-20-101 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-101
§ 10-20-101. Purposes -- General land use authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The purposes of this chapter are to: (a) provide for the health, safety, and welfare; (b) promote the prosperity; (c) improve the morals, peace, good order, comfort, convenience, and aesthetics of each municipality and each municipality's present and future inhabitants and businesses; (d) protect the tax base; (e) secure economy in governmental expenditures; (f) foster the state's agricultural and other industries; (g) protect both urban and nonurban development; (h) protect and ensure access to sunlight for solar energy devices; (i) provide fundamental fairness in land use regulation; (j) facilitate orderly growth, allow growth in a variety of housing types, and contribute toward housing affordability; and (k) protect property values. (2) To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a municipality may enact all ordinances, resolutions, and rules and may enter into other forms of land use controls and development agreements that the municipality considers necessary or appropriate for the use and development of land within the municipality, including ordinances, resolutions, rules, restrictive covenants, easements, and development agreements governing: (a) uses; (b) density; (c) open spaces; (d) structures; (e) buildings; (f) energy efficiency; (g) light and air; (h) air quality; (i) transportation and public or alternative transportation; (j) infrastructure; (k) street and building orientation; (l) width requirements; (m) public facilities; (n) fundamental fairness in land use regulation; and (o) considerations of surrounding land uses to balance the foregoing purposes with a landowner's private property interests and associated statutory and constitutional protections. (3) (a) Any ordinance, resolution, or rule enacted by a municipality in accordance with its authority under this chapter shall comply with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5. (b) A municipality may enact an ordinance, resolution, or rule that regulates surface activity incident to an oil and gas activity if the municipality demonstrates that the regulation: (i) is necessary for the purposes of this chapter; (ii) does not effectively or unduly limit, ban, or prohibit an oil and gas activity; and (iii) does not interfere with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5.
Utah Code § 10-3-1011 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1011
§ 10-3-1011. Temporary employees.
Status: in_force

The head of each department, with the advice and consent of the board of city commissioners, may employ any person for temporary work only, without making the appointment from the certified list, but the appointment may not be longer than one month in the same calendar year, and under no circumstances shall the temporary employee be appointed to a permanent position unless he shall have been duly certified by the civil service commission as in other cases.
Utah Code § 10-7-83 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-83
§ 10-7-83. Power of board of city commissioners or council to contract with other authorities.
Status: in_force

The board of city commissioners or council may co-operate with and enter into contracts with other municipalities, local communities and counties for the purpose of promoting the development of the economic resources of their respective areas.
Utah Code § 10-2-810 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-810
§ 10-2-810. Protest to annexation petition -- Planning advisory area planning commission recommendation -- Petition requirements -- Disposition of petition if no protest filed -- Public hearing and notice.
Status: in_force

(1) A protest to an annexation petition under Section 10-2-806 may only be filed by: (a) the legislative body or governing board of an affected entity; (b) an owner of rural real property located within the area proposed for annexation; or (c) an owner of private real property located in a mining protection area. (2) Each protest under Subsection (1) shall: (a) be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the area proposed for annexation is located; (b) state each reason for the protest of the annexation petition and justification for the protest under the standards established in this part; (c) contain any information that the county boundary commission requires or the party filing the protest considers relevant to the protest; and (d) contain the name and address of a contact person who is to receive notices sent by the boundary commission with respect to the protest proceedings. (3) The party filing a protest under this section shall on the same date deliver or mail a copy of the protest to the municipal records officer of the proposed annexing municipality. (4) Each county clerk who receives a protest under Subsection (2)(a) shall: (a) immediately notify the county legislative body of the protest; and (b) deliver the protest to the boundary commission within five days after: (i) receipt of the protest, if the boundary commission has previously been created; or (ii) creation of the boundary commission under Section 10-2-809, if the boundary commission has not previously been created. (5) (a) If a protest is filed under this section: (i) the municipal legislative body may, at the next regular municipal legislative meeting occurring within 30 days of the day of certification, as described in Subsection 10-2-807(3), deny the annexation petition; or (ii) if the municipal legislative body does not deny the annexation petition under Subsection (5)(a)(i), the municipal legislative body may not take further action on the annexation petition until after receipt of the boundary commission's notice of its decision on the protest under Section 10-2-811. (b) If a municipal legislative body denies an annexation petition under Subsection (5)(a)(i), the municipal legislative body shall, within five days after the denial, send notice of the denial in writing to: (i) the contact sponsor of the annexation petition; (ii) the boundary commission; and (iii) each entity that filed a protest. (6) (a) A protest may not be filed later than 30 days after the day of certification, as described in Subsection 10-2-807(3). (b) If no timely protest is filed under this section, the municipal legislative body may, subject to Subsection (7), approve the annexation petition. (7) Before approving an annexation petition under Subsection (6), the municipal legislative body shall: (a) hold a public hearing; and (b) provide notice of the public hearing by publishing the notice for the municipality and the area proposed for annexation, as a class B notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least seven days before the date of the public hearing.
Utah Code § 10-8-69 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-69
§ 10-8-69. Conduct that interferes with or impedes traffic.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the governing body of a city or town may prohibit or regulate conduct on a highway or sidewalk if the conduct interferes with or impedes traffic, including: (a) rolling a hoop; (b) playing ball; (c) flying a kite; (d) riding a bicycle or tricycle; or (e) any other conduct or activity that interferes with traffic. (2) A governing body of a city or town may not prohibit or regulate conduct under Subsection (1) if the prohibition or regulation is inconsistent with or conflicts with any provision in Title 41, Chapter 6a, Traffic Code.
Utah Code § 10-3-1306 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1306
§ 10-3-1306. Interest in business entity regulated by municipality -- Disclosure statement required.
Status: in_force

(1) An officer under this part, or a municipal employee, who is an officer, director, agent, or employee or the owner of a substantial interest in a business entity that is subject to the regulation of the municipality in which the officer or municipal employee is elected, appointed, or employed, shall disclose the position held and the nature and value of the officer's or employee's interest: (a) upon first becoming appointed, elected, or employed by the municipality; and (b) when the officer's or municipal employee's position in the business entity changes significantly or when the value of the officer's or municipal employee's interest in the entity significantly increases above the officer's or municipal employee's most recent disclosure. (2) An officer or municipal employee shall make the disclosure described in Subsection (1) in a sworn statement filed with: (a) the mayor; and (b) for an officer who is an elected officer, the city recorder or town clerk. (3) The mayor shall: (a) report the substance of the sworn statement described in Subsection (2) to the members of the governing body; or (b) provide a copy of the sworn statement to the members of the governing body no later than 30 days after the date on which the mayor receives the statement. (4) The municipal recorder or town clerk who receives the sworn statement described in Subsection (2) shall: (a) post a copy of the sworn statement on the municipality's website; and (b) ensure that the sworn statement remains posted on the municipality's website until the elected officer leaves office. (5) (a) This section does not apply to an instance where the value of the interest does not exceed $$5,000. (b) A life insurance policy or an annuity may not be considered in determining the value of the interest.
Utah Code § 10-7-82 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-82
§ 10-7-82. Development committee -- Functions.
Status: in_force

It shall be the function of the city resource development committee to assist in the development of the city's mineral, water, manpower, industrial and other resources, and to make such recommendations to the board of city commissioners or council for resource development programs as it may deem advisable.
Utah Code § 10-20-903 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-903
§ 10-20-903. Historic preservation authority.
Status: in_force

(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.
Utah Code § 10-2a-204.3 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2a / § 10-2a-204.3
§ 10-2a-204.3. Notice to property owners -- First public hearing.
Status: in_force

(1) The county clerk shall: (a) hold the first public hearing in relation to the proposed incorporation, at a location approved by the lieutenant governor, no later than 30 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor certifies the feasibility request under Subsection 10-2a-204(5); (b) publish notice of the hearing in accordance with Subsection 10-2a-207(7); and (c) within seven calendar days after the day on which the lieutenant governor certifies the feasibility request under Subsection 10-2a-204(5), mail written notice of the proposed incorporation and of the first public hearing described in this section to: (i) each residence within, and each owner of real property located within: (A) the proposed incorporation boundaries; and (B) 300 feet of the proposed incorporation boundaries; (ii) the contact sponsor; and (iii) the lieutenant governor. (2) The written notice provided by the county clerk under Subsections (1)(b) and (c) shall include: (a) the following statement:"NOTICE OF PROPOSED INCORPORATION AND FIRST PUBLIC HEARINGYou have received this notice because you reside or own property within an area proposed for incorporation, or an area within 300 feet of an area proposed for incorporation. The first public hearing in relation to the proposed incorporation will be held on [insert date, time, and location]. The purpose of the first public hearing is to provide information regarding the proposed incorporation, the incorporation process, including the process for deciding whether to incorporate, and certain rights you may have in relation to the proposed incorporation. A specified landowner, as defined in Utah Code Section 10-2a-204.5, may, within 30 days after the day of the public hearing, request that the county clerk exclude all or part of the specified landowner's land from the area proposed for incorporation. A specified landowner may not request exclusion after the end of the 30-day period. Any owner of land within a county where the area proposed for incorporation is located may, within 30 days after the day of the public hearing, request that the county clerk include all or part of that land in the area proposed for incorporation. An owner of land may not request inclusion after the end of the 30-day period."; and (b) a clear description of the area proposed for incorporation. (3) Notwithstanding that the county conducts the first public hearing, the lieutenant governor, or a designee of the lieutenant governor, shall: (a) direct the proceedings at the first public hearing, with the assistance of the county clerk as needed; (b) provide information regarding the proposed incorporation, the incorporation process, including the process for deciding whether to incorporate, and the rights citizens may have in relation to the proposed incorporation; (c) describe the process by which a specified landowner may request that the county clerk exclude all or part of the specified landowner's land from the area proposed for incorporation; (d) describe the process by which an owner of land described in Subsection 10-2a-204.5(2)(b) may request that the county clerk include all or part of that land in the area proposed for incorporation; (e) describe the criteria for granting a request for exclusion or inclusion of land; and (f) answer questions from individuals who attend the first public hearing. (4) The contact sponsor, or an agent of the contact sponsor, and the county clerk, or an employee of the county clerk designated by the county clerk, shall attend the first public hearing. (5) The county clerk shall: (a) provide the location and equipment for the public hearing, subject to approval by the lieutenant governor; and (b) ensure compliance with the requirements of Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, in relation to the public hearing.
Utah Code § 10-20-809 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-809
§ 10-20-809. Common area parcels on a plat -- No separate ownership -- Ownership interest equally divided among other parcels on plat and included in description of other parcels.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Association" means the same as that term is defined in: (i) regarding a common area, Section 57-8a-102; and (ii) regarding a common area and facility, Section 57-8-3. (b) "Common area" means the same as that term is defined in Section 57-8a-102. (c) "Common area and facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 57-8-3. (d) "Condemnor" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-6-520.3. (e) "Declarant" means the same as that term is defined in: (i) regarding a common area, Section 57-8a-102; and (ii) regarding a common area and facility, Section 57-8-3. (f) "Declaration," regarding a common area and facility, means the same as that term is defined in Section 57-8-3. (g) "Period of administrative control" means the same as that term is defined in: (i) regarding a common area, Section 57-8a-102; and (ii) regarding a common area and facility, Section 57-8-3. (h) "Under threat of condemnation" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-6-520.3. (2) A person may not separately own, convey, or modify a parcel designated as a common area or common area and facility, on a plat recorded in compliance with this part, independent of the other lots, units, or parcels created by the plat unless: (a) an association holds in trust the parcel designated as a common area for the owners of the other lots, units, or parcels created by the plat; (b) the conveyance or modification is approved under Subsection (5); or (c) the conveyance or modification is made in accordance with Subsection (6). (3) If a conveyance or modification of a common area or common area and facility is approved in accordance with Subsection (5), the person who presents the instrument of conveyance to a county recorder shall: (a) attach a notice of the approval described in Subsection (5) as an exhibit to the document of conveyance; or (b) record a notice of the approval described in Subsection (5) concurrently with the conveyance as a separate document. (4) When a plat contains a common area or common area and facility: (a) for purposes of assessment, each parcel that the plat creates has an equal ownership interest in the common area or common area and facility within the plat, unless the plat or an accompanying recorded document indicates a different division of interest for assessment purposes; and (b) each instrument describing a parcel on the plat by the parcel's identifying plat number implicitly includes the ownership interest in the common area or common area and facility, even if that ownership interest is not explicitly stated in the instrument. (5) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), a person may modify the size or location of or separately convey a common area or common area and facility if the following approve the conveyance or modification: (a) the local government; (b) (i) for a common area that an association owns, 67% of the voting interests in the association; or (ii) for a common area that an association does not own, or for a common area and facility, 67% of the owners of lots, units, and parcels designated on a plat that is subject to a declaration and on which the common area or common area and facility is included; and (c) during the period of administrative control, the declarant. (6) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), an individual may convey a portion of a common area and facility in accordance with Section 57-8-32 or 57-8a-232, if: (i) the individual is authorized to act on behalf of an association by: (A) a vote of the association's board, either before or after the threat of condemnation arises; or (B) if the association is defunct or unable to act through a board, the association's governing documents; (ii) the common area or common area and facility is under threat of condemnation; and (iii) the individual makes the conveyance to a condemnor. (b) If an individual makes a conveyance in accordance with Subsection (6)(a), no lot owner or unit owner is required to approve the conveyance or modification.
Utah Code § 10-20-206 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-206
§ 10-20-206. Third party notice -- High priority transportation corridor notice.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) If a municipality requires notice to adjacent property owners, the municipality shall: (i) mail notice to the record owner of each parcel within parameters specified by municipal ordinance; or (ii) post notice on the property with a sign of sufficient size, durability, print quality, and location that is reasonably calculated to give notice to passers-by. (b) If a municipality mails notice to third party property owners under Subsection (1)(a), it shall mail equivalent notice to property owners within an adjacent jurisdiction. (2) (a) As used in this Subsection (2), "high priority transportation corridor" means a transportation corridor identified as a high priority transportation corridor under Section 72-5-403. (b) The Department of Transportation may request, in writing, that a municipality provide the department with electronic notice of each land use application received by the municipality that may adversely impact the development of a high priority transportation corridor. (c) If the municipality receives a written request as provided in Subsection (2)(b), the municipality shall provide the Department of Transportation with timely electronic notice of each land use application that the request specifies. (3) (a) A large public transit district, as defined in Section 17B-2a-802, may request, in writing, that a municipality provide the large public transit district with electronic notice of each land use application received by the municipality that may impact the development of a major transit investment corridor. (b) If the municipality receives a written request as provided in Subsection (3)(a), the municipality shall provide the large public transit district with timely electronic notice of each land use application that the request specifies.
Utah Code § 10-1-406 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-406
§ 10-1-406. Limitation of other telecommunications taxes or fees.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Broadband" means facilities and services used to make high-capacity, high-speed internet service available to users. (b) "General fee" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-6-134.3. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a city may not impose a general fee for broadband. (b) (i) Subject to Subsection (2)(b)(ii), a city that, before May 6, 2026, imposes a general fee for broadband shall repeal the general fee no later than July 1, 2027. (ii) (A) A city that, before May 6, 2026, issues a bond secured by revenue from a general fee for broadband shall repeal the general fee within 60 days after the bond is paid. (B) A city that, before May 6, 2026, imposes a general fee to pay for a bond the city issued before January 1, 2026, to pay for broadband shall repeal the general fee within 60 days after the bond is paid. (3) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a municipality may not levy or collect a telecommunications tax or fee on a person except for a telecommunications tax or fee imposed by the municipality: (a) on a telecommunications provider to recover the management costs of the municipality caused by the activities of the telecommunications provider in the right-of-way of a municipality if the telecommunications tax or fee: (i) is imposed in accordance with Section 72-7-102; and (ii) is not related to: (A) a municipality's loss of use of a highway as a result of the activities of the telecommunications provider in a right-of-way; or (B) increased deterioration of a highway as a result of the activities of the telecommunications provider in a right-of-way; or (b) on a person that: (i) is not subject to a municipal telecommunications license tax under this part; and (ii) locates telecommunications facilities, as defined in Section 72-7-108, in the municipality. (4) Subsection (3)(a) may not be interpreted as exempting a telecommunications provider from complying with any ordinance: (a) related to excavation, construction, or installation of a telecommunications facility; and (b) that addresses the safety and quality standards of the municipality for excavation, construction, or installation. (5) A telecommunications tax or fee imposed under Subsection (3)(b) shall be imposed: (a) by ordinance; and (b) on a competitively neutral basis.
Utah Code § 10-3-1110 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1110
§ 10-3-1110. Exemption from state licensure by Division of Real Estate.
Status: in_force

In accordance with Section 61-2f-202, an employee of a municipality is exempt from licensure under Title 61, Chapter 2f, Real Estate Licensing and Practices Act: (1) when engaging in an act on behalf of the municipality in accordance with: (a) this title; or (b) Title 11, Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units; and (2) if the act described in Subsection (1) is related to one or more of the following: (a) acquiring real estate, including by eminent domain; (b) disposing of real estate; (c) providing services that constitute property management, as defined in Section 61-2f-102; or (d) leasing real estate.
Utah Code § 10-20-212 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-212
§ 10-20-212. Notice for an amendment to public improvements in a subdivision or development.
Status: in_force

Before implementing an amendment to adopted specifications for public improvements that apply to a subdivision or a development, a municipality shall: (1) hold a public hearing; (2) mail a notice 30 days or more before the date of the public hearing to: (a) each person who has submitted a land use application for which the land use authority has not issued a land use decision; and (b) each person who makes a written request to receive a copy of the notice; and (3) allow each person who receives a notice in accordance with Subsection (2) to provide public comment in writing before the public hearing or in person during the public hearing.
Utah Code § 10-7-65 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-65
§ 10-7-65. Party plaintiff -- Successive actions permitted.
Status: in_force

(1) All actions brought to recover any fine or to enforce any penalty under an ordinance of a city or town shall be brought in the corporate name of the city or town as plaintiff. (2) No prosecution, recovery, or acquittal for the violation of any such ordinance shall constitute a defense to any other prosecution of the same person for any other violation of any such ordinance although the different causes of action existed at the same time and if united would not have exceeded the jurisdiction of a justice court judge.
Utah Code § 10-8-86 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-86
§ 10-8-86. Organization, operation, maintenance, and funding of system for public transit authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of any municipality may adopt a resolution allowing the municipality to organize, operate, and maintain a system for public transit within the municipality and to impose a sales and a use tax to fund the system for public transit as provided in Section 59-12-2213. (2) The authority granted municipalities by this section to organize, operate, and maintain a system for public transit is inapplicable to a municipality located in or within five highway or roadway miles of the boundary of an existing transit district, unless the existing transit district consents to the organization and operation of the system for public transit by the municipality.
Utah Code § 10-2a-508 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2a / § 10-2a-508
§ 10-2a-508. Processing of petition by lieutenant governor -- Certification or rejection -- Petition modification.
Status: in_force

(1) Within 45 days after the day on which a petition for incorporation is filed under Section 10-2a-507, the lieutenant governor shall: (a) determine whether the petition for incorporation complies with Section 10-2a-507; and (b) (i) if the lieutenant governor determines that the petition for incorporation complies with Section 10-2a-507, incorporate the preliminary municipality, issue a certificate of incorporation, and appoint the board chair and three board members designated under Subsection 10-2a-507(1)(f); or (ii) if the lieutenant governor determines that the petition for incorporation fails to comply with Section 10-2a-507, reject the petition for incorporation and notify the primary sponsor contact in writing of the rejection and the reasons for the rejection. (2) (a) If the lieutenant governor rejects a petition for incorporation under Subsection (1)(b)(ii), the sponsors of the petition for incorporation may correct the deficiencies for which the petition for incorporation was rejected and refile the petition for incorporation with the lieutenant governor. (b) Notwithstanding the deadline described in Subsection 10-2a-507(1), the sponsors of the petition for incorporation may file a modified petition for incorporation under Subsection (2)(a) no later than 30 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor notifies the primary sponsor contact of the rejection under Subsection (1)(b)(ii). (3) (a) Within 20 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor receives a modified petition for incorporation under Subsection (2)(a), the lieutenant governor shall review the modified petition for incorporation in accordance with Subsection (1). (b) The sponsors of a petition for incorporation may not modify the petition for incorporation more than once.
Utah Code § 10-5-121 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-121
§ 10-5-121. Records of council proceedings -- Clerk's records as evidence.
Status: in_force

The town clerk shall attend the meetings and keep the record of the proceedings of the council. Copies of all papers filed in the clerk's office and transcripts from all records of the council, if certified by the clerk under the town seal are admissible in all courts as originals.
Utah Code § 10-6-115 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-115
§ 10-6-115. Budget -- Continuing authority of governing body.
Status: in_force

(1) After the conclusion of the public hearing, the governing body may continue to review any tentative budget and may insert such new items or may increase or decrease items of expenditure that were the proper subject of consideration at the public hearing, except there shall be no decrease in the amount appropriated for debt retirement and interest or reduction of any existing deficits, as provided by Section 10-6-117. (2) It shall also increase or decrease the total anticipated revenue to equal the net change in proposed expenditures in the budget of each fund.
Utah Code § 10-3-701 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-701
§ 10-3-701. Legislative power exercised by ordinance.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided, the governing body of each municipality shall exercise its legislative powers through ordinances.
Utah Code § 10-6-141 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-141
§ 10-6-141. City treasurer -- Duties generally.
Status: in_force

(1) The city treasurer is custodian of all money, bonds, or other securities of the city. (2) The city treasurer shall: (a) determine the cash requirements of the city and provide for the investment of all money by following the procedures and requirements of Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act; (b) receive all public funds and money payable to the city, within three business days after collection, including all taxes, licenses, fines, and intergovernmental revenue; (c) keep an accurate detailed account of all money received under Subsection (2)(b) in the manner provided in this chapter and as directed by the legislative body of the city by ordinance or resolution; and (d) collect all special taxes and assessments as provided by law and ordinance.
Utah Code § 10-20-620 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-620
§ 10-20-620. Land use compatibility with military use.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Department" means the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs. (b) "Military" means a branch of the armed forces of the United States, including the Utah National Guard. (c) "Military land" means the following land or facilities: (i) Camp Williams; (ii) Hill Air Force Base; (iii) Dugway Proving Ground; (iv) Tooele Army Depot; (v) Utah Test and Training Range; (vi) Nephi Readiness Center; (vii) Cedar City Alternate Flight Facility; (viii) Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant; or (ix) Little Mountain Test Facility. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), on or before July 1, 2025, for any area in a municipality within 5,000 feet of a boundary of military land, a municipality shall, in consultation with the department, develop and maintain a compatible use plan to ensure permitted uses and conditional uses relevant to the military land are compatible with the military operations on military land. (b) A municipality that has a compatible use plan as of January 1, 2023, is not required to develop a new compatible use plan. (3) If a municipality receives a land use application related to land within 5,000 feet of a boundary of military land, before the municipality may approve the land use application, the municipality shall notify the department in writing. (4) (a) If the department receives the notice described in Subsection (3), the executive director of the department shall: (i) determine whether the proposed land use is compatible with the military use of the relevant military land; and (ii) within 90 days after the receipt of the notice described in Subsection (3), respond in writing to the municipality regarding the determination of compatibility described in Subsection (4)(a)(i). (b) (i) For a land use application pertaining to a parcel within 5,000 feet of military land that may have an adverse effect on the operations of the military installation, except as provided in Subsection (4)(b)(ii), the municipality shall consider the compatible use plan in processing the land use application. (ii) For a land use application pertaining to a parcel within 5,000 feet of military land that may have an adverse effect on the operations of the military installation, if the applicant has a vested right, the municipality is not required to consider the compatible land use plan in consideration of the land use application. (5) If the department receives the notice described in Subsection (3) before the municipality has completed the compatible use plan as described in this section, the department shall consult with the municipality and representatives of the relevant military land to determine whether the use proposed in the land use application is a compatible use.
Utah Code § 10-3-1001 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1001
§ 10-3-1001. Subordinates in police, health, and fire departments to be appointed from list.
Status: in_force

Subject to the rules and regulations of the civil service commission, the head of the police and fire departments of each first and second class city that establishes a civil service commission and the health officer in each first class city that establishes a civil service commission shall, from the classified civil service list furnished by the civil service commission and by and with the advice and consent of the city legislative body: (1) appoint all subordinate officers, employees, members, or agents in the department; and (2) fill vacancies in the positions listed in Subsection (1).
Utah Code § 10-2-903 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-903
§ 10-2-903. Municipal boundary adjustment -- Notice and hearing -- Protest.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislative bodies of two or more municipalities having common boundaries may adjust the common boundaries as provided in this section. (2) The legislative body of each municipality intending to adjust a boundary that is common with another municipality shall: (a) adopt a resolution indicating the intent of the municipal legislative body to adjust a common boundary; and (b) hold a public hearing on the proposed adjustment no less than 60 days after the adoption of the resolution under Subsection (2)(a). (3) A legislative body described in Subsection (2) shall provide notice of a public hearing described in Subsection (2)(b): (a) for the municipality, as a class B notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least three weeks before the day of the public hearing; and (b) if the proposed boundary adjustment may cause any part of real property owned by the state to be within the geographic boundary of a different local governmental entity than before the adjustment, by providing written notice, at least 50 days before the day of the public hearing, to: (i) the title holder of any state-owned real property described in this Subsection (3)(b); and (ii) the Utah State Developmental Center Board, created under Section 26B-1-429, if any state-owned real property described in this Subsection (3)(b) is associated with the Utah State Developmental Center. (4) The notice described in Subsection (3) shall: (a) state that the municipal legislative body has adopted a resolution indicating the municipal legislative body's intent to adjust a boundary that the municipality has in common with another municipality; (b) describe the area proposed to be adjusted; (c) state the date, time, and place of the public hearing described in Subsection (2)(b); (d) state in conspicuous and plain terms that the municipal legislative body will adjust the boundaries unless, at or before the public hearing described in Subsection (2)(b), a written protest to the adjustment is filed by: (i) an owner of private real property that: (A) is located within the area proposed for adjustment; (B) covers at least 25% of the total private land area within the area proposed for adjustment; and (C) is equal in value to at least 15% of the value of all private real property within the area proposed for adjustment; or (ii) a title holder of state-owned real property described in Subsection (3)(b); (e) state that the area that is the subject of the boundary adjustment will, because of the boundary adjustment, be automatically annexed to a special district providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services or a special district providing law enforcement service, as the case may be, as provided in Section 17B-1-416, if: (i) the municipality to which the area is being added because of the boundary adjustment is entirely within the boundaries of a special district: (A) that provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services or law enforcement service, respectively; and (B) in the creation of which an election was not required because of Subsection 17B-1-214(3)(c); and (ii) the municipality from which the area is being taken because of the boundary adjustment is not within the boundaries of the special district; and (f) state that the area proposed for annexation to the municipality will be automatically withdrawn from a special district providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services, as provided in Subsection 17B-1-502(2), if: (i) the municipality to which the area is being added because of the boundary adjustment is not within the boundaries of a special district: (A) that provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services; and (B) in the creation of which an election was not required because of Subsection 17B-1-214(3)(c); and (ii) the municipality from which the area is being taken because of the boundary adjustment is entirely within the boundaries of the special district. (5) Upon conclusion of the public hearing described in Subsection (2)(b), the municipal legislative body may adopt an ordinance approving the adjustment of the common boundary unless, at or before the hearing described in Subsection (2)(b), a written protest to the adjustment is filed with the municipal records officer by a person described in Subsection (3)(b)(i) or (ii). (6) The municipal legislative body of an annexing municipality shall, in regards to an affected area, comply with the requirements of Section 10-2-813 in regards to the filing of notice and plat and recording a boundary adjustment as if the boundary adjustment were an annexation. (7) (a) An ordinance adopted under Subsection (5) becomes effective when each municipality involved in the boundary adjustment has adopted an ordinance under Subsection (5). (b) The effective date of a boundary adjustment under this section is governed by Section 10-2-813.
Utah Code § 10-3-716 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-716
§ 10-3-716. Fines and forfeitures -- Disposition.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) All fines, penalties, and forfeitures for the violation of any ordinance, when collected, shall be paid in accordance with Section 51-4-2. (2) A violation of this section constitutes a class C misdemeanor. (3) The retention or use of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture by any person for personal use or benefit constitutes a class B misdemeanor, except that if the amount or amounts exceed $1,000 the offense is a class A misdemeanor as defined in Title 76, Criminal Offenses.
Utah Code § 10-8-35 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-35
§ 10-8-35. Fences, cattle guards and street crossings -- Duty of railroads.
Status: in_force

They may require railroad companies to fence their respective railroads or any portion of the same, and to construct cattle guards, crossings of streets and public roads, and keep the same in repair within the limits of the corporation.
Utah Code § 10-3-605 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-605
§ 10-3-605. Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Section 10-3-603 or 10-3-604 without just cause shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Utah Code § 10-6-126 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-126
§ 10-6-126. Reduction of total budget appropriation of department by resolution -- Notice to governing body.
Status: in_force

(1) The total budget appropriation of any department may be reduced for purposes other than transfer to another department by resolution of the governing body at any regular meeting, or special meeting, called for that purpose, if notice of the proposed action is given to all members of the governing body at least five days before such action. (2) The notice may be waived in writing or orally during attendance at the meeting by any member of the governing body.
Utah Code § 10-6-117 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-117
§ 10-6-117. Appropriations not to exceed estimated expendable revenue -- Appropriations for existing deficits.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of any city may not make any appropriation in the final budget of any fund in excess of the estimated expendable revenue for the budget period of the fund. (2) If there is a deficit fund balance in a fund at the close of the last completed fiscal year, the governing body of a city shall include an item of appropriation for the deficit in the current budget of the fund equal to: (a) at least 5% of the total revenue of the fund in the last completed fiscal year; or (b) if the deficit is equal to less than 5% of the total revenue of the fund in the last completed fiscal year, the entire amount of the deficit.
Utah Code § 10-8-37 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-37
§ 10-8-37. Construction, repair, and maintenance of bridges, viaducts, and tunnels -- Retainage.
Status: in_force

(1) They may construct and keep in repair bridges, viaducts and tunnels, and regulate the use thereof. (2) If any payment on a contract with a private person, firm, or corporation to construct bridges, viaducts, or tunnels is retained or withheld, it shall be retained or withheld and released as provided in Section 13-8-5.
Utah Code § 10-2a-206 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2a / § 10-2a-206
§ 10-2a-206. Modified feasibility request -- Supplemental feasibility study.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "specified landowner" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-204.5. (2) (a) The sponsors of a feasibility request may modify the request to alter the boundaries of the proposed municipality and refile the modified feasibility request with the county clerk if: (i) the results of the feasibility study do not comply with Subsection 10-2a-205(5)(a); or (ii) (A) the feasibility request complies with Subsection 10-2a-201.5(4)(b); (B) the annexation petition described in Subsection 10-2a-201.5(4)(b) that proposed the annexation of an area that is part of the area proposed for incorporation has been denied; and (C) an incorporation petition based on the feasibility request has not been filed. (b) (i) The sponsors of a feasibility request may not file a modified request under Subsection (2)(a)(i) more than 90 days after the day on which the feasibility consultant submits the final results of the feasibility study under Subsection 10-2a-205(2)(c)(iii). (ii) The sponsors of a feasibility request may not file a modified request under Subsection (2)(a)(ii) more than 18 months after filing the original feasibility request under Section 10-2a-202. (c) (i) Subject to Subsection (2)(c)(ii), each modified feasibility request under Subsection (2)(a) shall comply with Subsections 10-2a-202(1), (3), (4), and (5) and Subsection 10-2a-201.5(4). (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(c)(i), a signature on a feasibility request filed under Section 10-2a-202 may be used toward fulfilling the signature requirement of Subsection 10-2a-202(1)(a) for the feasibility request as modified under Subsection (2)(a), unless the modified feasibility request proposes the incorporation of an area that is more than 20% larger or smaller than the area described by the original feasibility request in terms of: (A) private land area; or (B) assessed fair market value of private real property, as of January 1 of the current year. (d) Within 20 days after the day on which the county clerk receives the modified request, the county clerk and the lieutenant governor shall follow the same procedure described in Subsections 10-2a-204(1) through (6) for the modified feasibility request as for an original feasibility request. (e) (i) If a sponsor files a modified feasibility request that includes an area of land that was not included in the original feasibility request, the county clerk shall, within seven days after the day on which the sponsor files the modified feasibility request with the lieutenant governor, identify any new specified landowners located within the added area of land and mail written notice to each of the new specified landowners. (ii) The notice described in Subsection (2)(e)(i) shall: (A) describe the added area of land; and (B) state that a specified landowner who owns land within the added area may request exclusion of the land from the proposed incorporation boundaries by filing a request for exclusion with the county clerk within 30 days after the day on which the county clerk mails the notice. (f) (i) A specified landowner who owns land within the added area described in Subsection (2)(e)(i) may request exclusion of the land from the proposed incorporation boundaries by filing a request for exclusion with the county clerk within 30 days after the day on which the county clerk mails the notice described in Subsection (2)(e)(i). (ii) The county clerk shall process a request for exclusion filed under Subsection (2)(f)(i) in accordance with Subsections 10-2a-204.5(3) through (7), except that the deadlines calculated from the first public hearing in Section 10-2a-204.5 shall instead be calculated from the day on which the county clerk mails notice described in Subsection (2)(e)(i). (g) Within 10 days after the day on which the time period for a specified landowner to request exclusion under Subsection (2)(f) expires, or if a sponsor files a modified feasibility request that does not include a new area of land, within 10 days after the sponsor files the modified feasibility request, the lieutenant governor shall: (i) estimate the cost of a supplemental feasibility study under this section; and (ii) provide the estimated cost to the feasibility request sponsors. (h) Within 20 days after the lieutenant governor provides the estimated supplemental feasibility study cost, the feasibility request sponsors shall pay the estimated cost to the lieutenant governor for a supplemental feasibility study conducted on or after May 1, 2024. (3) The timely filing of a modified feasibility request under Subsection (2) gives the modified feasibility request the same processing priority under Subsection 10-2a-204(7) as the original feasibility request if the feasibility request sponsors pay the estimated cost of the supplemental feasibility study as required in Subsection (2)(e). (4) Except as provided in Subsection (5), within 10 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor receives payment of the estimated supplemental feasibility study cost, the lieutenant governor shall commission the feasibility consultant who conducted the feasibility study to conduct a supplemental feasibility study that accounts for the modified feasibility request. (5) If a modified feasibility request includes an area of land that was not included in the original feasibility request, the lieutenant governor may not commission a supplemental feasibility study under Subsection (4) unless: (a) the deadline for filing a request for exclusion described in Subsection (2)(f) has passed; and (b) the county clerk and lieutenant governor have issued a final determination on any request for exclusion filed in accordance with Subsection (2)(f). (6) The lieutenant governor shall require the feasibility consultant to: (a) submit a draft of the supplemental feasibility study to each applicable person with whom the feasibility consultant is required to consult under Subsection 10-2a-205(3)(c) within 30 days after the day on which the feasibility consultant is engaged to conduct the supplemental study; (b) allow each person to whom the consultant provided a draft under Subsection (6)(a) to review and provide comment on the draft; and (c) submit a completed supplemental feasibility study, to the following within 45 days after the day on which the feasibility consultant is engaged to conduct the feasibility study: (i) the lieutenant governor; (ii) the county legislative body of the county in which the incorporation is proposed; (iii) the contact sponsor; and (iv) each person to whom the consultant provided a draft under Subsection (6)(a). (7) If the results of the supplemental feasibility study do not comply with Subsection 10-2a-205(5)(a): (a) the process to incorporate the area that is the subject of the supplemental feasibility study may not proceed; and (b) a feasibility request under Section 10-2a-202 may not be filed within 18 months after the date of the supplemental feasibility study if the feasibility request proposes the incorporation of an area included within the area described in the supplemental feasibility study.
Utah Code § 10-3-609 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-609
§ 10-3-609. Action on committee reports.
Status: in_force

Final action on any report of any committee appointed by the governing body shall be deferred to the next regular meeting of the governing body on the request of any two members, except that the council in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or a town may call a special meeting to consider final action.
Utah Code § 10-1-105 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-105
§ 10-1-105. No changes intended.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this title, the provisions of this title may not operate in any way to affect the property or contract rights or other actions which may exist in favor of or against any municipality. (2) Nor shall this title operate in any way to change or affect any ordinance, order or resolution in force in any municipality and such ordinances, orders and resolutions which are not repugnant to law, shall continue in full force and effect until repealed or amended.
Utah Code § 10-5-127 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-127
§ 10-5-127. Signing of checks -- Determination of sufficiency of account.
Status: in_force

(1) The town treasurer, or in his absence a deputy treasurer appointed by the council, shall sign all checks prepared by the town clerk. (2) Prior to affixing the signature, the treasurer or deputy treasurer shall determine that a sufficient amount is on deposit in the appropriate bank account of the town to honor the check. (3) The council may also designate any town officer to countersign checks.
Utah Code § 10-3b-604 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3b / § 10-3b-604
§ 10-3b-604. Limitations on adoption of a resolution and filing of a petition.
Status: in_force

A resolution may not be adopted under Subsection 10-3b-603(1)(a) and a petition may not be filed under Subsection 10-3b-603(1)(b) within: (1) four years after an election at which voters reject a proposal to change the municipality's form of government, if the resolution or petition proposes changing to the same form of government that voters rejected at the election; or (2) four years after the effective date of a change in the form of municipal government or an incorporation as a municipality.
Utah Code § 10-3-705 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-705
§ 10-3-705. Requirements as to form -- Effective date.
Status: in_force

(1) Ordinances passed or enacted by the governing body shall be signed by the mayor, or if the mayor is absent, by the mayor pro tempore, or by a quorum of the governing body, and shall be recorded before taking effect. (2) No ordinance shall be void or unlawful by reason of its failure to conform to the provisions of Subsection 10-3-704(1), (2), (3) or (4). (3) Ordinances which do not have an effective date shall become effective 20 days after publication or posting, or 30 days after final passage by the governing body, whichever is sooner.
Utah Code § 10-5-118 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-118
§ 10-5-118. Emergency expenditures.
Status: in_force

(1) If the town council determines that an emergency exists, such as widespread damage from fire, flood, or earthquake, and that the emergency necessitates the expenditure of money in excess of the budget of the town general fund, the council may amend the budget and authorize expenditures that are reasonably necessary to meet the emergency. (2) Except to the extent provided for in Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 6, Disaster Recovery Funding Act, a town council may not expend money in the town's local fund for an emergency, if the town creates a local fund under Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 6, Disaster Recovery Funding Act.
Utah Code § 10-7-14.3 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-14.3
§ 10-7-14.3. Time limit for cities of first class.
Status: in_force

In cities of the first class the authority to levy an additional .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property above the overall limitation provided by Section 10-6-133 shall be limited to a period of 10 years from the date of the first levy.
Utah Code § 10-7-81 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-81
§ 10-7-81. Development committee -- Election of officers -- Employment of executive director.
Status: in_force

The city resource development committee may elect such officers from its members as it may deem advisable and may, with consent and approval of the board of city commissioners or council, employ an executive director for the committee.
Utah Code § 10-20-201 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-201
§ 10-20-201. Required notice.
Status: in_force

(1) At a minimum, each municipality shall provide actual notice or the notice required by this part. (2) A municipality may by ordinance require greater notice than required under this part.
Utah Code § 10-8-45 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-45
§ 10-8-45. Weights and measures -- Inspection and sealing.
Status: in_force

They may provide for the inspection, sealing and use of proper weights, measures, computing scales, and all weighing and measuring devices indicating the numerical value as well as weight or quantity.
Utah Code § 10-5-133 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-133
§ 10-5-133. General fee for public safety service prohibited -- Exception.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "General fee" means a fee imposed generally on the public at large or on a segment of the public. (ii) "General fee" does not include: (A) a fee that a town charges an identifiable user of a town-provided service or a town facility to cover the town's cost of the user's use of the service or facility; or (B) a registration or similar fee that a town charges a participant in an activity or program sponsored by the town to offset the town's administrative cost of sponsoring the activity or program. (b) "Public safety service" means law enforcement service, fire protection service, 911 ambulance or paramedic service, or emergency service. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a town may not impose a general fee for a public safety service. (3) A town may impose a general fee for a public safety service if: (a) (i) the fee is imposed before January 1, 2026; (ii) the fee is to generate revenue to pay for the town's obligation under an agreement with one or more other political subdivisions for a public safety service provided to the town; and (iii) after January 1, 2026, the fee is reauthorized by a vote of the town council at least every three years; or (b) the public safety service the town offers is volunteer public safety service. (4) A town that, before May 6, 2026, imposes a general fee for a public safety service that is prohibited under Subsection (2) shall repeal the general fee no later than July 1, 2027. (5) (a) Nothing in this section precludes or abrogates the property tax exemptions provided for in Utah Constitution, Article XIII, Section 3. (b) To the extent that a court determines a fee authorized in this section is a property tax for purposes of Utah Constitution, Article XIII, Section 3, a town may not require a person to pay that fee with respect to property or the use of property that is exempt from property tax under Utah Constitution, Article XIII, Section 3.
Utah Code § 10-2a-506 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2a / § 10-2a-506
§ 10-2a-506. Public hearings on feasibility study results -- Notice of hearings.
Status: in_force

(1) If the results of the feasibility study or supplemental feasibility study comply with Subsection 10-2a-504(4), the lieutenant governor shall, after receipt of the results of the feasibility study or supplemental feasibility study, conduct public hearings in accordance with this section. (2) (a) If a portion of the proposed preliminary municipality area is approved for annexation after the feasibility study or supplemental feasibility study is conducted but before the lieutenant governor conducts a public hearing under Subsection (4), the lieutenant governor may not conduct the public hearing under Subsection (4) unless: (i) the sponsors of the feasibility study file a modified feasibility request in accordance with Section 10-2a-505; and (ii) the results of the supplemental feasibility study comply with Subsection 10-2a-504(4). (b) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a), an area is approved for annexation if a municipal legislative body: (i) approves an annexation petition proposing the annexation of an area that is part of the proposed preliminary municipality area under Section 10-2-810 or 10-2-811; or (ii) adopts an ordinance approving the annexation of an area that is part of the proposed preliminary municipality area under Section 10-2-812. (3) The lieutenant governor shall conduct a public hearing: (a) within 60 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor receives the results under Subsection (1) or (2)(a)(ii); (b) at a location within or near the proposed preliminary municipality; and (c) to allow the feasibility consultant to present the results of the feasibility study and inform the public about the results. (4) The lieutenant governor shall: (a) conduct an additional public hearing following each occasion when, after the day of the initial public hearing, the lieutenant governor receives the results of a supplemental feasibility study that comply with Subsection 10-2a-504(4); and (b) hold the public hearing described in Subsection (4)(a): (i) within 30 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor receives the results of the supplemental feasibility study; (ii) at a location within or near the proposed preliminary municipality; (iii) to inform the public that the feasibility presented to the public at the preceding public hearing does not apply; and (iv) to allow the feasibility consultant to present the results of the supplemental feasibility study and inform the public about the results. (5) At each public hearing required under this section, the lieutenant governor shall: (a) provide a map or plat of the boundary of the proposed preliminary municipality; (b) provide a copy of the applicable feasibility study for public review; (c) allow members of the public to express views about the proposed preliminary municipality, including views about the proposed boundaries; and (d) allow the public to ask the feasibility consultant questions about the applicable feasibility study. (6) The lieutenant governor shall publish notice of each public hearing required under this section for the proposed preliminary municipality area, as a class B notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least three weeks before the day of the public hearing. (7) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(b), for a hearing described in this section, the notice described in Subsection (6) shall: (i) include the feasibility study summary described in Subsection 10-2a-504(2)(c)(iii); and (ii) indicate that a full copy of the feasibility study is available on the lieutenant governor's website and for inspection at the lieutenant governor's office. (b) Instead of publishing the feasibility summary under Subsection (7)(a)(i), the lieutenant governor may publish a statement that specifies the following sources where a person may view or obtain a copy of the feasibility study: (i) the lieutenant governor's website; (ii) the lieutenant governor's office; and (iii) a mailing address and telephone number.
Utah Code § 10-6-134.3 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-134.3
§ 10-6-134.3. General fee for public safety service prohibited -- Exception.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "General fee" means a fee imposed generally on the public at large or on a segment of the public. (ii) "General fee" does not include: (A) a fee that a city charges an identifiable user of a city-provided service or a city facility to cover the city's cost of the user's use of the service or facility; or (B) a registration or similar fee that a city charges a participant in an activity or program sponsored by the city to offset the city's administrative cost of sponsoring the activity or program. (b) "Public safety service" means law enforcement service, fire protection service, 911 ambulance or paramedic service, or emergency service. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a city may not impose a general fee for a public safety service. (3) A city of the third, fourth, or fifth class may impose a general fee for a public safety service if: (a) (i) the fee is imposed before January 1, 2026; (ii) the fee is to generate revenue to pay for the city's obligation under an agreement with one or more other political subdivisions for a public safety service provided to the city; and (iii) after January 1, 2026, the fee is reauthorized by a vote of the city council at least every three years; or (b) the public safety service is volunteer public safety service. (4) A city that, before May 6, 2026, imposes a general fee for a public safety service that is prohibited under Subsection (2) shall repeal the general fee no later than July 1, 2027. (5) (a) Nothing in this section precludes or abrogates the property tax exemptions provided for in Utah Constitution, Article XIII, Section 3. (b) To the extent that a court determines a fee authorized in this section is a property tax for purposes of Utah Constitution, Article XIII, Section 3, a city may not require a person to pay that fee with respect to property or the use of property that is exempt from property tax under Utah Constitution, Article XIII, Section 3.
Utah Code § 10-20-1002 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-1002
§ 10-20-1002. Penalties -- Notice.
Status: in_force

(1) The municipality may, by ordinance, establish civil penalties for violations of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any ordinances adopted under the authority of this chapter. (2) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any ordinances adopted under the authority of this chapter is punishable as a class C misdemeanor upon conviction either: (a) as a class C misdemeanor; or (b) by imposing the appropriate civil penalty adopted under the authority of this section. (3) Before imposing upon an owner of record a civil penalty established by ordinance under authority of this chapter, a municipality shall provide: (a) written notice, by mail or hand delivery, of each ordinance violation to the address of the: (i) owner of record on file in the office of the county recorder; or (ii) person designated, in writing, by the owner of record as the owner's agent for the purpose of receiving notice of an ordinance violation; (b) the owner of record a reasonable opportunity to cure a noticed violation; and (c) a schedule of the civil penalties that may be imposed upon the expiration of a time certain.
Utah Code § 10-8-41.6 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-41.6
§ 10-8-41.6. Regulation of retail tobacco specialty business.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Community location" means: (i) a public or private kindergarten, elementary, middle, junior high, or high school; (ii) a licensed child-care facility or preschool; (iii) a trade or technical school; (iv) a church; (v) a public library; (vi) a public playground; (vii) a public park; (viii) a youth center or other space used primarily for youth oriented activities; (ix) a public recreational facility; (x) a public arcade; or (xi) for a new license issued on or after July 1, 2018, a homeless shelter. (b) "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201. (c) "Electronic cigarette product" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1101. (d) "Licensee" means a person licensed under this section to conduct business as a retail tobacco specialty business. (e) "Local health department" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. (f) "Nicotine product" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1101. (g) "Retail tobacco specialty business" means a commercial establishment in which: (i) sales of tobacco products, electronic cigarette products, and nicotine products account for more than 35% of the total quarterly gross receipts for the establishment; (ii) 20% or more of the public retail floor space is allocated to the offer, display, or storage of tobacco products, electronic cigarette products, or nicotine products; (iii) 20% or more of the total shelf space is allocated to the offer, display, or storage of tobacco products, electronic cigarette products, or nicotine products; (iv) the commercial establishment: (A) holds itself out as a retail tobacco specialty business; and (B) causes a reasonable person to believe the commercial establishment is a retail tobacco specialty business; or (v) the retail space features a self-service display for tobacco products, electronic cigarette products, or nicotine products. (h) "Self-service display" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-9-1107. (i) "Tobacco product" means: (i) a tobacco product as defined in Section 76-9-1101; or (ii) tobacco paraphernalia as defined in Section 76-9-1101. (2) The regulation of a retail tobacco specialty business is an exercise of the police powers of the state by the state or by delegation of the state's police powers to other governmental entities. (3) (a) A person may not operate a retail tobacco specialty business in a municipality unless the person obtains a license from the municipality in which the retail tobacco specialty business is located. (b) A municipality may only issue a retail tobacco specialty business license to a person if the person complies with the provisions of Subsections (4) and (5). (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (7), a municipality may not issue a license for a person to conduct business as a retail tobacco specialty business if the retail tobacco specialty business is located within: (i) 1,000 feet of a community location; (ii) 600 feet of another retail tobacco specialty business; or (iii) 600 feet from property used or zoned for: (A) agriculture use; or (B) residential use. (b) For purposes of Subsection (4)(a), the proximity requirements shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest entrance of the retail tobacco specialty business to the nearest property boundary of a location described in Subsections (4)(a)(i) through (iii), without regard to intervening structures or zoning districts. (5) A municipality may not issue or renew a license for a person to conduct business as a retail tobacco specialty business until the person provides the municipality with proof that the retail tobacco specialty business has: (a) a valid permit for a retail tobacco specialty business issued under Title 26B, Chapter 7, Part 5, Regulation of Smoking, Tobacco Products, and Nicotine Products, by the local health department having jurisdiction over the area in which the retail tobacco specialty business is located; and (b) (i) for a retailer that sells a tobacco product, a valid license issued by the State Tax Commission in accordance with Section 59-14-201 or 59-14-301 to sell a tobacco product; and (ii) for a retailer that sells an electronic cigarette product or a nicotine product, a valid license issued by the State Tax Commission in accordance with Section 59-14-803 to sell an electronic cigarette product or a nicotine product. (6) (a) Nothing in this section: (i) requires a municipality to issue a retail tobacco specialty business license; or (ii) prohibits a municipality from adopting more restrictive requirements on a person seeking a license or renewal of a license to conduct business as a retail tobacco specialty business. (b) A municipality may suspend or revoke a retail tobacco specialty business license issued under this section: (i) if a licensee engages in a pattern of unlawful activity under Title 76, Chapter 17, Part 4, Offenses Concerning a Pattern of Unlawful Activity; (ii) if a licensee violates federal law or federal regulations restricting the sale and distribution of tobacco products or electronic cigarette products to protect children and adolescents; (iii) upon the recommendation of the department or a local health department under Title 26B, Chapter 7, Part 5, Regulation of Smoking, Tobacco Products, and Nicotine Products; or (iv) under any other provision of state law or local ordinance. (7) (a) A retail tobacco specialty business is exempt from Subsection (4) if: (i) on or before December 31, 2018, the retail tobacco specialty business was issued a license to conduct business as a retail tobacco specialty business; (ii) the retail tobacco specialty business is operating in a municipality in accordance with all applicable laws except for the requirement in Subsection (4); and (iii) beginning July 1, 2022, the retail tobacco specialty business is not located within 1,000 feet of a public or private kindergarten, elementary, middle, junior high, or high school. (b) A retail tobacco specialty business may maintain an exemption under Subsection (7)(a) if: (i) the license described in Subsection (7)(a)(i) is renewed continuously without lapse or permanent revocation; (ii) the retail tobacco specialty business does not close for business or otherwise suspend the sale of tobacco products, electronic cigarette products, or nicotine products for more than 60 consecutive days; (iii) the retail tobacco specialty business does not substantially change the business premises or business operation; and (iv) the retail tobacco specialty business maintains the right to operate under the terms of other applicable laws, including: (A) Section 26B-7-503; (B) zoning ordinances; (C) building codes; and (D) the requirements of the license described in Subsection (7)(a)(i). (c) A retail tobacco specialty business that does not qualify for an exemption under Subsection (7)(a) is exempt from Subsection (4) if: (i) on or before December 31, 2018, the retail tobacco specialty business was issued a general tobacco retailer permit or a retail tobacco specialty business permit under Title 26B, Chapter 7, Part 5, Regulation of Smoking, Tobacco Products, and Nicotine Products, by the local health department having jurisdiction over the area in which the retail tobacco specialty business is located; (ii) the retail tobacco specialty business is operating in the municipality in accordance with all applicable laws except for the requirement in Subsection (4); and (iii) beginning July 1, 2022, the retail tobacco specialty business is not located within 1,000 feet of a public or private kindergarten, elementary, middle, junior high, or high school. (d) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(e), a retail tobacco specialty business may maintain an exemption under Subsection (7)(c) if: (i) on or before December 31, 2020, the retail tobacco specialty business receives a retail tobacco specialty business permit from the local health department having jurisdiction over the area in which the retail tobacco specialty business is located; (ii) the permit described in Subsection (7)(d)(i) is renewed continuously without lapse or permanent revocation; (iii) the retail tobacco specialty business does not close for business or otherwise suspend the sale of tobacco products, electronic cigarette products, or nicotine products for more than 60 consecutive days; (iv) the retail tobacco specialty business does not substantially change the business premises or business operation as the business existed when the retail tobacco specialty business received a permit under Subsection (7)(d)(i); and (v) the retail tobacco specialty business maintains the right to operate under the terms of other applicable laws, including: (A) Section 26B-7-503; (B) zoning ordinances; (C) building codes; and (D) the requirements of the retail tobacco permit described in Subsection (7)(d)(i). (e) A retail tobacco specialty business described in Subsection (7)(a) or (b) that is located within 1,000 feet of a public or private kindergarten, elementary, middle, junior high, or high school before July 1, 2022, is exempt from Subsection (4)(a)(iii)(B) if the retail tobacco specialty business: (i) relocates, before July 1, 2022, to a property that is used or zoned for commercial use and located within a group of architecturally unified commercial establishments built on a site that is planned, developed, owned, and managed as an operating unit; and (ii) continues to meet the requirements described in Subsection (7)(b) that are not directly related to the relocation described in this Subsection (7)(e).
Utah Code § 10-3b-105 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3b / § 10-3b-105
§ 10-3b-105. Municipal council in six-member council and five-member council forms of government.
Status: in_force

In a municipality operating under a six-member council form of government or a five-member council form of government, the council: (1) is the legislative body of the municipality and exercises the legislative powers and performs the legislative duties and functions of the municipality; and (2) may: (a) adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with statute, for the efficient administration, organization, operation, conduct, and business of the municipality; (b) prescribe by resolution additional duties, powers, and responsibilities for any elected or appointed municipal official, unless prohibited by statute; (c) require by ordinance that any or all appointed officers reside in the municipality; (d) create any office that the council considers necessary for the government of the municipality; (e) provide for filling a vacancy in an elective or appointive office; (f) take any action allowed under Section 10-8-84; and (g) perform any function specifically provided for by statute or necessarily implied by law.
Utah Code § 10-2-904 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-904
§ 10-2-904. Bonds not affected by municipal boundary adjustment -- Payment of property taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) A boundary adjustment under this part may not jeopardize or endanger any general obligation or revenue bond. (2) A bondholder may require the payment of property taxes from any area that: (a) was included in the taxable value of the municipality or other governmental entity issuing the bond at the time the bond was issued; and (b) is no longer within the boundaries of the municipality or other governmental entity issuing the bond due to a boundary adjustment.
Utah Code § 10-5-134 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-134
§ 10-5-134. Transportation utility fee.
Status: in_force

A town may impose and collect a transportation utility fee under the process described in Section 10-6-134.5, the same as if the town were a city.
Utah Code § 10-5-113 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-113
§ 10-5-113. Accumulation of retained earnings or fund balance -- Limit as to general fund -- Reserve for capital improvements.
Status: in_force

(1) A town may accumulate retained earnings or fund balances, as appropriate, in any fund. (2) The accumulation of a fund balance in the town general fund may not exceed 100% of the total revenue of the town general fund for the current fiscal period. (3) (a) The town council may, in a budget year, appropriate from estimated revenue or excess fund balance in the town general fund to a reserve for capital improvements: (i) for the purpose of financing future specified capital improvements; and (ii) in accordance with a formal long-range capital plan adopted by the governing body. (b) The reserves described in Subsection (3)(a) may accumulate from year to year in a capital improvements fund until the accumulated total is sufficient to permit economical expenditure for the specified purposes.
Utah Code § 10-2-613 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-613
§ 10-2-613. Governing body until next election.
Status: in_force

(1) Until the next regular municipal election, the elected officials of the municipalities consolidated into the consolidated municipality shall constitute the governing body of the municipality. (2) The governing body shall elect one of their members to serve as mayor of the municipality and may appoint such other officers as deemed necessary to carry out the business of the municipality.
Utah Code § 10-20-210 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-210
§ 10-20-210. Notice to municipality when a private institution of higher education is constructing student housing.
Status: in_force

(1) Each private postsecondary educational institution, as defined in Section 53H-1-101, that intends to construct student housing on property owned by the institution shall provide written notice of the intended construction, as provided in Subsection (2), before any funds are committed to the construction, if any of the proposed student housing buildings is within 300 feet of privately owned residential property. (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall be provided to the legislative body and, if applicable, the mayor of: (a) the county in whose unincorporated area the privately owned residential property is located; or (b) the municipality in whose boundaries the privately owned residential property is located. (3) At the request of a county or municipality that is entitled to notice under this section, the institution and the legislative body of the affected county or municipality shall jointly hold a public hearing to provide information to the public and receive input from the public about the proposed construction.
Utah Code § 10-18-104 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-18 / § 10-18-104
§ 10-18-104. Application to existing contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) If, before March 1, 2001, the legislative body of a municipality authorized the municipality to offer or provide a cable television service or public telecommunications service, each authorized cable television service or public telecommunications service: (i) is exempt from Part 2, Conditions for Providing Services; and (ii) is subject to Part 3, Operational Requirements and Limitations. (b) The exemption described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) does not apply to any cable television service or public telecommunications service authorized by the legislative body of a municipality on or after March 1, 2001. (2) (a) If, before March 1, 2025, the legislative body of a municipality authorized the municipality to offer or provide a broadband service, each authorized broadband service: (i) is exempt from Part 2, Conditions for Providing Services; and (ii) is subject to Part 3, Operational Requirements and Limitations. (b) The exemption described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) does not apply to any broadband service authorized by the legislative body of a municipality on or after March 1, 2025. (3) This chapter does not: (a) invalidate any contract for cable television service or public telecommunications service entered into by a municipality before March 1, 2001, or any contract for broadband service entered into by a municipality before March 1, 2025: (i) for the design, construction, equipping, operation, or maintenance of a facility used or to be used by the municipality, or by a private provider under a contract with the municipality for the purpose of providing: (A) a broadband service; (B) a cable television service; or (C) a public telecommunications service; (ii) with a private provider for the use of the facility described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) in connection with the private provider offering: (A) a broadband service; (B) a cable television service; or (C) a public telecommunications service; (iii) with a subscriber for providing: (A) a broadband service; (B) a cable television service; or (C) a public telecommunications service; or (iv) to obtain or secure financing for the acquisition or operation of the municipality's facilities or equipment used in connection with providing: (A) a broadband service; (B) a cable television service; or (C) a public telecommunications service; or (b) impair any security interest granted by a municipality as collateral for the municipality's obligations under a contract described in Subsection (3)(a). (4) (a) A municipality that, on or before January 1, 2001, enacts a bond resolution to fund a facility or equipment that the municipality uses to provide a cable television service or public telecommunications service is exempt from certain provisions of this chapter, as described in Subsection (5), in relation to the specific service funded by that bond resolution. (b) A municipality that, on or before January 1, 2025, enacts a bond resolution to fund a facility or equipment that the municipality uses to provide a broadband service is exempt from certain provisions of this chapter, as described in Subsection (5), in relation to the specific service funded by that bond resolution. (c) A municipality that, before March 1, 2001, operates a cable television service or a public telecommunications service for at least three consecutive years, is exempt from certain provisions of this chapter, as described in Subsection (5), in relation to the specific service operated during that time period. (d) A municipality that, before March 1, 2025, operates a broadband service for at least three consecutive years, is exempt from certain provisions of this chapter, as described in Subsection (5), in relation to the specific service operated during that time period. (5) In accordance with Subsection (4), a municipality described in Subsection (4) is exempt from this chapter except for: (a) Subsection 10-18-303(6); (b) Subsection 10-18-303(9); (c) Subsection 10-18-303(12); (d) Section 10-18-304; and (e) Section 10-18-305.
Utah Code § 10-6-139 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-139
§ 10-6-139. City auditor or recorder -- Bookkeeping duties -- Duties with respect to payment of claims.
Status: in_force

(1) The city auditor in each city of the first and second class, and the city recorder in each city of the third, fourth, or fifth class shall maintain the general books for each fund of the city and all subsidiary records relating thereto, including a list of the outstanding bonds, their purpose, amount, terms, date, and place payable. (2) (a) The city auditor or city recorder shall: (i) keep accounts with all receiving and disbursing officers of the city; (ii) preaudit all claims and demands against the city before the claims or demands are allowed; and (iii) prepare the necessary checks in payment. (b) The city auditor or city recorder shall verify that: (i) a claim has been preaudited and documented; (ii) a claim has been approved in one of the following ways: (A) purchase order directly approved by the mayor in the council-mayor optional form of government, or the governing body or the governing body's delegate in other cities; (B) claim directly approved by the governing body; or (C) claim approved by the financial officer; (iii) a claim is within the lawful debt limit of the city; and (iv) a claim does not overexpend the appropriate departmental budget established by the governing body.
Utah Code § 10-20-908 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-908
§ 10-20-908. Identical plan review -- Process -- Indexing of plans -- Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Business day" means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, unless the day falls on a federal, state, or municipal holiday. (b) "Nonidentical plan" means a plan that does not meet the definition of an identical plan in Section 10-20-102. (c) "Original plan" means a floor plan that an applicant intends to: (i) replicate in the future; and (ii) use as the basis for the submission of an identical plan. (2) An applicant may submit, and a municipality shall review, an identical plan as described in this section. (3) At the time of submitting an identical plan for review to a municipality, an applicant shall: (a) mark the floor plan as "identical plans"; (b) identify in writing: (i) the building permit number the municipality issued for the original plan: (A) that was previously approved by the municipality; and (B) to which the submitted floor plan qualifies as an identical plan; or (ii) the identifying index number assigned by the municipality to the original plan, as described in Subsection (5)(b); and (c) identify the site on which the applicant intends to implement the identical plan. (4) Beginning May 7, 2025, an applicant that intends to submit an identical plan for review to a municipality shall: (a) indicate, at the time of submitting an original plan to the municipality for review and approval, that the applicant intends to use the original plan as the basis for submitting a future identical plan if the original plan is approved by the municipality; and (b) identify: (i) the name or other identifier of the original plan; and (ii) the zone the building will be located in, if the municipality approves the original plan. (5) Upon approving an original plan and receiving the information described in Subsection (4), a municipality shall: (a) file and index the original plan for future reference against an identical plan later submitted under Subsection (2); and (b) provide the applicant with an identifying index number for the original plan. (6) A municipality that receives a submission under Subsection (2) shall review and compare the submitted identical plan to the original plan to ensure: (a) the identical plan and original plan are substantially identical; and (b) no structural changes have been made from the original plan. (7) Nothing in this section prohibits a municipality from conducting a site review and requiring geological analysis of the proposed site identified by the applicant under Subsection (3)(c). (8) A municipality shall: (a) review a submitted identical plan for compliance with this section; and (b) approve or reject the identical plan within five business days after the day on which the identical plan was submitted under Subsection (2). (9) An applicant that submits a nonidentical plan to a municipality as an identical plan, with knowledge that the nonidentical plan does not qualify as an identical plan and with intent to deceive the municipality: (a) may be fined by the municipality receiving the submission of the nonidentical plan: (i) in an amount not to exceed three times the building permit fee, if the municipality approved the nonidentical plan as an identical plan before discovering the submission did not qualify as an identical plan; or (ii) in an amount equal to the building permit fee that would have been issued for the nonidentical plan, if the municipality did not approve the nonidentical plan before discovering the submission did not qualify as an identical plan; and (b) is prohibited from submitting an identical plan for review and approval under this section for a period of two years from the day on which the municipality discovers the nonidentical plan identified as an identical plan in the applicant's submission did not qualify as an identical plan. (10) A municipality may impose a criminal penalty, as described in Section 10-3-703, for an applicant that knowingly violates the prohibition described in Subsection (9)(b).
Utah Code § 10-1-204 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-204
§ 10-1-204. Registration as a local government entity.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Each municipality shall register and maintain the municipality's registration as a local government entity, in accordance with Section 67-1a-15. (b) The municipal recorder shall register and maintain the registration on behalf of the municipality. (2) A municipality that fails to comply with Subsection (1) or Section 67-1a-15 is subject to enforcement by the state auditor, in accordance with Section 67-3-1.
Utah Code § 10-20-1110 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-1110
§ 10-20-1110. Consent agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) A legislative body may, by resolution or ordinance, settle litigation initiated under Section 10-20-1109 regarding a land use decision with a property owner through a consent agreement. (2) A legislative body shall approve the consent agreement under Subsection (1) in a public meeting in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act. (3) A legislative body is not required to present to a planning commission on any matter covered by a consent agreement.
Utah Code § 10-20-614 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-614
§ 10-20-614. Cannabis production establishments, medical cannabis pharmacies, and industrial hemp producer licensee.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Cannabis production establishment" means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41a-102 and includes a closed-door medical cannabis pharmacy. (b) "Closed-door medical cannabis pharmacy" means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-41a-102. (c) "Industrial hemp producer licensee" means the same as the term "medical cannabis research licensee" is defined in Section 4-41-102. (d) "Medical cannabis pharmacy" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. (2) (a) (i) A municipality may not regulate a cannabis production establishment or a medical cannabis pharmacy in conflict with: (A) Title 4, Chapter 41a, Cannabis Production Establishments and Pharmacies, and applicable jurisprudence; and (B) this chapter. (ii) A municipality may not regulate an industrial hemp producer licensee in conflict with: (A) Title 4, Chapter 41, Hemp and Cannabinoid Act, and applicable jurisprudence; and (B) this chapter. (b) The Department of Agriculture and Food has plenary authority to license programs or entities that operate a cannabis production establishment or a medical cannabis pharmacy. (3) (a) Within the time period described in Subsection (3)(b), a municipality shall prepare and adopt a land use regulation, development agreement, or land use decision in accordance with this title and: (i) regarding a cannabis production establishment, Section 4-41a-406; or (ii) regarding a medical cannabis pharmacy, Section 4-41a-1105. (b) A municipality shall take the action described in Subsection (3)(a): (i) before January 1, 2021, within 45 days after the day on which the municipality receives a petition for the action; and (ii) after January 1, 2021, in accordance with Section 10-20-905.
Utah Code § 10-20-507 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-507
§ 10-20-507. Classification of new and unlisted business uses.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Classification request" means a request to determine whether a proposed business use aligns with an existing land use specified in a municipality's land use ordinances. (b) "New or unlisted business use" means a business activity that does not align with an existing land use specified in a municipality's land use ordinances. (2) (a) Each municipality shall incorporate into the municipality's land use ordinances a process for reviewing and approving a new or unlisted business use and designating an appropriate zone or zones for an approved use. (b) The process described in Subsection (2)(a) shall: (i) detail how an applicant may submit a classification request; (ii) establish a procedure for the municipality to review a classification request, including: (A) providing a land use authority with criteria to determine whether a proposed use aligns with an existing use; (B) allowing an applicant to proceed under the regulations of an existing use if a land use authority determines a proposed use aligns with that existing use; and (C) providing the applicant an opportunity to appeal a land use authority's decision to a land use appeal authority; (iii) provide that if a use is determined to be a new or unlisted business use: (A) the applicant shall submit to the legislative body for review an application requesting that the legislative body adopt a land use ordinance that permits the new or unlisted business as a permitted or conditional use; (B) notwithstanding Subsection 10-20-503(2) or (3), the legislative body shall consider and approve or deny the application described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A); and (C) the legislative body shall approve or deny the application described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A), within a time frame the legislative body establishes by ordinance, if the applicant responds to requests for additional information within a time frame established by the municipality and appears at required hearings; (iv) provide that if the legislative body approves the application described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A), the legislative body shall designate an appropriate zone or zones for the approved use; and (v) provide that if the legislative body denies the application described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A), or if an applicant disagrees with the land use authority's classification of the proposed use, the legislative body shall: (A) notify the applicant in writing of each reason for the classification or denial; and (B) notify the applicant of the process for appealing the legislative body's decision in accordance with Section 10-20-1109. (c) A municipality may not require an applicant who submits an application described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A) to submit the application to the planning commission for consideration, review, or approval. (3) Each municipality shall amend each land use ordinance that contains a list of approved or prohibited business uses to include a reference to the process for petitioning to approve a new or unlisted business use, as described in Subsection (2).
Utah Code § 10-20-902 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-902
§ 10-20-902. Applicant's entitlement to land use application approval -- Municipality's requirements and limitations -- Vesting upon submission of development plan and schedule.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) (i) An applicant who has submitted a complete land use application as described in Subsection (1)(c), including the payment of all application fees, is entitled to substantive review of the application under the land use regulations: (A) in effect on the date that the application is complete; and (B) applicable to the application or to the information shown on the application. (ii) An applicant is entitled to approval of a land use application if the application conforms to the requirements of the applicable land use regulations, land use decisions, and development standards in effect when the applicant submits a complete application and pays application fees, unless: (A) the land use authority, on the record, formally finds that a compelling, countervailing public interest would be jeopardized by approving the application and specifies the compelling, countervailing public interest in writing; or (B) in the manner provided by local ordinance and before the applicant submits the application, the municipality formally initiates proceedings to amend the municipality's land use regulations in a manner that would prohibit approval of the application as submitted. (b) The municipality shall process an application without regard to proceedings the municipality initiated to amend the municipality's ordinances as described in Subsection (1)(a)(ii)(B) if: (i) 180 days have passed since the municipality initiated the proceedings; and (ii) (A) the proceedings have not resulted in an enactment that prohibits approval of the application as submitted; or (B) during the 12 months before the municipality processing the application, or multiple applications of the same type, are impaired or prohibited under the terms of a temporary land use regulation adopted under Section 10-20-504. (c) A land use application is considered submitted and complete when the applicant provides the application in a form that complies with the requirements of applicable ordinances and pays all applicable fees. (d) A subsequent incorporation of a municipality or a petition that proposes the incorporation of a municipality does not affect a land use application approved by a county in accordance with Section 17-79-803. (e) Unless a phasing sequence is required in an executed development agreement, a municipality shall, without regard to any other separate and distinct land use application, accept and process a complete land use application. (f) The continuing validity of an approval of a land use application is conditioned upon the applicant proceeding after approval to implement the approval with reasonable diligence. (g) A municipality may not impose on an applicant who has submitted a complete application a requirement that is not expressed in: (i) this chapter; (ii) a municipal ordinance in effect on the date that the applicant submits a complete application, subject to Subsection 10-20-902(1)(a)(ii); or (iii) a municipal specification for public improvements applicable to a subdivision or development that is in effect on the date that the applicant submits an application. (h) A municipality may not impose on a holder of an issued land use permit or a final, unexpired subdivision plat a requirement that is not expressed: (i) in a land use permit; (ii) on the subdivision plat; (iii) in a document on which the land use permit or subdivision plat is based; (iv) in the written record evidencing approval of the land use permit or subdivision plat; (v) in this chapter; (vi) in a municipal ordinance; or (vii) in a municipal specification for residential roadways in effect at the time a residential subdivision was approved. (i) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(j) or (k), a municipality may not withhold issuance of a certificate of occupancy or acceptance of subdivision improvements because of an applicant's failure to comply with a requirement that is not expressed: (i) in the building permit or subdivision plat, documents on which the building permit or subdivision plat is based, or the written record evidencing approval of the land use permit or subdivision plat; or (ii) in this chapter or the municipality's ordinances. (j) A municipality may not unreasonably withhold issuance of a certificate of occupancy where an applicant has met all requirements essential for the public health, public safety, and general welfare of the occupants, in accordance with this chapter, unless: (i) the applicant and the municipality have agreed in a written document to the withholding of a certificate of occupancy; or (ii) the applicant has not provided a financial assurance for required and uncompleted public landscaping improvements or infrastructure improvements in accordance with an applicable local ordinance. (k) A municipality may not conduct a final inspection required before issuing a certificate of occupancy for a residential unit that is within the boundary of an infrastructure financing district, as defined in Section 17B-1-102, until the applicant for the certificate of occupancy provides adequate proof to the municipality that any lien on the unit arising from the infrastructure financing district's assessment against the unit under Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act, has been released after payment in full of the infrastructure financing district's assessment against that unit. (l) A municipality: (i) may require the submission of a private landscaping plan, as defined in Section 10-20-807, before landscaping is installed; and (ii) may not withhold an applicant's building permit or certificate of occupancy because the applicant has not submitted a private landscaping plan. (2) A municipality is bound by the terms and standards of applicable land use regulations and shall comply with mandatory provisions of those regulations. (3) (a) Beginning on October 1, 2026, and except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), a municipality shall publish on the municipality's website an application checklist for each land use application type that includes a checklist of all required plans and documents that make a complete application. (b) A municipality that does have a maintained and active website shall provide for inspection of the information described in Subsection (3)(a) at the municipality's place of business during normal business hours. (4) A municipality may not, as a condition of land use application approval, require a person filing a land use application to obtain documentation regarding a school district's willingness, capacity, or ability to serve the development proposed in the land use application. (5) Upon a specified public agency's submission of a development plan and schedule as required in Subsection 10-20-304(8) that complies with the requirements of that subsection, the specified public agency vests in the municipality's applicable land use maps, zoning map, hookup fees, impact fees, other applicable development fees, and land use regulations in effect on the date of submission. (6) (a) If sponsors of a referendum timely challenge a project in accordance with Subsection 20A-7-601(6), the project's affected owner may rescind the project's land use approval by delivering a written notice: (i) to the local clerk as defined in Section 20A-7-101; and (ii) no later than seven days after the day on which a petition for a referendum is determined sufficient under Subsection 20A-7-607(5). (b) Upon delivery of a written notice described in Subsection (6)(a) the following are rescinded and are of no further force or effect: (i) the relevant land use approval; and (ii) any land use regulation enacted specifically in relation to the land use approval. (7) (a) After issuance of a building permit, a municipality may not: (i) change or add to the requirements expressed in the building permit, unless the change or addition is: (A) requested by the building permit holder; or (B) necessary to comply with an applicable state building code; or (ii) revoke the building permit or take action that has the effect of revoking the building permit. (b) Subsection (7)(a) does not prevent a municipality from issuing a building permit that contains an expiration date defined in the building permit.
Utah Code § 10-3-1109 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1109
§ 10-3-1109. Compliance with Labor Code requirements.
Status: in_force

Each municipality shall comply with the requirements of Section 34-32-1.1.
Utah Code § 10-7-68 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-68
§ 10-7-68. Service of process and arrests.
Status: in_force

Any peace officer may serve any process or make any arrest authorized to be made by any city or town officer.
Utah Code § 10-3-201 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-201
§ 10-3-201. Municipal general election -- Terms of office.
Status: in_force

(1) Consistent with Section 20A-1-202, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years, a municipal general election shall be held in all municipalities to fill all elective offices vacated by 12 o'clock noon on the first Monday in the January following the election. The officers elected shall continue in the office to which they were elected for four years except in case of death, resignation, removal or disqualification from office. (2) The officers so elected shall begin their term of office at 12 o'clock noon on the first Monday in January following their election.
Utah Code § 10-8-71 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-71
§ 10-8-71. Waterworks -- Police and fire signals -- Retainage.
Status: in_force

(1) They may purchase, construct, lease, rent, manage and maintain any system or part of any system of waterworks, hydrants and supplies of water, telegraphic or other police or fire signals, and pass all ordinances, penal or otherwise, that shall be necessary for the full protection, maintenance, management and control of the property so leased, purchased or constructed. (2) If any payment on a contract with a private person, firm, or corporation to construct all or part of any waterworks system is retained or withheld, it shall be retained or withheld and released as provided in Section 13-8-5.
Utah Code § 10-11-3 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-11 / § 10-11-3
§ 10-11-3. Neglect of property owners -- Removal or abatement by municipality -- Costs of removal or abatement -- Notice -- File action or lien -- Property owner objection.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) If an owner of, occupant of, or other person responsible for real property described in the notice delivered in accordance with Section 10-11-2 fails to comply with Section 10-11-2, a municipal inspector may: (i) at the expense of the municipality, employ necessary assistance to enter the property and destroy, remove, or abate one or more items or conditions identified in a written notice described in Section 10-11-2; and (ii) (A) prepare an itemized statement in accordance with Subsection (1)(b); and (B) mail to the owner of record according to the records of the county recorder a copy of the statement demanding payment within 30 days after the day on which the statement is post-marked. (b) The statement described in Subsection (1)(a)(ii)(A) shall: (i) include: (A) the address of the property described in Subsection (1)(a); (B) an itemized list of and demand for payment for all expenses, including administrative expenses, incurred by the municipality under Subsection (1)(a)(i); and (C) the address of the municipal treasurer where payment may be made for the expenses; and (ii) notify the property owner: (A) that failure to pay the expenses described in Subsection (1)(b)(i)(B) may result in a lien on the property in accordance with Section 10-11-4; (B) that the owner may file a written objection to all or part of the statement within 20 days after the day of the statement post-mark; and (C) where the owner may file the objection, including the municipal office and address. (c) A statement mailed in accordance with Subsection (1)(a) is delivered when mailed by certified mail addressed to the property owner's of record last-known address according to the records of the county recorder. (d) (i) A municipality may file a notice of a lien, including a copy of the statement described in Subsection (1)(a)(ii)(A) or a summary of the statement, in the records of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located. (ii) If a municipality files a notice of a lien indicating that the municipality intends to certify the unpaid costs and expenses in accordance with Subsection (2)(a)(ii) and Section 10-11-4, the municipality shall file for record in the county recorder's office a release of the lien after all amounts owing are paid. (2) (a) If an owner fails to file a timely written objection as described in Subsection (1)(b)(ii)(B) or to pay the amount set forth in the statement under Subsection (1)(b)(i)(B), the municipality may: (i) file an action in a court with jurisdiction under Title 78A, Judiciary and Judicial Administration; or (ii) certify the past due costs and expenses to the county treasurer of the county in which the property is located in accordance with Section 10-11-4. (b) If a municipality pursues collection of the costs in accordance with Subsection (2)(a)(i) or (4)(a), the municipality may: (i) sue for and receive judgment for all removal and destruction costs, including administrative costs, and reasonable attorney fees, interest, and court costs; and (ii) execute on the judgment in the manner provided by law. (3) (a) If a property owner files an objection in accordance with Subsection (1)(b)(ii), the municipality shall: (i) hold a hearing in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act; and (ii) mail or deliver notice of the hearing date and time to the property owner. (b) At the hearing described in Subsection (3)(a)(i), the municipality shall review and determine the actual cost of abatement, if any, incurred under Subsection (1)(a)(i). (c) The property owner shall pay any actual cost due after a decision by the municipality at the hearing described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) to the municipal treasurer within 30 days after the day on which the hearing is held. (4) If the property owner fails to pay in accordance with Subsection (3)(c), the municipality may: (a) file an action in a court with jurisdiction under Title 78A, Judiciary and Judicial Administration, for the actual cost determined under Subsection (3)(b); or (b) certify the past due costs and expenses to the county treasurer of the county in which the property is located in accordance with Section 10-11-4. (5) This section does not affect or limit: (a) a municipal governing body's power to pass an ordinance as described in Section 10-3-702; or (b) a criminal or civil penalty imposed by a municipality in accordance with Section 10-3-703.
Utah Code § 10-8-75 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-75
§ 10-8-75. Destitute children.
Status: in_force

They may authorize the taking, and provide for the safekeeping and education for such periods of time as may be expedient, for all children who are destitute of proper parental care.
Utah Code § 10-8-65 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-65
§ 10-8-65. Regulation of dogs -- Service animals permitted.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to Section 18-2-101, a municipality may: (a) license, tax, regulate, or prohibit the keeping of dogs; and (b) authorize the destruction, sale, or other disposal of a dog if the dog is at large contrary to ordinance. (2) (a) As used in this Subsection (2): (i) "Retired service animal" means a dog that: (A) at one time was a service animal for the current owner; and (B) no longer provides service animal services for the owner because of the dog's age or other factors limiting the dog's service capability. (ii) "Service animal" means a dog that: (A) is used by a law enforcement agency; (B) is specially trained or is in training for law enforcement work; and (C) assists a law enforcement agency in the performance of law enforcement duties. (b) If a municipality adopts a limit as to the number of dogs a person may keep, the municipality shall allow a person to keep a service animal, a retired service animal, or both in addition to that limit.
Utah Code § 10-3-205 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-205
§ 10-3-205. Election of officers in municipalities operating under a city council form of government.
Status: in_force

Each municipality operating under a five-member or six-member city council form of government shall hold municipal elections to fill, for a term of four years, the following offices in the following years: (1) in the year following a year in which a presidential election is held, the offices of: (a) approximately half the council members; and (b) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), mayor; and (2) in the year preceding a year in which a presidential election is held, the offices of: (a) the remaining council members; and (b) for a municipality that elected a mayor in 2015 for a term of four years, mayor.
Utah Code § 10-20-621 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-621
§ 10-20-621. Modular building.
Status: in_force

(1) Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act, governs regulations related to the construction, transportation, installation, inspection, fees, and enforcement related to modular building. (2) A municipality may adopt an ordinance regulating modular building so long as the ordinance conforms with Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act, Chapter 21, Municipalities and Housing Supply, and this chapter.
Utah Code § 10-21-402 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-21 / § 10-21-402
§ 10-21-402. Affordable home ownership density bonus for multi-family residential units.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Affordable housing" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-21-401. (b) "Owner-occupier" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-21-401. (c) "Qualifying affordable home ownership multi-family density bonus" means municipal approval of a density of at least 20 residential units per acre. (2) If a municipality approves a qualifying affordable home ownership multi-family density bonus, either through a zoning ordinance or a development agreement, the municipality may adopt requirements for the qualifying affordable home ownership multi-family density bonus area to ensure: (a) at least 20% more residential units per acre than are otherwise allowed in the area; (b) at least 60% of the total units in the multi-family residential building be deed-restricted to owner-occupancy for at least five years; (c) at least 25% of the total units in the multi-family residential building qualify as affordable housing; (d) at least 25% of the total units in a multi-family residential building to be no larger than 1,600 square feet; or (e) the applicant creates a preferential qualifying buyer program in which a unit in a multi-family residential building is initially offered for sale, for up to 30 days, to a category of preferred qualifying buyers established by the municipality, in accordance with provisions of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3601. (3) A municipality may offer additional incentives in a qualifying affordable home ownership multi-family density bonus area for multi-family residential units to promote owner-occupied, affordable housing.
Utah Code § 10-2-603 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-603
§ 10-2-603. Plan of consolidation.
Status: in_force

(1) The resolution for consolidation shall have attached a plan approved by the governing bodies, properly executed by the mayors and attested by the recorders setting forth the nature of the obligations, assets, and liabilities of the municipalities to be included within the proposed consolidated municipality. (2) The plan shall include a list of every public utility or property on which any debt is owed or due, all or any part of which is payable from the revenues of the utility or property, or from taxes which have been levied and which are outstanding at the time the proposed consolidation is to become effective. (3) The plan shall also specify the rights, duties, and obligations of the proposed consolidated municipality.
Utah Code § 10-1-203 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-203
§ 10-1-203. License fees and taxes -- Application information to be transmitted to the county assessor.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Business" means any enterprise carried on for the purpose of gain or economic profit, except that the acts of employees rendering services to employers are not included in this definition. (b) "Telecommunications provider" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-1-402. (c) "Telecommunications tax or fee" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-1-402. (2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) through (5) and Subsection (7), the legislative body of a municipality may license for the purpose of regulation any business within the limits of the municipality, may regulate that business by ordinance, and may impose fees on businesses to recover the municipality's costs of regulation. (3) (a) The legislative body of a municipality may raise revenue by levying and collecting a municipal energy sales or use tax as provided in Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax Act, except a municipality may not levy or collect a franchise tax or fee on an energy supplier other than the municipal energy sales and use tax provided in Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax Act. (b) (i) Subsection (3)(a) does not affect the validity of a franchise agreement as defined in Subsection 10-1-303(7), that is in effect on July 1, 1997, or a future franchise. (ii) A franchise agreement as defined in Subsection 10-1-303(7) in effect on January 1, 1997, or a future franchise shall remain in full force and effect. (c) A municipality that collects a contractual franchise fee pursuant to a franchise agreement as defined in Subsection 10-1-303(7) with an energy supplier that is in effect on July 1, 1997, may continue to collect that fee as provided in Subsection 10-1-310(2). (d) (i) Subject to the requirements of Subsection (3)(d)(ii), a franchise agreement as defined in Subsection 10-1-303(7) between a municipality and an energy supplier may contain a provision that: (A) requires the energy supplier by agreement to pay a contractual franchise fee that is otherwise prohibited under Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax Act; and (B) imposes the contractual franchise fee on or after the day on which Part 3, Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax Act is: (I) repealed, invalidated, or the maximum allowable rate provided in Section 10-1-305 is reduced; and (II) not superseded by a law imposing a substantially equivalent tax. (ii) A municipality may not charge a contractual franchise fee under the provisions permitted by Subsection (3)(b)(i) unless the municipality charges an equal contractual franchise fee or a tax on all energy suppliers. (4) (a) Subject to Subsection (4)(b), beginning July 1, 2004, the legislative body of a municipality may raise revenue by levying and providing for the collection of a municipal telecommunications license tax as provided in Part 4, Municipal Telecommunications License Tax Act. (b) A municipality may not levy or collect a telecommunications tax or fee on a telecommunications provider except as provided in Part 4, Municipal Telecommunications License Tax Act. (5) (a) (i) The legislative body of a municipality may by ordinance raise revenue by levying and collecting a license fee or tax on: (A) a parking service business in an amount that is less than or equal to: (I) $1 per vehicle that parks at the parking service business; or (II) 2% of the gross receipts of the parking service business; (B) a public assembly or other related facility in an amount that is less than or equal to $5 per ticket purchased from the public assembly or other related facility; and (C) subject to the limitations of Subsections (5)(c) and (d): (I) a business that causes disproportionate costs of municipal services; or (II) a purchaser from a business for which the municipality provides an enhanced level of municipal services. (ii) Nothing in this Subsection (5)(a) may be construed to authorize a municipality to levy or collect a license fee or tax on a public assembly or other related facility owned and operated by another political subdivision other than a community reinvestment agency without the written consent of the other political subdivision. (b) As used in this Subsection (5): (i) "Municipal services" includes: (A) public utilities; and (B) services for: (I) police; (II) fire; (III) storm water runoff; (IV) traffic control; (V) parking; (VI) transportation; (VII) beautification; or (VIII) snow removal. (ii) "Parking service business" means a business: (A) that primarily provides off-street parking services for a public facility that is wholly or partially funded by public money; (B) that provides parking for one or more vehicles; and (C) that charges a fee for parking. (iii) "Public assembly or other related facility" means an assembly facility that: (A) is wholly or partially funded by public money; (B) is operated by a business; and (C) requires a person attending an event at the assembly facility to purchase a ticket. (c) (i) Before the legislative body of a municipality imposes a license fee on a business that causes disproportionate costs of municipal services under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(I), the legislative body of the municipality shall adopt an ordinance defining for purposes of the tax under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(I): (A) the costs that constitute disproportionate costs; and (B) the amounts that are reasonably related to the costs of the municipal services provided by the municipality. (ii) The amount of a fee under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(I) shall be reasonably related to the costs of the municipal services provided by the municipality. (d) (i) Before the legislative body of a municipality imposes a license fee on a purchaser from a business for which it provides an enhanced level of municipal services under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(II), the legislative body of the municipality shall adopt an ordinance defining for purposes of the fee under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(II): (A) the level of municipal services that constitutes the basic level of municipal services in the municipality; and (B) the amounts that are reasonably related to the costs of providing an enhanced level of municipal services in the municipality. (ii) The amount of a fee under Subsection (5)(a)(i)(C)(II) shall be reasonably related to the costs of providing an enhanced level of the municipal services. (6) All license fees and taxes shall be uniform in respect to the class upon which they are imposed. (7) (a) As used in this Subsection (7): (i) (A) "Event requirement" means a requirement a municipality imposes on individuals who participate in a municipal event. (B) "Event requirement" does not include a requirement that is inconsistent with Subsection (7)(b). (ii) "Exempt individual" means an individual who, under Subsection (7)(b), may not be required to have a business license or permit. (iii) "Municipal event" means an event hosted or sponsored by a municipality. (b) A municipality may notrequire a license or permit for a business that is operated: (i) only occasionally; and (ii) by an individual who is under 19 years old. (c) Subsection (7)(b) does not prevent a municipality from imposing an event requirement on an exempt individual who participates in a municipal event. (8) A municipality may not: (a) charge any fee for a resident of the municipality to operate a home-based business, unless the combined offsite impact of the home-based business and the primary residential use materially exceeds the offsite impact of the primary residential use alone; (b) require, as a condition of obtaining or maintaining a license or permit for a business: (i) that an employee or agent of a business complete education, continuing education, or training that is in addition to requirements under state law or state licensing requirements; or (ii) that a business disclose financial information, inventory amounts, or proprietary business information, except as specifically authorized under state or federal law. (9) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (8)(a), a municipality may charge an administrative fee for a license to a home-based business owner who is otherwise exempt under Subsection (8)(a) but who requests a license from the municipality. (b) A municipality shall notify the owner of each home-based business of the exemption described in Subsection (8)(a) in any communication with the owner. (10) The municipality shall transmit the information from each approved business license application to the county assessor within 60 days following the approval of the application. (11) If challenged in court, an ordinance enacted by a municipality before January 1, 1994, imposing a business license fee on rental dwellings under this section shall be upheld unless the business license fee is found to impose an unreasonable burden on the fee payer.
Utah Code § 10-8-24 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-24
§ 10-8-24. Litter in streets.
Status: in_force

They may regulate and prevent the throwing or depositing of ashes, offal, dirt, garbage or any offensive matter in, and prevent injury or obstruction to, any street, sidewalk, avenue, alley, park or public ground.
Utah Code § 10-20-813 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-813
§ 10-20-813. Petition to vacate a public street.
Status: in_force

(1) In lieu of vacating some or all of a public street through a plat or amended plat in accordance with Sections 10-20-803 through 10-20-812, a legislative body may approve a petition to vacate a public street in accordance with this section. (2) A petition to vacate some or all of a public street or municipal utility easement shall include: (a) the name and address of each owner of record of land that is: (i) adjacent to the public street or municipal utility easement between the two nearest public street intersections; or (ii) accessed exclusively by or within 300 feet of the public street or municipal utility easement; (b) proof of written notice to operators of utilities and culinary water or sanitary sewer facilities located within the bounds of the public street or municipal utility easement sought to be vacated; and (c) the signature of each owner under Subsection (2)(a) who consents to the vacation. (3) If a petition is submitted containing a request to vacate some or all of a public street or municipal utility easement, the legislative body shall hold a public hearing in accordance with Section 10-20-208 and determine whether: (a) good cause exists for the vacation; and (b) the public interest or any person will be materially injured by the proposed vacation. (4) The legislative body may adopt an ordinance granting a petition to vacate some or all of a public street or municipal utility easement if the legislative body finds that: (a) good cause exists for the vacation; and (b) neither the public interest nor any person will be materially injured by the vacation. (5) If the legislative body adopts an ordinance vacating some or all of a public street or municipal utility easement, the legislative body shall ensure that one or both of the following is recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the land is located: (a) a plat reflecting the vacation; or (b) (i) an ordinance described in Subsection (4); and (ii) a legal description of the public street to be vacated. (6) The action of the legislative body vacating some or all of a public street or municipal utility easement that has been dedicated to public use: (a) operates to the extent to which it is vacated, upon the effective date of the recorded plat or ordinance, as a revocation of the acceptance of and the relinquishment of the municipality's fee in the vacated public street or municipal utility easement; and (b) may not be construed to impair: (i) any right-of-way or easement of any parcel or lot owner; (ii) the rights of any public utility; or (iii) the rights of a culinary water authority or sanitary sewer authority. (7) (a) A municipality may submit a petition, in accordance with Subsection (2), and initiate and complete a process to vacate some or all of a public street. (b) If a municipality submits a petition and initiates a process under Subsection (7)(a): (i) the legislative body shall hold a public hearing; (ii) the petition and process may not apply to or affect a public utility easement, except to the extent: (A) the easement is not a protected utility easement as defined in Section 54-3-27; (B) the easement is included within the public street; and (C) the notice to vacate the public street also contains a notice to vacate the easement; and (iii) a recorded ordinance to vacate a public street has the same legal effect as vacating a public street through a recorded plat or amended plat. (8) A legislative body may not approve a petition to vacate a public street under this section unless the vacation identifies and preserves any easements owned by a culinary water authority and sanitary sewer authority for existing facilities located within the public street.
Utah Code § 10-20-501 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-501
§ 10-20-501. Enactment of land use regulation, land use decision, or development agreement.
Status: in_force

(1) Only a legislative body, as the body authorized to weigh policy considerations, may enact a land use regulation. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a legislative body may enact a land use regulation only by ordinance. (b) A legislative body may, by ordinance or resolution, enact a land use regulation that imposes a fee. (3) A legislative body shall ensure that a land use regulation is consistent with the purposes of this chapter. (4) (a) A legislative body shall adopt a land use regulation to: (i) create or amend a zoning district under Subsection 10-20-503(1)(a); and (ii) designate general uses allowed in each zoning district. (b) A land use authority may establish or modify other restrictions or requirements other than those described in Subsection (4)(a), including the configuration or modification of uses or density, through a land use decision that applies criteria or policy elements that a land use regulation establishes or describes. (5) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b) or (5)(c), a municipality shall publish on the municipality's website: (i) all of the municipality's land use regulations; and (ii) a fee schedule that lists all of the municipality's fees related to a land use application, land use permit, or land use regulation, including development review fees and impact fees. (b) A municipality that does not have a maintained and active website shall provide for inspection of the information described in Subsection (5)(a) at the municipality's place of business during normal business hours. (c) A municipality may comply with Subsection (5)(a) by: (i) posting a link on the municipality's website to a separate webpage or third-party website where the land use regulations or fee schedule described in Subsection (5)(a) are posted; and (ii) submitting a new or modified land use regulation or fee schedule described in Subsection (5)(a) to the third-party website within six months after the day on which the legislative body adopts the new or modified land use regulation or fee schedule. (6) A municipality may not adopt a land use regulation or development agreement, or make a land use decision, that restricts the type of crop that may be grown in an area that is: (a) zoned agricultural; or (b) assessed under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 5, Farmland Assessment Act. (7) A municipal land use regulation pertaining to an airport or an airport influence area, as that term is defined in Section 72-10-401, is subject to Title 72, Chapter 10, Part 4, Airport Zoning Act.
Utah Code § 10-20-907 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-907
§ 10-20-907. Boundary establishment -- Process -- Boundary agreement not subject to review by land use authority -- Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

(1) The owners of adjoining property may initiate a boundary establishment to: (a) resolve an ambiguous, uncertain, or disputed boundary between the adjoining properties; and (b) agree upon the location of an existing common boundary between the adjoining properties. (2) Adjoining property owners executing a boundary establishment described in Subsection (1) shall: (a) prepare an establishment document that complies with Section 57-1-45; and (b) record the boundary establishment with the county recorder for the county in which the property exists, in accordance with Section 57-1-45. (3) A boundary establishment: (a) is not subject to review of a land use authority; and (b) does not require consent or approval from a land use authority before it may be recorded. (4) A boundary establishment is effective from the day it is recorded by a county recorder. (5) A municipality may enforce municipal ordinances against property with a boundary establishment that violates a land use regulation. (6) A boundary establishment that complies with this section presumptively: (a) has no detrimental effect on any easement on the property that is recorded before the day on which the agreement is executed; and (b) conveys the ownership of the adjoining parties to the established common boundary.
Utah Code § 10-2-706 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-706
§ 10-2-706. Taxes to meet municipal obligations.
Status: in_force

(1) The court shall have power to wind down the affairs of the municipality, to dispose of its property as provided by law, and to make provisions for the payment of all indebtedness thereof and for the performance of its contracts and obligations, and shall order such taxes levied from time to time as may be requisite therefore, which the county legislative body shall levy against the property within the municipality. (2) The taxes shall be collected by the county treasurer in the manner for collecting other property taxes and shall be paid out under the orders of the court, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid into the school fund for the district in which the taxes were levied. (3) All municipal property remaining after the winding down of the affairs of the municipality, shall be transferred to the board of education of such school district, which board hereby is empowered to enforce all claims for the same and to have the use of all property so vesting.
Utah Code § 10-2-703 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-703
§ 10-2-703. Providing notice of election.
Status: in_force

(1) Immediately after setting the date for the election, the court shall order for notice to be provided of the: (a) petition; and (b) date the election is to be held to determine the question of dissolution. (2) The notice described in Subsection (1) shall be provided for the municipality, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least one month before the day of the election.
Utah Code § 10-3-302 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-302
§ 10-3-302. Mayoral or council vacancy of a municipality.
Status: in_force

Mayoral or council vacancies shall be filled as provided in Section 20A-1-510.