Utah Code § 10-18-303 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-18 / § 10-18-303
§ 10-18-303. General operating limitations -- Notice of change to price list.
Status: in_force

(1) A municipality that provides a broadband service, a cable television service, or a public telecommunications service under this chapter is subject to the operating limitations of this section. (2) A municipality that provides a broadband service shall comply with: (a) the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; and (b) the regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. (3) A municipality that provides a cable television service shall comply with: (a) the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. 521, et seq.; and (b) the regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission under the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. 521, et seq. (4) A municipality that provides a public telecommunications service shall comply with: (a) the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; (b) the regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; (c) Section 54-8b-2.2 relating to: (i) the interconnection of essential facilities; and (ii) the purchase and sale of essential services; and (d) the rules made by the Public Service Commission of Utah under Section 54-8b-2.2. (5) A municipality may not cross subsidize a broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service with: (a) tax dollars; (b) income from other municipal or utility services; (c) below-market rate loans from the municipality; or (d) any other means. (6) (a) A municipality may not make or grant any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to the municipality or to any private provider of: (i) a broadband service; (ii) a cable television service; or (iii) a public telecommunications service. (b) A municipality shall apply, without discrimination as to the municipality or a private provider, the municipality's ordinances, rules, policies, and practices, including those relating to: (i) obligation to serve; (ii) access to and use of public rights of way; (iii) access to and use of municipally owned or controlled conduit, towers, and utility poles; (iv) permitting; (v) performance bonding; (vi) reporting; (vii) quality of service; and (viii) administration of or participation in federal, state, or local funding opportunities for broadband deployment. (c) Subsections (6)(a) and (b) do not supersede the exception for a rural telephone company in 47 U.S.C. Sec. 251. (7) In calculating the rates charged by a municipality for a broadband service, a cable television service, or a public telecommunications service, the municipality: (a) shall include within its rates an amount equal to all taxes, fees, and other assessments that would be applicable to a similarly situated private provider of the same services, including: (i) federal, state, and local taxes; (ii) franchise fees; (iii) permit fees; (iv) pole attachment fees; and (v) fees similar to those described in Subsections (7)(a)(i) through (iv); and (b) may not price a broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service at a level that is less than the sum of: (i) the actual direct costs of providing the service; (ii) the actual indirect costs of providing the service; and (iii) the amount determined under Subsection (7)(a). (8) (a) A municipality that provides a broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service shall establish and maintain a comprehensive price list of all broadband services, cable television services, or public telecommunications services offered by the municipality. (b) The price list described in Subsection (8)(a) shall: (i) include all terms and conditions relating to the municipality providing each broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service offered by the municipality; (ii) be posted on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601; and (iii) be available for inspection: (A) at a designated office of the municipality; and (B) during normal business hours. (c) At least five days before the date a change to a municipality's price list becomes effective, the municipality shall provide notice of the change: (i) for the municipality, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least five days; and (ii) to any other persons requesting notification of any changes to the municipality's price list. (d) A municipality may not offer a broadband service, a cable television service, or a public telecommunications service except in accordance with the prices, terms, and conditions set forth in the municipality's price list. (9) A municipality may not offer to provide or provide a broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service to a subscriber that does not reside within the geographic boundaries of the municipality. (10) (a) A municipality shall keep accurate books and records of the municipality's: (i) broadband services; (ii) cable television services; and (iii) public telecommunications services. (b) The books and records required to be kept under Subsection (10)(a) are subject to legislative audit to verify the municipality's compliance with the requirements of this chapter including: (i) pricing; (ii) recordkeeping; and (iii) antidiscrimination. (11) (a) A municipality shall annually produce a report of the municipality's provision of broadband services, cable television services, and public telecommunications services. (b) The report described in Subsection (11)(a) shall include, for each broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service provided by the municipality: (i) the price list described in Subsection (8) that is effective at the time of the report; (ii) the number of households and businesses within the coverage area of the municipality's network; (iii) the number of subscribers to the service, including net additions or losses, for the prior fiscal year; (iv) the revenues generated from the service for the prior fiscal year; (v) a full-cost accounting for the prior fiscal year regarding: (A) the municipality's purchase, lease, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities necessary to provide the service; and (B) the municipality's expenditure of funds for labor, financing, and administering the service; (vi) the projected growth in demand in the municipality for the service for the next 10 years; (vii) the projections, from the time of the report for the next 10 years, of a full-cost accounting for a municipality to purchase, lease, construct, maintain, or operate the facilities necessary to provide the service; (viii) the projections, from the time of the report for the next 10 years, of the revenues to be generated from the service; (ix) with respect to the information described in Subsections (11)(b)(iv) through (viii), a comparison to the results of the feasibility study for the service adopted by the municipality under Section 10-18-202; (x) a determination as to whether the revenues described in Subsection (11)(b)(iv) exceed the costs described in Subsection (11)(b)(v) by the amount necessary to meet the bond obligations of any bonds issued to fund the service; and (xi) a disclosure of events in the prior fiscal year that are material to the municipality's issuance of bonds to fund the service, including: (A) debt service delinquencies and defaults; (B) non-payment covenant defaults; (C) unscheduled reserve fund draws; (D) adverse tax opinions; (E) credit rating changes; (F) bond calls; (G) tender offers; and (H) private debt placements. (c) The report shall be submitted to the legislative body of the municipality before October 1 of each year with a summary of the report findings that is no longer than one page in length. (d) At the next regular meeting after the legislative body of the municipality receives the report, the legislative body shall schedule a public hearing to be held within 30 days after the day of the meeting at which the public hearing is scheduled, for the purpose of allowing: (i) the municipality's staff to present the report; and (ii) the public to become informed and ask questions about the report findings. (e) The municipality shall provide notice of the public hearing described in Subsection (11)(d) for the municipality, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least two weeks before the day on which the public hearing is held. (f) After the public hearing described in Subsection (11)(d), the legislative body of the municipality shall: (i) adopt by resolution the report described in Subsection (11)(a); and (ii) make the report available for inspection at a designated office of the municipality during normal business hours and via hyperlink on the municipality's website. (12) A municipality may not receive distributions from the Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support Fund established in Section 54-8b-15.
Utah Code § 10-7-6 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-6
§ 10-7-6. Contracts for lighting public buildings, streets, and alleys.
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners, city council, or the board of trustees may enter into a contract on behalf of the city or town for the lighting of its public buildings, streets, alleys, and other public places for a period of time that the board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees may consider advisable.
Utah Code § 10-6-136 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-136
§ 10-6-136. Increase in appropriations for operating and capital budget funds -- Notice.
Status: in_force

(1) The total budget appropriation of any fund described in Section 10-6-135 may be increased by resolution of the governing body at any regular meeting, or special meeting called for that purpose, provided that written notice of the time, place and purpose of the meeting shall have been mailed or delivered to all members of the governing body at least five days prior to the meeting. (2) The notice may be waived in writing or orally during attendance at the meeting by any member of the governing body.
Utah Code § 10-15-5 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-15 / § 10-15-5
§ 10-15-5. Powers of acquisition and improvement.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislative body of the municipalities shall also have the power to acquire by gift, purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, land, real property or rights of way which shall become part of the municipal street established as a pedestrian mall, or which shall otherwise be used by the municipality as a part of, or for purposes connected with, a pedestrian mall, and such lands, real property or rights of way may be improved in the same manner as municipal streets may be improved. (2) The legislative body shall also have the power to make such improvements on mall intersections and intersecting streets or upon facilities acquired for parking and other related purposes where such improvements are necessary or convenient to the operation of the mall. (3) The acquisitions and improvements authorized by this section shall be deemed "improvements."
Utah Code § 10-2-303 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-303
§ 10-2-303. Effect of change in class.
Status: in_force

(1) If a municipality changes from one class to another: (a) all property, property rights, and other rights that belonged to or were vested in the municipality at the time of the change shall belong to and be vested in it after the change; (b) no contract, claim, or right of the municipality or demand or liability against it shall be altered or affected in any way by the change; (c) each ordinance, order, and resolution in force in the municipality when it changes classes shall, to the extent that it is not inconsistent with law, not be affected by the change and shall remain in effect until repealed or amended; (d) the change may not affect the identity of the municipality; (e) each municipal officer in office at the time of the change shall continue as an officer until that officer's term expires and a successor is duly elected and qualified; and (f) the municipality maintains after the change in class the same form of government that it had immediately before the change. (2) (a) A change in class does not affect an action at law, prosecution, business, or work of the municipality changing classes, and proceedings shall continue and may be conducted and proceed as if no change in class had occurred. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), if the law applicable to a municipality under the new class provides the municipality a different remedy with respect to a right that it possessed at the time of the change, the remedy shall be cumulative to the remedy applicable before the change in class.
Utah Code § 10-3-908 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-908
§ 10-3-908. Noncompliance a misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Any city engineer who fails to comply with Sections 10-3-903 through 10-3-907 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Utah Code § 10-3-912 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-912
§ 10-3-912. Chief of department may suspend subordinates.
Status: in_force

(1) The chief of each department may at any time suspend any subordinate officers, members, employees, or agents employed therein when in his judgment the good of the service demands it, and during the time of suspension, the person suspended is not entitled to any salary or compensation whatsoever. (2) Any suspension of employees in the classified civil service which exceeds three days or 24 working hours is subject to an appeal to the civil service commission as provided in Section 10-3-1012.
Utah Code § 10-3b-302 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3b / § 10-3b-302
§ 10-3b-302. Mayor in six-member council form of government -- Mayor pro tempore.
Status: in_force

(1) The mayor in a municipality operating under a six-member council form of municipal government: (a) is, except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a nonvoting member of the council; (b) votes as a voting member of the council: (i) on each matter for which there is a tie vote of the other council members present at a council meeting, including a tie vote to fill a mid-term vacancy under Section 20A-1-510; or (ii) when the council is voting on: (A) whether to appoint or dismiss a municipal manager; or (B) an ordinance that enlarges or restricts the mayor's powers, duties, or functions; (c) is the chair of the council and presides at all council meetings; (d) exercises ceremonial functions for the municipality; (e) may not veto an ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation passed by the council; (f) except as modified by ordinance under Subsection 10-3b-303(2), has the powers and duties described in Section 10-3b-104; and (g) may, within budget constraints, appoint one or more administrative assistants to the mayor. (2) (a) If the mayor is absent or unable or refuses to act, the council may elect a member of the council as mayor pro tempore, to: (i) preside at a council meeting; and (ii) perform, during the mayor's absence, disability, or refusal to act, the duties and functions of mayor. (b) The municipal clerk or recorder shall enter in the minutes of the council meeting the election of a council member as mayor pro tempore under Subsection (2)(a).
Utah Code § 10-3-827 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-827
§ 10-3-827. Oaths.
Status: in_force

All officers of any municipality, whether elected or appointed, before entering on the duties of their respective offices shall take, subscribe and file the constitutional oath of office.
Utah Code § 10-3-205.5 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-205.5
§ 10-3-205.5. At-large election of officers -- Election of commissioners or council members.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), (3), or (4), the officers of each city shall be elected in an at-large election held at the time and in the manner provided for electing municipal officers. (2) (a) The governing body of a city may by ordinance provide for the election of some or all commissioners or council members, as the case may be, by district equal in number to the number of commissioners or council members elected by district. (b) (i) Each district shall be of substantially equal population as the other districts. (ii) Within six months after the Legislature completes its redistricting process, the governing body of each city that has adopted an ordinance under Subsection (2)(a) shall make any adjustments in the boundaries of the districts as may be required to maintain districts of substantially equal population.
Utah Code § 10-1-405 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-405
§ 10-1-405. Collection of taxes by commission -- Uniform interlocal agreement -- Administrative charge -- Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the commission shall collect, enforce, and administer any municipal telecommunications license tax imposed under this part pursuant to: (a) the same procedures used in the administration, collection, and enforcement of the state sales and use tax under: (i) Title 59, Chapter 1, General Taxation Policies; and (ii) Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 1, Tax Collection: (A) except for: (I) Subsection 59-12-103(2)(i); (II) Section 59-12-104; (III) Section 59-12-104.1; (IV) Section 59-12-104.2; (V) Section 59-12-104.3; (VI) Section 59-12-107.1; and (VII) Section 59-12-123; and (B) except that for purposes of Section 59-1-1410, the term "person" may include a customer from whom a municipal telecommunications license tax is recovered in accordance with Subsection 10-1-403(2); and (b) a uniform interlocal agreement between the municipality that imposes the municipal telecommunications license tax and the commission: (i) that is executed under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act; (ii) that complies with Subsection (2)(a); and (iii) that is developed by rule in accordance with Subsection (2)(b). (2) (a) The uniform interlocal agreement described in Subsection (1) shall provide that the commission shall: (i) transmit money collected under this part monthly by electronic funds transfer by the commission to the municipality; (ii) conduct audits of the municipal telecommunications license tax; (iii) retain and deposit an administrative charge in accordance with Section 59-1-306 from revenues the commission collects from a tax under this part; and (iv) collect, enforce, and administer the municipal telecommunications license tax authorized under this part pursuant to the same procedures used in the administration, collection, and enforcement of the state sales and use tax as provided in Subsection (1)(a). (b) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission shall develop a uniform interlocal agreement that meets the requirements of this section. (3) If a telecommunications provider pays a municipal telecommunications license tax to the commission, the telecommunications provider shall pay the municipal telecommunications license tax to the commission: (a) monthly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of the previous month if: (i) the telecommunications provider is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission monthly under Section 59-12-108; or (ii) the telecommunications provider is not required to file a sales and use tax return under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act; or (b) quarterly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of the previous quarter if the telecommunications provider is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission quarterly under Section 59-12-107. (4) If, on July 1, 2007, a municipality has in effect an ordinance that levies a municipal telecommunications license tax under this part at a rate that exceeds 3.5%: (a) except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), beginning on July 1, 2007, the commission shall collect the municipal telecommunications license tax: (i) within the municipality; (ii) at a rate of 3.5%; and (iii) from a telecommunications provider required to pay the municipal telecommunications license tax on or after July 1, 2007; and (b) the commission shall collect a municipal telecommunications license tax within the municipality at the rate imposed by the municipality if: (i) after July 1, 2007, the municipality has in effect an ordinance that levies a municipal telecommunications license tax under this part at a rate of up to 3.5%; (ii) the municipality meets the requirements of Subsection 10-1-403(3)(b) in changing the rate of the municipal telecommunications license tax; and (iii) a telecommunications provider is required to pay the municipal telecommunications license tax on or after the day on which the ordinance described in Subsection (4)(b)(ii) takes effect.
Utah Code § 10-3-1002 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1002
§ 10-3-1002. Classified civil service -- Places of employment constituting classified civil service -- Appointments to and from classified civil service.
Status: in_force

(1) The classified civil service shall consist of all places of employment now existing or hereafter created in or under the police department and the fire department of each first or second class city that establishes a civil service commission and the health department in each first class city that establishes a civil service commission, except the head of the departments, deputy chiefs of the police and fire departments, and assistant chiefs of the police department and fire department in cities of the first and second class, and the members of the board of health of the departments. (2) No appointments to any of the places of employment constituting the classified civil service in the departments shall be made except according to law and under the rules and regulations of the civil service commission. (3) The head of each of the departments may, and the deputy chiefs of the police and fire departments and assistant chiefs of the police and fire departments shall, be appointed from the classified civil service, and upon the expiration of the term or upon the appointment of a successor shall be returned thereto.
Utah Code § 10-20-302 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-302
§ 10-20-302. Planning commission powers and duties -- Training requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The planning commission shall review and make a recommendation to the legislative body for: (a) a general plan and amendments to the general plan; (b) land use regulations, including: (i) ordinances regarding the subdivision of land within the municipality; and (ii) amendments to existing land use regulations; (c) an appropriate delegation of power to at least one designated land use authority to hear and act on a land use application; (d) an appropriate delegation of power to at least one appeal authority to hear and act on an appeal from a decision of the land use authority; and (e) application processes that: (i) may include a designation of routine land use matters that, upon application and proper notice, will receive informal streamlined review and action if the application is uncontested; and (ii) shall protect the right of each: (A) land use applicant and adversely affected party to require formal consideration of any application by a land use authority; and (B) land use applicant or adversely affected party to appeal a land use authority's decision to a separate appeal authority. (2) Before making a recommendation to a legislative body on an item described in Subsection (1)(a) or (b), the planning commission shall hold a public hearing in accordance with Section 10-20-405. (3) A legislative body may adopt, modify, or reject a planning commission's recommendation to the legislative body under this section. (4) Nothing in this section limits the right of a municipality to initiate or propose the actions described in this section. (5) (a) (i) This Subsection (5) applies to: (A) a city of the first, second, third, or fourth class; and (B) a city of the fifth class with a population of 5,000 or more, if the city is located within a county of the first, second, or third class. (ii) The population for each city described in Subsection (5)(a)(i) shall be derived from: (A) an estimate of the Utah Population Committee created in Section 63C-20-103; or (B) if the Utah Population Committee estimate is not available, the most recent official census or census estimate of the United States Census Bureau. (b) A municipality described in Subsection (5)(a)(i) shall ensure that each member of the municipality's planning commission completes four hours of annual land use training as follows: (i) one hour of annual training on general powers and duties, including the role of the planning commission in administrative, legislative, and quasi-judicial functions under this chapter; and (ii) three hours of annual training on a combination of land use and ethics topics, which may include: (A) appeals and variances; (B) conditional use permits; (C) exactions; (D) impact fees; (E) vested rights; (F) subdivision regulations and improvement guarantees; (G) land use referenda; (H) property rights; (I) real estate procedures and financing; (J) zoning, including use-based and form-based; (K) drafting ordinances and code that complies with statute; (L) ex parte communication; and (M) conflict of interest. (c) A newly appointed planning commission member may not participate in a public meeting as an appointed member until the member completes the training described in Subsection (5)(b)(i). (d) A planning commission member may qualify for one completed hour of training required under Subsection (5)(b)(ii) if the member attends, as an appointed member, 12 public meetings of the planning commission within a calendar year. (e) A municipality shall provide the training described in Subsection (5)(b) through: (i) municipal staff; (ii) the Utah League of Cities and Towns; or (iii) a list of training courses selected by: (A) the Utah League of Cities and Towns; or (B) the Division of Real Estate created in Section 61-2-201. (f) A municipality shall, for each planning commission member: (i) monitor compliance with the training requirements in Subsection (5)(b); and (ii) maintain a record of training completion at the end of each calendar year.
Utah Code § 10-20-1003 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-1003
§ 10-20-1003. Nonconforming uses and noncomplying structures.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except as provided in this section, a nonconforming use or noncomplying structure may be continued by the present or a future property owner. (b) A nonconforming use may be extended through the same building, provided no structural alteration of the building is proposed or made for the purpose of the extension. (c) For purposes of this Subsection (1), the addition of a solar energy device to a building is not a structural alteration. (2) The legislative body may provide for: (a) the establishment, restoration, reconstruction, extension, alteration, expansion, or substitution of nonconforming uses upon the terms and conditions set forth in the land use ordinance; (b) the termination of all nonconforming uses, except billboards, by providing a formula establishing a reasonable time period during which the owner can recover or amortize the amount of his investment in the nonconforming use, if any; and (c) the termination of a nonconforming use due to its abandonment. (3) (a) A municipality may not prohibit the reconstruction or restoration of a noncomplying structure or terminate the nonconforming use of a structure that is involuntarily destroyed in whole or in part due to fire or other calamity unless the structure or use has been abandoned. (b) A municipality may prohibit the reconstruction or restoration of a noncomplying structure or terminate the nonconforming use of a structure if: (i) the structure is allowed to deteriorate to a condition that the structure is rendered uninhabitable and is not repaired or restored within six months after the day on which written notice is served to the property owner that the structure is uninhabitable and that the noncomplying structure or nonconforming use will be lost if the structure is not repaired or restored within six months; or (ii) the property owner has voluntarily demolished a majority of the noncomplying structure or the building that houses the nonconforming use. (c) (i) Notwithstanding a prohibition in the municipality's zoning ordinance, a municipality may permit a billboard owner to relocate the billboard within the municipality's boundaries to a location that is mutually acceptable to the municipality and the billboard owner. (ii) If the municipality and billboard owner cannot agree to a mutually acceptable location within 180 days after the day on which the owner submits a written request to relocate the billboard, the billboard owner may relocate the billboard in accordance with Section 10-20-608. (4) (a) Unless the municipality establishes, by ordinance, a uniform presumption of legal existence for nonconforming uses, the property owner shall have the burden of establishing the legal existence of a noncomplying structure or nonconforming use through substantial evidence, which may not be limited to municipal or county records. (b) Any party claiming that a nonconforming use has been abandoned shall have the burden of establishing the abandonment. (c) Abandonment may be presumed to have occurred if: (i) a majority of the primary structure associated with the nonconforming use has been voluntarily demolished without prior written agreement with the municipality regarding an extension of the nonconforming use; (ii) the use has been discontinued for a minimum of one year; or (iii) the primary structure associated with the nonconforming use remains vacant for a period of one year. (d) The property owner may rebut the presumption of abandonment under Subsection (4)(c), and has the burden of establishing that any claimed abandonment under Subsection (4)(b) has not occurred. (5) A municipality may terminate the nonconforming status of a school district or charter school use or structure when the property associated with the school district or charter school use or structure ceases to be used for school district or charter school purposes for a period established by ordinance.
Utah Code § 10-21-401 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-21 / § 10-21-401
§ 10-21-401. Affordable home ownership density bonus for single-family residential units.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Affordable housing" means a dwelling: (i) offered for sale to an owner-occupier at a purchase price affordable to a household with a gross income of no more than 120% of area median income for the county in which the residential unit is offered for sale; or (ii) offered for rent at a rental price affordable to a household with a gross income of no more than 80% of area median income for the county in which the residential unit is offered for rent. (b) "Owner-occupier" means an individual who owns, solely or jointly, a housing unit in which the individual lives as the individual's primary residence. (c) "Qualifying affordable home ownership single-family density bonus" means: (i) for an area with an underlying zoning density of less than six residential units per acre, municipal approval of a density at least six residential units per acre; or (ii) for an area with an underlying zoning density of six residential units per acre or more, municipal approval of a density at least 0.5 residential units per acre greater than the underlying zoning density for the area. (2) If a municipality approves a qualifying affordable home ownership single-family density bonus, either through a zoning ordinance or a development agreement, the municipality may adopt requirements for the qualifying affordable home ownership single-family density bonus area to ensure: (a) at least 60% of the total single-family residential units be deed-restricted to owner-occupancy for at least five years; (b) at least 25% of the total single-family residential units qualify as affordable housing; (c) at least 25% of the single-family residential units per acre to be no larger than 1,600 square feet; or (d) the applicant creates a preferential qualifying buyer program in which a single-family residential unit 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 single-family density bonus area approved for single-family residential units to promote owner-occupied, affordable housing.
Utah Code § 10-3-902 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-902
§ 10-3-902. City engineer required to be licensed.
Status: in_force

Each person appointed as city engineer shall be a registered professional engineer under Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act.
Utah Code § 10-7-72 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-72
§ 10-7-72. Appearance by agent of corporation -- Bench warrant for default.
Status: in_force

(1) At the time appointed in the summons, the corporation shall appear by agent or attorney and plead thereto the same as a natural person. (2) In case no appearance is made on or before the hour appointed, the court may issue a bench warrant for the person served as the officer or agent of the corporation, requiring him to be brought forthwith before the court to plead on its behalf.
Utah Code § 10-8-42 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-42
§ 10-8-42. Intoxicating liquors -- Prohibitions on manufacture, sale, possession, etc.
Status: in_force

They may prohibit, except as provided by law, any person from knowingly having in the person's possession any intoxicating liquor, and the manufacture, sale, keeping or storing for sale, offering or exposing for sale, importing, carrying, transporting, advertising, distributing, giving away, exchanging, dispensing or serving of intoxicating liquors.
Utah Code § 10-8-85.9 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-85.9
§ 10-8-85.9. Preservation of historical areas and sites.
Status: in_force

A municipality may: (1) expend public funds to preserve, protect, or enhance an historical area or site; (2) acquire an historical area or site by direct purchase, contract, lease, trade, or gift; (3) obtain an easement or right-of-way across public or private property to ensure access or proper development of an historical area or site; (4) protect an historical area or site; (5) ensure proper development and utilization of land or an area adjacent to an historical area or site; and (6) enter into an agreement with a private individual for the right to purchase an historical area or site if and when the private individual elects to sell or dispose of the owner's property.
Utah Code § 10-1-104 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-104
§ 10-1-104. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this title: (1) "City" means a municipality that is classified by population as a city of the first class, a city of the second class, a city of the third class, a city of the fourth class, or a city of the fifth class, under Section 10-2-301. (2) "Contiguous" means: (a) if used to described an area, continuous, uninterrupted, and without an island of territory not included as part of the area; and (b) if used to describe an area's relationship to another area, sharing a common boundary. (3) "Governing body" means collectively the legislative body and the executive of any municipality. Unless otherwise provided: (a) in a city of the first or second class, the governing body is the city commission; (b) in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class, the governing body is the city council; and (c) in a town, the governing body is the town council. (4) "Municipal" means of or relating to a municipality. (5) "Municipality" means: (a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class; (b) a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or (c) a preliminary municipality incorporated under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Incorporation of a Preliminary Municipality. (6) "Peninsula," when used to describe an unincorporated area, means an area surrounded on more than 1/2 of its boundary distance, but not completely, by incorporated territory and situated so that the length of a line drawn across the unincorporated area from an incorporated area to an incorporated area on the opposite side shall be less than 25% of the total aggregate boundaries of the unincorporated area. (7) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. (8) "Provisions of law" shall include other statutes of the state of Utah and ordinances, rules, and regulations properly adopted by any municipality unless the construction is clearly contrary to the intent of state law. (9) "Recorder," unless clearly inapplicable, includes and applies to a town clerk. (10) "Town" means a municipality classified by population as a town under Section 10-2-301. (11) "Unincorporated" means not within a municipality.
Utah Code § 10-8-57 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-57
§ 10-8-57. Inspection of boilers -- Licensing of stationary engineers.
Status: in_force

They may provide for the inspection and may regulate the use of steam boilers, provide for the examination, regulation and licensing of stationary engineers and others having charge or control of stationary engines, motors, boilers or steam or power generating apparatus, or elevators, within the corporate limits of the city.
Utah Code § 10-3-1307 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1307
§ 10-3-1307. Interest in business entity doing business with municipality -- Disclosure.
Status: in_force

(1) An officer under this part, or municipal employee, who is an officer, director, agent, employee, or owner of a substantial interest in a business entity that does or anticipates doing business with the municipality in which the officer or municipal employee is appointed, elected, or employed, shall: (a) publicly disclose the conflict of interest to the members of the body of which the officer is a member or by which the municipal employee is employed, immediately before any discussion by the municipal body concerning matters relating to the business entity, the nature of the officer's or municipal employee's interest in the business entity; and (b) for an officer who is an elected officer, file a sworn statement describing the conflict of interest with the city recorder or town clerk. (2) The public disclosure described in Subsection (1)(a) shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting. (3) A city recorder or town clerk who receives the sworn statement described in Subsection (1)(b) 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. (4) Disclosure by a municipal employee under this section is satisfied if the municipal employee makes the disclosure in the manner described in Section 10-3-1305 or Section 10-3-1306.
Utah Code § 10-8-38 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-38
§ 10-8-38. Drainage and sewage systems -- Construction regulation and control -- Retainage -- Mandatory hookup -- Charges for use -- Collection of charges -- Service to tenants -- Failure to pay for service -- Service outside municipality.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Boards of commissioners, city councils, and boards of trustees of cities and towns may construct, reconstruct, maintain, and operate, sewer systems, sewage treatment plants, culverts, drains, sewers, catch basins, manholes, cesspools, and all systems, equipment, and facilities necessary to the proper drainage, sewage, and sanitary sewage disposal requirements of the city or town and regulate the construction and use thereof. (b) If any payment on a contract with a private person, firm, or corporation to construct or reconstruct sewer systems, sewage treatment plants, culverts, drains, sewers, catch basins, manholes, cesspools, and other drainage and sewage systems is retained or withheld, it shall be retained or withheld and released as provided in Section 13-8-5. (2) (a) In order to defray the cost of constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, or operating a sewer system or sewage treatment plant, a municipality may: (i) require connection to the sewer system if the sewer is available and within 300 feet of the property line of a property with a building used for human occupancy; and (ii) make a reasonable charge for the use of the sewer system. (b) A municipality operating a waterworks system and a sewer system or sewage treatment plant may: (i) make one charge for the combined use of water and the services of the sewer system or sewage treatment plant; and (ii) adopt an ordinance requiring a property owner desiring water and sewer service to submit a written application, signed by the owner or the owner's authorized agent, agreeing to pay, according to the ordinance enacted by the municipality, for the water and sewer service furnished the owner. (c) (i) If a person fails to connect to the sewer when connection is required under Subsection (2)(a)(i) or fails to pay for the sewer service as required under applicable municipal ordinances, then the municipality may cause the water to be shut off from the premises until the person has: (A) hooked up to the sewer at the person's own expense; or (B) paid in full for all sewer service. (ii) A municipality may not use an owner's failure to pay for sewer service furnished to the owner's property as a basis for not furnishing water to the property after ownership of the property is transferred to a subsequent owner. (d) A municipality may sell and deliver water or sewer services to others beyond the limits of the municipality from the surplus capacity of the municipality's waterworks or sewer system.
Utah Code § 10-6-142 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-142
§ 10-6-142. City treasurer -- Receipts for payment.
Status: in_force

The city treasurer shall give or cause to be given to every person paying money to the city treasury, a receipt or other evidence of payment therefor, specifying, as appropriate, the date of payment and upon which account paid and shall file the duplicate of the receipt, a summary report, or other evidence of payment in the office of the auditor or recorder.
Utah Code § 10-3-1303.5 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1303.5
§ 10-3-1303.5. Statutory construction.
Status: in_force

The definition of appointed officer in Section 10-3-1303 does not have the effect of making an appointed individual or employee an officer of the municipality.
Utah Code § 10-8-19 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-19
§ 10-8-19. Water supply -- Special tax for increasing supply when city acting as distributing agent.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever a city is acting as distributing agent of water, not the property of the corporation, outside of or within the corporate limits of such city, upon written petition of the owners of the water, the city may increase the supply of water that the petitioners own by any means provided in Section 10-8-18. (2) (a) To increase the supply of water under Subsection (1), the city may levy and collect from the owners of the water a tax not exceeding the sum per acre of land owned as agreed upon and designated in the petition. (b) The city shall appropriate the tax collected under Subsection (2)(a) exclusively to increase the supply of water under Subsection (1), except as is necessary to pay the expense of levying and collecting the tax. (3) (a) Until the city collects the tax described in Subsection (2), the unpaid tax is a political subdivision lien, as that term in defined in Section 11-60-102, upon the owner's water rights and the land that the water irrigates, in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 60, Political Subdivision Lien Authority. (b) If the lien amount is not paid in full in a given year: (i) by September 15, the city shall certify any unpaid amount to the treasurer of the county in which the liened property is located; and (ii) the county treasurer shall include the certified amount on the property tax notice required by Section 59-2-1317 for that year.
Utah Code § 10-20-207 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-207
§ 10-20-207. Notice for an amendment to a subdivision -- Notice for vacation of or change to street.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) For an amendment to a subdivision, each municipality shall provide notice of the date, time, and place of at least one public meeting, as provided in Subsection (1)(b). (b) At least 10 calendar days before the public meeting, the notice required under Subsection (1)(a) shall be: (i) mailed and addressed to the record owner of each parcel within specified parameters of that property; or (ii) posted on the property proposed for subdivision, in a visible location, with a sign of sufficient size, durability, and print quality that is reasonably calculated to give notice to passers-by. (2) Each municipality shall provide notice as required by Section 10-20-208 for a subdivision that involves a vacation, alteration, or amendment of a street.
Utah Code § 10-20-504 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-504
§ 10-20-504. Temporary land use regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a municipal legislative body may, without prior consideration of or recommendation from the planning commission, enact an ordinance establishing a temporary land use regulation for any part or all of the area within the municipality if: (i) the legislative body makes a finding of compelling, countervailing public interest; or (ii) the area is unregulated. (b) A temporary land use regulation under Subsection (1)(a) may prohibit or regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, or alteration of any building or structure or any subdivision approval. (c) A temporary land use regulation under Subsection (1)(a) may not impose an impact fee or other financial requirement on building or development. (2) (a) The municipal legislative body shall establish a period of limited effect for the ordinance not to exceed 180 days. (b) A municipal legislative body may not apply the provisions of a temporary land use regulation to the review of a specific land use application if the land use application is impaired or prohibited by proceedings initiated under Subsection 10-20-902(1)(a)(ii)(B). (3) (a) A municipal legislative body may, without prior planning commission consideration or recommendation, enact an ordinance establishing a temporary land use regulation prohibiting construction, subdivision approval, and other development activities within an area that is the subject of an Environmental Impact Statement or a Major Investment Study examining the area as a proposed highway or transportation corridor. (b) A regulation under Subsection (3)(a): (i) may not exceed 180 days in duration; (ii) may be renewed, if requested by the Transportation Commission created under Section 72-1-301, for up to two additional 180-day periods by ordinance enacted before the expiration of the previous regulation; and (iii) notwithstanding Subsections (3)(b)(i) and (ii), is effective only as long as the Environmental Impact Statement or Major Investment Study is in progress.
Utah Code § 10-19-102 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-19 / § 10-19-102
§ 10-19-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Adjusted retail electric sales" means the total kilowatt-hours of retail electric sales of a municipal electric utility to customers in this state in a calendar year, reduced by: (a) the amount of those kilowatt-hours attributable to electricity generated or purchased in that calendar year from qualifying zero carbon emissions generation and qualifying carbon sequestration generation; (b) the amount of those kilowatt-hours attributable to electricity generated or purchased in that calendar year from generation located within the geographic boundary of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council that derives its energy from one or more of the following but that does not satisfy the definition of a clean energy source or that otherwise has not been used to satisfy Subsection 10-19-201(1): (i) wind energy; (ii) solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy; (iii) wave, tidal, and ocean thermal energy; (iv) except for combustion of wood that has been treated with chemical preservatives such as creosote, pentachlorophenol or chromated copper arsenate, biomass and biomass byproducts, including: (A) organic waste; (B) forest or rangeland woody debris from harvesting or thinning conducted to improve forest or rangeland ecological health and to reduce wildfire risk; (C) agricultural residues; (D) dedicated energy crops; and (E) landfill gas or biogas produced from organic matter, wastewater, anaerobic digesters, or municipal solid waste; (v) geothermal energy; (vi) hydro-electric energy; or (vii) waste gas and waste heat capture or recovery; and (c) the number of kilowatt-hours attributable to reductions in retail sales in that calendar year from activities or programs promoting electric energy efficiency or conservation or more efficient management of electric energy load. (2) "Amount of kilowatt-hours attributable to electricity generated or purchased in that calendar year from qualifying carbon sequestration generation," for qualifying carbon sequestration generation, means the kilowatt-hours supplied by a facility during the calendar year multiplied by the ratio of the amount of carbon dioxide captured from the facility and sequestered to the sum of the amount of carbon dioxide captured from the facility and sequestered plus the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the facility during the same calendar year. (3) "Banked renewable energy certificate" means a bundled or unbundled renewable energy certificate that is: (a) not used in a calendar year to comply with this part or with a renewable energy program in another state; and (b) carried forward into a subsequent year. (4) "Bundled renewable energy certificate" means a renewable energy certificate for qualifying electricity that is acquired: (a) by a municipal electric utility by a trade, purchase, or other transfer of electricity that includes the renewable energy attributes of, or certificate that is issued for, the electricity; or (b) by a municipal electric utility by generating the electricity for which the renewable energy certificate is issued. (5) "Clean energy source" means: (a) an electric generation facility or generation capability or upgrade that becomes operational on or after January 1, 1995, that derives energy from one or more of the following: (i) wind energy; (ii) solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy; (iii) wave, tidal, and ocean thermal energy; (iv) except for combustion of wood that has been treated with chemical preservatives such as creosote, pentachlorophenol or chromated copper arsenate, biomass and biomass byproducts, including: (A) organic waste; (B) forest or rangeland woody debris from harvesting or thinning conducted to improve forest or rangeland ecological health and to reduce wildfire risk; (C) agricultural residues; (D) dedicated energy crops; and (E) landfill gas or biogas produced from organic matter, wastewater, anaerobic digesters, or municipal solid waste; (v) geothermal energy located outside the state; (vi) waste gas and waste heat capture or recovery, including methane gas from: (A) an abandoned coal mine; or (B) a coal degassing operation associated with a state-approved mine permit; (vii) efficiency upgrades to a hydroelectric facility, without regard to the date upon which the facility became operational, if the upgrades become operational on or after January 1, 1995; (viii) a compressed air energy storage process, if: (A) the process used to compress the air is a renewable energy source and the associated renewable energy certificates are retired for the purpose of the compressed air energy storage process; or (B) equivalent renewable energy certificates are obtained and retired for the purpose of the compressed air energy storage process; (ix) municipal solid waste; (x) nuclear fuel; or (xi) carbon capture utilization and sequestration; (b) any of the following: (i) up to 50 average megawatts of electricity per year per municipal electric utility from a certified low-impact hydroelectric facility, without regard to the date upon which the facility becomes operational, if the facility is certified as a low-impact hydroelectric facility on or after January 1, 1995, by a national certification organization; (ii) geothermal energy if located within the state, without regard to the date upon which the facility becomes operational; and (iii) hydroelectric energy if located within the state, without regard to the date upon which the facility becomes operational; (c) hydrogen gas derived from any source of energy described in Subsection (5)(a) or (b); (d) if an electric generation facility employs multiple energy sources, that portion of the electricity generated that is attributable to energy sources described in Subsections (5)(a) through (c); and (e) any of the following located in the state and owned by a user of energy: (i) a demand side management measure, as defined by Subsection 54-7-12.8(1) with the quantity of renewable energy certificates to which the user is entitled determined by the equivalent energy saved by the measure; (ii) a solar thermal system that reduces the consumption of fossil fuels, with the quantity of renewable energy certificates to which the user is entitled determined by the equivalent kilowatt-hours saved, except to the extent the commission determines otherwise with respect to net-metered energy; (iii) a solar photovoltaic system that reduces the consumption of fossil fuels with the quantity of renewable energy certificates to which the user is entitled determined by the total production of the system, except to the extent the commission determines otherwise with respect to net-metered energy; (iv) a hydroelectric or geothermal facility, with the quantity of renewable energy certificates to which the user is entitled determined by the total production of the facility, except to the extent the commission determines otherwise with respect to net-metered energy; (v) a waste gas or waste heat capture or recovery system other than from a combined cycle combustion turbine that does not use waste gas or waste heat, with the quantity of renewable energy certificates to which the user is entitled determined by the total production of the system, except to the extent the commission determines otherwise with respect to net-metered energy; and (vi) the station use of solar thermal energy, solar photovoltaic energy, hydroelectric energy, geothermal energy, waste gas, or waste heat capture and recovery. (6) "Commission" means the Public Service Commission. (7) "Municipal electric utility" means any municipality that owns, operates, controls, or manages a facility that provides electric power for a retail customer, whether domestic, commercial, industrial, or otherwise. (8) "Qualifying carbon sequestration generation" means a fossil-fueled generating facility located within the geographic boundary of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council that: (a) becomes operational or is retrofitted on or after January 1, 2008; and (b) reduces carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere through permanent geological sequestration or through other verifiably permanent reductions in carbon dioxide emissions through the use of technology. (9) "Qualifying electricity" means electricity generated on or after January 1, 1995 from a renewable energy source if: (a) (i) the clean energy source is located within the geographic boundary of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council; or (ii) the qualifying electricity is delivered to the transmission system of a municipal electric utility or a delivery point designated by the municipal electric utility for the purpose of subsequent delivery to the municipal electric utility; and (b) the clean energy attributes of the electricity are not traded, sold, transferred, or otherwise used to satisfy another state's renewable energy program. (10) "Qualifying zero carbon emissions generation": (a) means a generation facility located within the geographic boundary of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council that: (i) becomes operational on or after January 1, 2008; and (ii) does not produce carbon as a byproduct of the generation process; (b) includes generation powered by nuclear fuel; and (c) does not include clean energy sources used to satisfy a target established under Section 10-19-201. (11) "Renewable energy certificate" means a certificate issued in accordance with the requirements of Sections 10-19-202 and 54-17-603. (12) "Unbundled renewable energy certificate" means a renewable energy certificate associated with: (a) qualifying electricity that is acquired by a municipal electric utility or other person by trade, purchase, or other transfer without acquiring the electricity for which the certificate was issued; or (b) activities listed in Subsection (5)(e).
Utah Code § 10-8-56 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-56
§ 10-8-56. Storage of combustibles and explosives -- Use of lights -- Bonfires.
Status: in_force

They may regulate or prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, resin, coal, oil, gas, gasoline, benzine, turpentine, nitroglycerine, petroleum or any of the products thereof, and other combustible or explosive substances or materials, and the use of lights in stables, shops and other places, and the building of bonfires.
Utah Code § 10-3-1310 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1310
§ 10-3-1310. Penalties for violation -- Dismissal from employment or removal from office.
Status: in_force

In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law, any person who knowingly and intentionally violates this part, with the exception of Sections 10-3-1306, 10-3-1307, 10-3-1308, and 10-3-1309, shall be dismissed from employment or removed from office and is guilty of: (1) a felony of the second degree if the total value of the compensation, conflict of interest, or assistance exceeds $1,000; (2) a felony of the third degree if: (a) the total value of the compensation, conflict of interest, or assistance is more than $250 but not more than $1,000; or (b) the elected or appointed officer or municipal employee has been twice before convicted of violation of this chapter and the value of the conflict of interest, compensation, or assistance was $250 or less; (3) a class A misdemeanor if the value of the compensation or assistance was more than $100 but does not exceed $250; or (4) a class B misdemeanor if the value of the compensation or assistance was $100 or less.
Utah Code § 10-8-93 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-93
§ 10-8-93. Control of funds and disbursements -- Auditing of accounts by county auditor -- Transfer of county tax funds to board to cover deficiencies.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), the joint board created pursuant to this part shall have the custody and control of all funds collected in the joint operation of such hospital and the disbursement thereof. (b) The county auditor of any county participating under the provisions of this part shall audit the accounts of said board quarterly or at more frequent intervals, if the county auditor determines the accounts require a more frequent audit. (2) The county executive of any county participating in the operation and maintenance of hospitals pursuant to this part may pay over to the joint board of such hospitals any funds yielded by a levy made pursuant to Subsection 17-63-701(2) that may be required to cover any deficiencies incurred in the operation and maintenance of such hospital.
Utah Code § 10-8-15 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-15
§ 10-8-15. Waterworks -- Construction -- Extraterritorial jurisdiction -- Notice.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "affected entity" means a: (a) county that has land use authority over land subject to an ordinance or regulation described in this section; (b) local health department, as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102, that has jurisdiction pursuant to Section 26A-1-108 over land subject to an ordinance or regulation described in this section; (c) municipality that has enacted or has the right to enact an ordinance or regulation described in this section over the land subject to an ordinance or regulation described in this section; and (d) municipality that has land use authority over land subject to an ordinance or regulation described in this section. (2) A municipality may construct or authorize the construction of waterworks within or without the municipal limits, and for the purpose of maintaining and protecting the same from injury and the water from pollution the municipality's jurisdiction shall extend over the territory occupied by such works, and over all reservoirs, streams, canals, ditches, pipes and drains used in and necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of the same, and over the stream or other source from which the water is taken, for 15 miles above the point from which it is taken and for a distance of 300 feet on each side of such stream and over highways along such stream or watercourse within said 15 miles and said 300 feet. (3) The jurisdiction of a city of the first class shall additionally be over the entire watershed within the county of origin of the city of the first class and subject to Subsection (6) provided that livestock shall be permitted to graze beyond 1,000 feet from any such stream or source; and provided further, that the city of the first class shall provide a highway in and through the city's corporate limits, and so far as the city's jurisdiction extends, which may not be closed to cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, or goats driven through the city, or through any territory adjacent thereto over which the city has jurisdiction, but the board of commissioners of the city may enact ordinances placing under police regulations the manner of driving such cattle, sheep, horses, hogs, and goats through the city, or any territory adjacent thereto over which the city has jurisdiction. (4) A municipality may enact all ordinances and regulations necessary to carry the power herein conferred into effect, and is authorized and empowered to enact ordinances preventing pollution or contamination of the streams or watercourses from which the municipality derives the municipality's water supply, in whole or in part, for domestic and culinary purposes, and may enact ordinances prohibiting or regulating the construction or maintenance of any closet, privy, outhouse or urinal within the area over which the municipality has jurisdiction, and provide for permits for the construction and maintenance of the same. (5) In granting a permit described in Subsection (4), a municipality may annex thereto such reasonable conditions and requirements for the protection of the public health as the municipality determines proper, and may, if determined advisable, require that all closets, privies and urinals along such streams shall be provided with effective septic tanks or other germ-destroying instrumentalities. (6) A city of the first class may only exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction outside of the city's county of origin, as described in Subsection (3), pursuant to a written agreement with all municipalities and counties that have jurisdiction over the area where the watershed is located. (7) (a) After July 1, 2019, a municipal legislative body that seeks to adopt an ordinance or regulation under the authority of this section shall: (i) hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance or regulation; and (ii) give notice of the date, place, and time of the hearing, as described in Subsection (7)(b). (b) At least ten days before the day on which the public hearing described in Subsection (7)(a)(i) is to be held, the notice described in Subsection (7)(a)(ii) shall be: (i) mailed to: (A) each affected entity; (B) the director of the Division of Drinking Water; and (C) the director of the Division of Water Quality; and (ii) published for the municipality, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least 10 days. (c) An ordinance or regulation adopted under the authority of this section may not conflict with: (i) existing federal or state statutes; or (ii) a rule created pursuant to a federal or state statute governing drinking water or water quality. (d) A municipality that enacts an ordinance or regulation under the authority of this section shall: (i) provide a copy of the ordinance or regulation to each affected entity; and (ii) include a copy of the ordinance or regulation in the municipality's drinking water source protection plan.
Utah Code § 10-2-502.7 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-502.7
§ 10-2-502.7. Court action.
Status: in_force

(1) After the filing of a petition under Section 10-2-502.5 and a response to the petition, the court shall, upon request of a party or upon its own motion, conduct a court hearing. (2) At the hearing, the court shall hear evidence regarding the viability of the disconnection proposal. (3) The burden of proof is on the petitioner to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence: (a) the viability of the disconnection; (b) that justice and equity require that the territory be disconnected from the municipality; (c) that the proposed disconnection will not: (i) leave the municipality with an area within its boundaries for which the cost, requirements, or other burdens of providing municipal services would materially increase over previous years; (ii) make it economically or practically unfeasible for the municipality to continue to function as a municipality; or (iii) leave or create one or more islands or peninsulas of unincorporated territory; and (d) that the county in which the area proposed for disconnection is located is capable, in a cost-effective manner and without materially increasing the county's costs of providing municipal services, of providing to the area the services that the municipality will no longer provide to the area due to the disconnection. (4) In determining whether the petitioner has met the petitioner's burden of proof with respect to Subsections (3)(c)(i) and (ii), the court shall consider all relevant factors, including the effect of the proposed disconnection on: (a) the municipality or community as a whole; (b) adjoining property owners; (c) existing or projected streets or public ways; (d) water mains and water services; (e) sewer mains and sewer services; (f) law enforcement; (g) zoning; and (h) other municipal services. (5) The court's order either ordering or rejecting disconnection shall be in writing with findings and reasons.
Utah Code § 10-3-1003 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1003
§ 10-3-1003. Civil service commission -- Number, term, vacancies.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A city of the first or second class may establish a civil service commission under this part. (b) A city that establishes a civil service commission under this part may dissolve the civil service commission. (2) Each civil service commission under this part shall consist of three members appointed by the city legislative body. (3) (a) The term of office of commission members shall be six years, but members shall be appointed so that the term of office of one member shall expire on the 30th day of June of each even-numbered year. (b) If a vacancy occurs in the civil service commission, it shall be filled by appointment by the city legislative body for the unexpired term.
Utah Code § 10-20-502 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-502
§ 10-20-502. Preparation and adoption of land use regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) A planning commission shall: (a) provide notice as required by Subsection 10-20-205(1)(a) and, if applicable, Subsection 10-20-205(4); (b) hold a public hearing on a proposed land use regulation; (c) if applicable, consider each written objection filed in accordance with Subsection 10-20-205(5) before the public hearing; and (d) (i) review and recommend to the legislative body a proposed land use regulation that represents the planning commission's recommendation for regulating the use and development of land within all or any part of the area of the municipality; and (ii) forward to the legislative body all objections filed in accordance with Subsection 10-20-205(5). (2) (a) A legislative body shall consider each proposed land use regulation that the planning commission recommends to the legislative body. (b) After providing notice as required by Subsection 10-20-205(1)(b) and holding a public meeting, the legislative body may adopt or reject the land use regulation described in Subsection (2)(a): (i) as proposed by the planning commission; or (ii) after making any revision the legislative body considers appropriate. (c) Beginning on September 15, 2026, a legislative body may adopt or reject a proposed land use regulation without waiting for a recommendation from the planning commission if: (i) a land use applicant makes a request described in Subsection 10-20-905(2)(b); or (ii) a legislative body determines that a planning commission has had adequate time to consider the land use regulation.
Utah Code § 10-7-79 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-79
§ 10-7-79. Power of board of city commissioners or council to provide for development of resources.
Status: in_force

The boards of city commissioners or city councils of the respective cities within the state are authorized and empowered to provide for the development of the city's mineral, water, manpower, industrial and other resources.
Utah Code § 10-8-85.8 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-85.8
§ 10-8-85.8. Indemnification of farmers markets.
Status: in_force

A municipality may: (1) operate a farmers market, as defined in Section 4-5-102, on municipality-owned property in order to promote economic development; (2) indemnify a food producer participating in the farmers market; and (3) define the scope of the indemnification in an agreement with the food producer.
Utah Code § 10-8-34 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-34
§ 10-8-34. Change of grade and crossings -- Nonuser as grounds for removal.
Status: in_force

They may provide for or change the location, grade or crossing of any railroad; and declare a nuisance and take up and remove, or cause to be taken up and removed, the tracks of any railroad or street railway company which shall have been laid upon the streets of the city and which such railway company has failed to operate with cars for public use for a period of nine months after the laying thereof.
Utah Code § 10-6-133.5 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-133.5
§ 10-6-133.5. Property tax levy for culinary water, wastewater treatment, hospitals, recreational facilities, and libraries.
Status: in_force

(1) A city may levy a property tax for a purpose described in this section in accordance with this section. (2) (a) A city that is not in an improvement district created to establish and maintain a wastewater collection, treatment, or disposal system or a system for the supply, treatment, or distribution of water under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District Act, may levy a tax annually not to exceed .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property in the city. (b) The city shall place revenue raised by the levy described in Subsection (2)(a) in a special fund and may only use the revenue to: (i) finance the construction of facilities to purify the city's drinking water; or (ii) construct facilities to treat and dispose of the city's wastewater. (c) The city may accumulate from year to year and reserve in the special fund described in Subsection (2)(b) the revenue collected through the levy described in Subsection (1). (d) The city shall make and collect the levy described in this Subsection (2) in the same manner as the city levies and collects other property taxes. (3) A city of the third, fourth, or fifth class may levy a tax not exceeding .001 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property to own or operate a hospital under Section 10-8-90. (4) The governing body of a city may, under Section 11-2-7, annually appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation, money to cover an expense described in Section 11-2-7 for the provision of recreational facilities or other services described in Title 11, Chapter 2, Playgrounds. (5) (a) A city that establishes or maintains a public library under Title 9, Chapter 7, Part 4, City Libraries, may levy annually a tax not to exceed .001 of taxable value of taxable property in the city. (b) If bonds are issued for a library described in Subsection (5)(a) to purchase a site, or construct or furnish a building, the city may levy taxes sufficient for the payment of the bonds and any interest on the bonds. (c) The city shall, for the taxes described in Subsection (5)(a) or (b): (i) levy and collect the taxes in the same manner as other general taxes of the city; and (ii) deposit revenues from the tax into a city library fund. (d) The city library fund described in Subsection (5)(c) shall receive a portion of: (i) the statewide uniform fee described in Section 59-2-405, in accordance with the procedures established in Section 59-2-405; (ii) the statewide uniform fee described in Section 59-2-405.1, in accordance with the procedures established in Section 59-2-405.1; (iii) the uniform statewide fee described in Section 59-2-405.2, in accordance with the procedures established in Section 59-2-405.2; (iv) the uniform statewide fee described in Section 59-2-405.3, in accordance with the procedures established in Section 59-2-405.3; and (v) the uniform fee described in Section 72-10-110.5, in accordance with the procedures established in Section 72-10-110.5.
Utah Code § 10-3-1313 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1313
§ 10-3-1313. Annual conflict of interest disclosure -- City recorder or town clerk -- Posting of written disclosure statement -- Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any other disclosure obligation described in this part, an elected officer shall, no sooner than January 1 and no later than January 31 of each year during which the elected officer holds the office of mayor, commissioner, or council member: (a) prepare a written conflict of interest disclosure statement that contains a response to each item of information described in Subsection 20A-11-1604(6); and (b) submit the written disclosure statement to the city recorder or town clerk. (2) (a) No later than 10 business days after the day on which the elected officer submits the written disclosure statement described in Subsection (1) to the city recorder or town clerk, the city recorder or town clerk shall: (i) post an electronic copy of the written disclosure statement on the municipality's website; and (ii) provide the lieutenant governor with a link to the electronic posting described in Subsection (2)(a)(i). (b) The city recorder or town clerk shall ensure that the elected officer's written disclosure statement remains posted on the municipality's website until the elected officer leaves office. (3) A city recorder or town clerk shall take the action described in Subsection (4) if: (a) an elected officer fails to timely submit the written disclosure statement described in Subsection (1); or (b) a submitted written disclosure statement does not comply with the requirements of Subsection 20A-11-1604(6). (4) If a circumstance described in Subsection (3) occurs, the city recorder or town clerk shall, within five days after the day on which the city recorder or town clerk determines that a violation occurred, notify the elected officer of the violation and direct the elected officer to submit an amended written disclosure statement correcting the problem. (5) (a) It is unlawful for an elected officer to fail to submit or amend a written disclosure statement within seven days after the day on which the elected officer receives the notice described in Subsection (4). (b) An elected officer who violates Subsection (5)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (c) The city recorder or town clerk shall report a violation of Subsection (5)(a) to the attorney general. (d) In addition to the criminal penalty described in Subsection (5)(b), the city recorder or town clerk shall impose a civil fine of $100 against an elected officer who violates Subsection (5)(a). (6) The city recorder or town clerk shall deposit a fine collected under this section into the municipality's general fund as a dedicated credit to pay for the costs of administering this section.
Utah Code § 10-1-118 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-118
§ 10-1-118. Changing the name of a municipality.
Status: in_force

(1) A municipality may change its name as provided in this section. (2) To initiate a name change, the legislative body of a municipality shall: (a) adopt an ordinance or resolution approving a name change; and (b) file with the lieutenant governor a copy of a notice of an impending name change, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.7, that meets the requirements of Subsection 67-1a-6.7(3). (3) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of name change under Section 67-1a-6.7, the municipal legislative body shall: (a) if the municipality is located within the boundary of a single county, submit to the recorder of that county: (i) the original: (A) notice of an impending name change; and (B) certificate of name change; and (ii) a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution approving the name change; or (b) if the municipality is located within the boundaries of more than a single county: (i) submit to the recorder of one of those counties: (A) the original of the documents listed in Subsections (3)(a)(i)(A) and (B); and (B) a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution approving the name change; and (ii) submit to the recorder of each other county: (A) a certified copy of the documents described in Subsections (3)(a)(i)(A) and (B); and (B) a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution approving the name change. (4) (a) The name change becomes effective upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of name change under Section 67-1a-6.7. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(a), the municipality may not operate under the new name until the documents listed in Subsection (3) are recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which the municipality is located.
Utah Code § 10-6-108 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-108
§ 10-6-108. Funds and account groups maintained.
Status: in_force

Each city shall maintain, according to its own accounting needs, some or all of the funds and account groups in its system of accounts, as prescribed in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Utah Cities.
Utah Code § 10-7-27 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-27
§ 10-7-27. Street railway companies to restore streets.
Status: in_force

(1) Every street railway company shall at its own expense restore the pavement, including the foundation thereof, of every street disturbed by it in the construction, reconstruction, removal or repair of its tracks, to the same condition as before the disturbance thereof, to the satisfaction of the governing body having charge of such street. (2) The obligation imposed hereby shall, in cities other than cities of the first class, be in lieu and substitution of any and all other obligations of any such company to pave, repave or repair any street, or to pay any part of the cost thereof, and may be enforced in the same manner as similar obligations are or may be enforced under the laws of this state. (3) Nothing herein contained shall be considered to relieve any such company from the repayment of any money which has heretofore been advanced or expended by any city for any paving heretofore done under or by virtue of a specific contract or agreement made and entered into between the board of commissioners or the city council of any city and such company providing for the repayment thereof, but the obligation for such repayment shall be and remain enforceable as if this section had not been passed.
Utah Code § 10-1-201 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-201
§ 10-1-201. Municipalities as political subdivisions of the state.
Status: in_force

Municipalities shall be political subdivisions of the State of Utah, municipal corporations, and bodies politic with perpetual existence unless disincorporated according to law.
Utah Code § 10-18-301 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-18 / § 10-18-301
§ 10-18-301. Enterprise funds for broadband, cable television, or public telecommunications services.
Status: in_force

(1) A municipality that provides a broadband service, a cable television service, or a public telecommunications service under this chapter: (a) shall establish separate enterprise funds to account for the municipality's operations of a broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service; (b) may fund the services through: (i) revenues earned from operation of the broadband, cable television, or public telecommunications service; or (ii) revenue bonds or government obligation bonds authorized in Section 10-18-302; (c) may, for accounting purposes only, account for the municipality's broadband services, cable television services, and public telecommunications services in a single enterprise fund under Chapter 6, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Cities; (d) shall, consistent with the requirements of Section 10-6-135, adopt separate operating and capital budgets for the municipality's: (i) broadband services; (ii) cable television services; and (iii) public telecommunications services; (e) may not transfer any appropriation or other balance in any enterprise fund established by the municipality under this section to another enterprise fund; (f) may not transfer any appropriation or other balance in any other enterprise fund established by the municipality under Chapter 6, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Cities, to any enterprise fund established by the municipality under this section; (g) shall maintain separation between the municipality's role as a competitive provider of a broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service, and the municipality's role as a regulator over private providers that offer a service in competition with the service offered by the municipality, including with respect to the personnel, real property, operational capabilities, and other resources between these separate functions; and (h) may not share any non-public information between employees or contractors responsible for executing the municipality's role as a competitive provider of a broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service, and employees or contractors responsible for executing the municipality's role as a regulator over private providers that offer a service in competition with a service offered by the municipality. (2) The restrictions on transfers described in Subsections (1)(e) and (f) do not apply to transfers made by a municipality between other enterprise funds established by the municipality.
Utah Code § 10-5-123 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-123
§ 10-5-123. Fund records maintained -- Pre-audit of claims and demands -- Certifications on check copy -- Bids received and advertisement records -- Time for keeping.
Status: in_force

(1) Except to the extent that the town clerk's financial duties and responsibilities are performed by a director of finance appointed pursuant to a resolution or ordinance adopted under Subsection 10-6-157(1), the town clerk shall: (a) maintain the general books for each fund of the town and all subsidiary records relating to each fund, including a list of the outstanding bonds, their purpose, amount, terms, date, and place payable; and (b) (i) pre-audit each claim and demand against the town before it is allowed; (ii) prepare the necessary check in payment of the claim or demand; and (iii) certify on the check copy that: (A) the claim or demand has been pre-audited and documented; (B) the claim or demand has been directly approved by the council; (C) the claim or demand is within the lawful debt limit of the town; and (D) the claim or demand does not overexpend the appropriate departmental budget established by the legislative body. (2) If a town is required by law to receive bids for purchases, construction, repairs, or any other purpose requiring the expenditure of funds, the town shall keep on file all bids received, together with proof of advertisement by publication or otherwise, for: (a) at least three years following the letting of any contract pursuant to those bids; or (b) three years following the first advertisement for the bids, if all bids pursuant to that advertisement are rejected.
Utah Code § 10-3-1107 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1107
§ 10-3-1107. Cost of living adjustment -- Price index used.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The governing body of each municipality may, in their discretion, adopt a plan to allow any person who qualifies under this part to receive a cost of living adjustment in that person's monthly retirement allowance. (b) The adjustment allowed shall be a percentage, not to exceed 100%, of the sum as would restore the full purchasing power of each person's original unmodified pension allowance as it was in the calendar year in which the retirement giving rise to the pension occurred. (2) The amount necessary to restore the full purchasing power of the original unmodified pension allowance shall be computed from the consumers price index published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. (3) (a) Adjustments may be effective as of July 1, 1977, or at any subsequent date set by the governing body. (b) A municipality may choose to pay any per cent to the maximum amount provided that such percentage be paid to all qualified persons equally.
Utah Code § 10-18-306 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-18 / § 10-18-306
§ 10-18-306. Enforcement and appeal.
Status: in_force

(1) Before a person that is or is likely to have a substantial interest affected by a municipality's violation of this chapter may file an action in district court for violation of this chapter, that person shall file a written complaint with the municipality in accordance with this section. (2) (a) A municipality that provides a broadband service, a cable television service, or a public telecommunications service shall enact an ordinance establishing a procedure for the filing and resolution of complaints relating to the municipality providing: (i) a broadband service; (ii) a cable television service; or (iii) a public telecommunications service. (b) The procedure described in Subsection (2)(a) shall: (i) permit any person described in Subsection (1) to file a complaint including: (A) an individual subscriber; or (B) a private provider that competes with the municipality in the geographic boundaries of the municipality; (ii) establish an expedited process that requires, within 45 days after the date the complaint is filed, the municipality to: (A) hold a hearing on the complaint, unless the parties to the proceeding waive the requirement of a hearing; and (B) issue a final decision on the complaint; and (iii) provide that failure to render a decision within the time required shall be treated as an adverse decision for purposes of appeal. (3) Appeal of an adverse decision from the municipality may be taken to the district court for a de novo proceeding.
Utah Code § 10-7-7 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-7
§ 10-7-7. Bond issues for water, light, and sewers.
Status: in_force

(1) A city of the first or second class may incur an indebtedness, not exceeding in the aggregate with all other indebtedness 8% of the value of the taxable property in the city, for the purpose of supplying the city with water, artificial light, or sewers, when the works for supplying the water, light, and sewers are owned and controlled by the city. (2) A city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or a town may become indebted to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate with all other indebtedness 12% of the value of the taxable property in the city or town for the purpose of supplying the city or town with water, artificial light, or sewers, when the works for supplying the water, light, and sewers are owned and controlled by the city or town.
Utah Code § 10-18-105 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-18 / § 10-18-105
§ 10-18-105. Scope of chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in this chapter authorizes any county or other political subdivision of this state other than a municipality to: (a) provide: (i) a broadband service; (ii) a cable television service; or (iii) a public telecommunications service; or (b) purchase, lease, construct, maintain, or operate a facility for the purpose of providing: (i) a broadband service; (ii) a cable television service; or (iii) a public telecommunications service. (2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (4), this chapter does not apply to a municipality purchasing, leasing, constructing, or equipping a facility: (a) that is designed to provide a service within the municipality; and (b) that the municipality: (i) uses for internal municipal government purposes; or (ii) by written contract, leases, sells capacity in, or grants other similar rights to a private provider to use the facility in connection with a private provider offering: (A) a broadband service; (B) a cable television service; or (C) a public telecommunications service. (3) (a) As used in this Subsection (3), "municipal entity" means: (i) a municipality; or (ii) an entity created pursuant to an agreement: (A) under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act; and (B) to which a municipality is a party. (b) A municipal entity shall comply with Subsection (3)(c) if the municipal entity purchases, leases, constructs, or equips a facility that the municipal entity by written contract leases, sells capacity in, or grants other similar rights to a private provider to use the facility in connection with a private provider offering: (i) a broadband service; (ii) a cable television service; or (iii) a public telecommunications service. (c) A municipal entity described in Subsection (3)(b) shall, with respect to an action described in Subsection (3)(b), comply with the obligations imposed on a municipality pursuant to: (i) Section 10-18-302; and (ii) Subsections 10-18-303(5) and (6). (4) A municipality described in Subsection (2) may call an election under Section 10-18-204 with respect to the provision of a communications service facility.
Utah Code § 10-21-101 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-21 / § 10-21-101
§ 10-21-101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026As used in this part: (1) "Accessory dwelling unit" means a habitable living unit added to, created within, or detached from a single-family dwelling and contained on one lot or parcel. (2) "Accessory structure" means a detached structure located on the same lot or parcel as a principal structure and is incidental and subordinate to the size and use of the principal structure. (3) "Affordable housing" means housing offered for sale at 80% or less of the median county home price for housing of that type. (4) "Agency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. (5) "Applicable metropolitan planning organization" means the metropolitan planning organization that has jurisdiction over the area in which a fixed guideway public transit station is located. (6) "Applicable public transit district" means the public transit district, as defined in Section 17B-2a-802, of which a fixed guideway public transit station is included. (7) "Base taxable value" means a property's taxable value as shown upon the assessment roll last equalized during the base year. (8) "Base year" means, for a proposed home ownership promotion zone area, a year beginning the first day of the calendar quarter determined by the last equalized tax roll before the adoption of the home ownership promotion zone. (9) "Detached accessory dwelling unit" means an accessory dwelling unit that is not attached to or within a primary detached single-family dwelling and located on the same lot or parcel as the primary detached single-family dwelling. (10) "Division" means the Division of Housing and Community Development within the Governor's Office of Economic Development. (11) "Existing fixed guideway public transit station" means a fixed guideway public transit station for which construction begins before June 1, 2022. (12) "Fixed guideway" means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-12-102. (13) "Home ownership promotion zone" means a home ownership promotion zone created in accordance with Title 63N, Chapter 23, Part 5, Home Ownership Promotion Zone for Municipalities. (14) "Implementation plan" means the implementation plan adopted as part of the moderate income housing element of a specified municipality's general plan as provided in Subsection 10-21-201(4). (15) "Initial report" or "initial moderate income housing report" means the one-time report described in Subsection 10-21-202(1). (16) "Internal accessory dwelling unit" means an accessory dwelling unit created: (a) within a primary dwelling; (b) within the footprint of the primary dwelling described in Subsection (16)(a) at the time the internal accessory dwelling unit is created; and (c) for the purpose of offering a long-term rental of 30 consecutive days or longer. (17) "Moderate income housing strategy" means a strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii). (18) "New fixed guideway public transit station" means a fixed guideway public transit station for which construction begins on or after June 1, 2022. (19) "Participant" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. (20) "Participation agreement" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. (21) (a) "Primary dwelling" means a single-family dwelling that: (i) is detached; and (ii) is occupied as the primary residence of the owner of record. (b) "Primary dwelling" includes a garage if the garage: (i) is a habitable space; and (ii) is connected to the primary dwelling by a common wall. (22) "Project improvements" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-36a-102. (23) "Qualifying land use petition" means a petition: (a) that involves land located within a station area for an existing public transit station that provides rail services; (b) that involves land located within a station area for which the municipality has not yet satisfied the requirements of Subsection 63N-23-104(1)(a); (c) that proposes the development of an area greater than five contiguous acres, with no less than 51% of the acreage within the station area; (d) that would require the municipality to amend the municipality's general plan or change a zoning designation for the land use application to be approved; (e) that would require a higher density than the density currently allowed by the municipality; (f) that proposes the construction of new residential units, at least 10% of which are dedicated to moderate income housing; and (g) for which the land use applicant requests the municipality to initiate the process of satisfying the requirements of Subsection 63N-23-104(1)(a) for the station area in which the development is proposed, subject to Subsection 63N-23-104(2)(d). (24) "Report" means an initial report or a subsequent progress report. (25) "Specified municipality" means: (a) a city of the first, second, third, or fourth class; or (b) a city of the fifth class with a population of 5,000 or more, if the city is located within a county of the first, second, or third class. (26) (a) "Station area" means: (i) for a fixed guideway public transit station that provides rail services, the area within a one-half mile radius of the center of the fixed guideway public transit station platform; or (ii) for a fixed guideway public transit station that provides bus services only, the area within a one-fourth mile radius of the center of the fixed guideway public transit station platform. (b) "Station area" includes any parcel bisected by the radius limitation described in Subsection (26)(a)(i) or (ii). (27) "Station area plan" means a plan that: (a) establishes a vision, and the actions needed to implement that vision, for the development of land within a station area; and (b) is developed and adopted in accordance with this section. (28) "Subsequent progress report" means the annual report described in Subsection 10-21-202(2). (29) "System improvements" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-36a-102. (30) "Tax commission" means the State Tax Commission created in Section 59-1-201. (31) (a) "Tax increment" means the difference between: (i) the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from the area within a home ownership promotion zone, using the current assessed value and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924; and (ii) the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area using the base taxable value and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924. (b) "Tax increment" does not include property revenue from a multicounty assessing and collecting levy or a county additional property tax described in Section 59-2-1602. (32) "Taxing entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102.7/1/2026As used in this part: (1) "Accessory dwelling unit" means a habitable living unit added to, created within, or detached from a single-family dwelling and contained on one lot or parcel. (2) "Accessory structure" means a detached structure located on the same lot or parcel as a principal structure and is incidental and subordinate to the size and use of the principal structure. (3) "Affordable housing" means housing offered for sale at 80% or less of the median county home price for housing of that type. (4) "Agency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. (5) "Applicable metropolitan planning organization" means the metropolitan planning organization that has jurisdiction over the area in which a fixed guideway public transit station is located. (6) "Applicable public transit district" means the public transit district, as defined in Section 17B-2a-802, of which a fixed guideway public transit station is included. (7) "Base taxable value" means a property's taxable value as shown upon the assessment roll last equalized during the base year. (8) "Base year" means, for a proposed home ownership promotion zone area, a year beginning the first day of the calendar quarter determined by the last equalized tax roll before the adoption of the home ownership promotion zone. (9) "Detached accessory dwelling unit" means an accessory dwelling unit that is not attached to or within a primary detached single-family dwelling and located on the same lot or parcel as the primary detached single-family dwelling. (10) "Division" means the Division of Housing and Community Development within the Governor's Office of Economic Development. (11) "Existing fixed guideway public transit station" means a fixed guideway public transit station for which construction begins before June 1, 2022. (12) "Fixed guideway" means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-12-102. (13) "Home ownership promotion zone" means a home ownership promotion zone created in accordance with Title 63N, Chapter 23, Part 5, Home Ownership Promotion Zone for Municipalities. (14) "Implementation plan" means the implementation plan adopted as part of the moderate income housing element of a specified municipality's general plan as provided in Subsection 10-21-201(4). (15) "Initial report" or "initial moderate income housing report" means the one-time report described in Subsection 10-21-202(1). (16) "Internal accessory dwelling unit" means an accessory dwelling unit created: (a) within a primary dwelling; (b) within the footprint of the primary dwelling described in Subsection (16)(a) at the time the internal accessory dwelling unit is created; and (c) for the purpose of offering a long-term rental of 30 consecutive days or longer. (17) "Moderate income housing strategy" means a strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii). (18) "New fixed guideway public transit station" means a fixed guideway public transit station for which construction begins on or after June 1, 2022. (19) "Participant" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. (20) "Participation agreement" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. (21) (a) "Primary dwelling" means a single-family dwelling that: (i) is detached; and (ii) is occupied as the primary residence of the owner of record. (b) "Primary dwelling" includes a garage if the garage: (i) is a habitable space; and (ii) is connected to the primary dwelling by a common wall. (22) "Project improvements" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-36a-102. (23) "Qualifying land use petition" means a petition: (a) that involves land located within a station area for an existing public transit station that provides rail services; (b) that involves land located within a station area for which the municipality has not yet satisfied the requirements of Subsection 63N-23-104(1)(a); (c) that proposes the development of an area greater than five contiguous acres, with no less than 51% of the acreage within the station area; (d) that would require the municipality to amend the municipality's general plan or change a zoning designation for the land use application to be approved; (e) that would require a higher density than the density currently allowed by the municipality; (f) that proposes the construction of new residential units, at least 10% of which are dedicated to moderate income housing; and (g) for which the land use applicant requests the municipality to initiate the process of satisfying the requirements of Subsection 63N-23-104(1)(a) for the station area in which the development is proposed, subject to Subsection 63N-23-104(2)(d). (24) "Report" means an initial report or a subsequent progress report. (25) "Specified municipality" means: (a) a city of the first, second, third, or fourth class; or (b) a city of the fifth class with a population of 5,000 or more, if the city is located within a county of the first, second, or third class. (26) (a) "Station area" means: (i) for a fixed guideway public transit station that provides rail services, the area within a one-half mile radius of the center of the fixed guideway public transit station platform; or (ii) for a fixed guideway public transit station that provides bus services only, the area within a one-fourth mile radius of the center of the fixed guideway public transit station platform. (b) "Station area" includes any parcel bisected by the radius limitation described in Subsection (26)(a)(i) or (ii). (27) "Station area plan" means a plan that: (a) establishes a vision, and the actions needed to implement that vision, for the development of land within a station area; and (b) is developed and adopted in accordance with this section. (28) "Subsequent progress report" means the annual report described in Subsection 10-21-202(2). (29) "System improvements" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-36a-102. (30) "Tax commission" means the State Tax Commission created in Section 59-1-201. (31) (a) "Tax increment" means the difference between: (i) the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from the area within a home ownership promotion zone, using the current assessed value and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924; and (ii) the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area using the base taxable value and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924. (b) "Tax increment" does not include property revenue from a multicounty assessing and collecting levy or a county additional property tax described in Section 59-2-1602. (32) "Taxing entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102.
Utah Code § 10-8-11 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-11
§ 10-8-11. Streets -- Encroachments, lighting, sprinkling, cleaning.
Status: in_force

They may regulate the use of streets, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, crosswalks, parks, and public grounds, install, prevent, or remove obstructions and encroachments thereon, and provide for the lighting, sprinkling, and cleaning of the same.
Utah Code § 10-7-14 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-14
§ 10-7-14. Rules and regulations for use of water.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Designated water service area" means the area defined by a municipality in accordance with the Utah Constitution, Article XI, Section 6, Subsection (1)(c). (b) "Retail customer" means an end user: (i) who receives culinary water directly from a municipality's waterworks system; and (ii) whom the municipality described in Subsection (1)(b)(i) bills for water service. (c) (i) "Waterworks system" means municipally owned collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities for culinary or irrigation water, including any pipe, hydrant, or appurtenance to a pipe or hydrant. (ii) "Waterworks system" does not include a water right or a source of supply such as a well, spring, stream, or share in a mutual irrigation company. (2) A municipality may enact ordinances, rules and regulations for the management and conduct of the waterworks system owned or controlled by it. (3) A municipality that provides water to a retail customer outside of the municipality's boundary shall: (a) create and maintain a map showing: (i) the municipality's designated water service area; and (ii) each area outside the municipality's designated water service area where a retail customer receives water service from the municipality; (b) transmit a copy of the map described in Subsection (3)(a) to the state engineer; (c) if the municipality has more than 500 retail customers, post the map described in Subsection (3)(a) on the municipality's website; (d) define, by ordinance, the area included in the municipality's designated water service area; (e) adopt, by ordinance, any municipality rule or regulation applicable to the municipality's designated water service area or to a retail customer located outside of the municipality's designated water service area; and (f) adopt, by ordinance, reasonable water rates for retail customers in the municipality's designated water service area, in accordance with Section 10-8-22. (4) Within the municipality's designated water service area, a municipality shall: (a) provide service to all retail customers in a manner consistent with principles of equal protection; and (b) apply restrictions on water use to all retail customers in times of anticipated or actual water shortages in a manner consistent with principles of equal protection. (5) Nothing in this section: (a) prohibits a municipality from enacting a service restriction or other restriction: (i) affecting: (A) a localized area; or (B) the municipality's entire designated water service area; and (ii) (A) based on an operational or maintenance need; (B) based on an emergency situation; or (C) to address a health, safety, or general welfare need; (b) expands or diminishes the ability of a municipality to enter into a contract to supply water outside of the municipality's designated water service area; or (c) alters the authorities or definitions described in Title 19, Chapter 4, Safe Drinking Water Act. (6) A municipality may not sell or convey an interest, in part or in whole, of the municipality's waterworks system, except to a public entity as defined in Section 73-1-4.
Utah Code § 10-20-505 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-505
§ 10-20-505. Zoning districts.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The legislative body may divide the territory over which it has jurisdiction into zoning districts of a number, shape, and area that it considers appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) Within those zoning districts, the legislative body may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings and structures, and the use of land. (c) A municipality may enact an ordinance regulating land use and development in a flood plain or potential geologic hazard area to: (i) protect life; and (ii) prevent: (A) the substantial loss of real property; or (B) substantial damage to real property. (2) The legislative body shall ensure that the regulations are uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each zoning district, but the regulations in one zone may differ from those in other zones. (3) (a) There is no minimum area or diversity of ownership requirement for a zone designation. (b) Neither the size of a zoning district nor the number of landowners within the district may be used as evidence of the illegality of a zoning district or of the invalidity of a municipal decision. (4) A municipality may by ordinance exempt from specific zoning district standards a subdivision of land to accommodate the siting of a public utility infrastructure.
Utah Code § 10-1-307 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-307
§ 10-1-307. Administration, collection, and enforcement of taxes by commission -- Distribution of revenues -- Administrative charge -- Collection of taxes by municipality.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b) and except as provided in Subsection (3), the commission shall administer, collect, and enforce the municipal energy sales and use tax from energy suppliers according to the procedures established in: (i) Title 59, Chapter 1, General Taxation Policies; and (ii) Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 1, Tax Collection, except for Sections 59-12-107.1 and 59-12-123. (b) If an energy supplier pays a municipal energy sales and use tax to the commission, the energy supplier shall pay the municipal energy sales and use tax to the commission: (i) monthly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of the previous month if: (A) the energy supplier is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission monthly under Section 59-12-108; or (B) the energy supplier is not required to file a sales and use tax return under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act; or (ii) quarterly on or before the last day of the month immediately following the last day of the previous quarter if the energy supplier is required to file a sales and use tax return with the commission quarterly under Section 59-12-107. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsections 10-1-203(3)(d), 10-1-305(5), and 10-1-310(2) and subject to Subsection (6), the commission shall pay a municipality the difference between: (i) the entire amount collected by the commission from the municipal energy sales and use tax authorized by this part based on: (A) the point of sale of the taxable energy if a taxable sale occurs in a municipality that imposes a municipal energy sales and use tax as provided in this part; or (B) the point of use of the taxable energy if the use occurs in a municipality that imposes a municipal energy sales and use tax as provided in this part; and (ii) the administrative charge described in Subsection (2)(c). (b) In accordance with Subsection (2)(a), the commission shall transfer to the municipality monthly by electronic transfer the revenues generated by the municipal energy sales and use tax levied by the municipality and collected by the commission. (c) (i) Subject to Subsection (2)(c)(ii), the commission shall retain and deposit an administrative charge in accordance with Section 59-1-306 from revenues the commission collects from a municipal energy sales and use tax under this part. (ii) The commission may not retain or deposit an administrative charge from revenues a municipality collects under Subsection (3) from a tax under this part. (3) An energy supplier shall pay the municipal energy sales and use tax revenues it collects from its customers under this part directly to each municipality in which the energy supplier has sales of taxable energy if: (a) the municipality is the energy supplier; or (b) (i) the energy supplier estimates that the municipal energy sales and use tax collected annually by the energy supplier from its Utah customers equals $1,000,000 or more; and (ii) the energy supplier collects the tax imposed by this part. (4) An energy supplier paying a tax under this part directly to a municipality may retain the percentage of the tax authorized under Subsection 59-12-108(2) for the energy supplier's costs of collecting and remitting the tax. (5) An energy supplier paying the tax under this part directly to a municipality shall file an information return with the commission, at least annually, on a form prescribed by the commission. (6) (a) As used in this Subsection (6): (i) "2005 base amount" means, for a municipality that imposes a municipal energy sales and use tax, the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds paid to the municipality for fiscal year 2005. (ii) "2006 base amount" means, for a municipality that imposes a municipal energy sales and use tax, the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds paid to the municipality for fiscal year 2006, reduced by the 2006 rebate amount. (iii) "2006 rebate amount" means, for a municipality that imposes a municipal energy sales and use tax, the difference between: (A) the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds paid to the municipality for fiscal year 2006; and (B) the 2005 base amount, plus: (I) 10% of the 2005 base amount; and (II) the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds paid to the municipality for fiscal year 2006 attributable to an increase in the rate of the municipal energy sales and use tax implemented by the municipality during fiscal year 2006. (iv) "2007 rebate amount" means, for a municipality that imposes a municipal energy sales and use tax, the difference between: (A) the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds paid to the municipality for fiscal year 2007; and (B) the 2006 base amount, plus: (I) 10% of the 2006 base amount; and (II) the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds paid to the municipality for fiscal year 2007 attributable to an increase in the rate of the municipal energy sales and use tax implemented by the municipality during fiscal year 2007. (v) "Fiscal year 2005" means the period beginning July 1, 2004 and ending June 30, 2005. (vi) "Fiscal year 2006" means the period beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2006. (vii) "Fiscal year 2007" means the period beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007. (viii) "Gas supplier" means an energy supplier that supplies natural gas. (ix) "Natural gas portion" means the amount of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds attributable to sales and uses of natural gas. (b) (i) In December 2006, each gas supplier shall reduce the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use gas proceeds to be paid to a municipality by the 2006 rebate amount. (ii) If the 2006 rebate amount exceeds the amount of the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds for December 2006, the gas supplier shall reduce the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds to be paid to a municipality each month thereafter until the 2006 rebate amount is exhausted. (iii) For December 2006 and for each month thereafter that the gas supplier is required under Subsection (6)(b)(ii) to reduce the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds to be paid to a municipality: (A) each municipality imposing a municipal energy sales and use tax shall provide the gas supplier with the amount by which its municipal energy sales and use tax rate applicable to the sales and uses of natural gas would need to be reduced in order to reduce the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds by the same amount as the reduction to the municipality; and (B) each gas supplier shall reduce the municipal energy sales and use tax rate applicable to sales and uses of natural gas by the amount of the tax rate reduction provided by the municipality. (c) (i) In December 2007, each gas supplier shall reduce the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds to be paid to a municipality by the 2007 rebate amount. (ii) If the 2007 rebate amount exceeds the amount of the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds for December 2007, the gas supplier shall reduce the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds to be paid to a municipality each month thereafter until the 2007 rebate amount is exhausted. (iii) For December 2007 and for each month thereafter that the gas supplier is required under Subsection (6)(c)(ii) to reduce the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds to be paid to a municipality: (A) each municipality imposing a municipal energy sales and use tax shall provide the gas supplier with the amount by which its municipal energy sales and use tax rate applicable to the sales and uses of natural gas would need to be reduced in order to reduce the natural gas portion of municipal energy sales and use tax proceeds by the same amount as the reduction to the municipality; and (B) each gas supplier shall reduce the municipal energy sales and use tax rate applicable to sales and uses of natural gas by the amount of the tax rate reduction provided by the municipality. (d) Nothing in this Subsection (6) may be construed to require a reduction under Subsection (6)(b) or (c) if the rebate amount is zero or negative.
Utah Code § 10-21-202 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-21 / § 10-21-202
§ 10-21-202. Moderate income housing report -- Contents -- Prioritization for funds or projects -- Ineligibility for funds after noncompliance -- Civil actions.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) (a) The legislative body of a specified municipality shall submit an initial moderate income housing report to the division. (b) (i) This Subsection (1)(b) applies to a municipality that is not a specified municipality as of January 1, 2023. (ii) As of January 1, if a municipality changes from one class to another or grows in population to qualify as a specified municipality, the municipality shall submit an initial plan to the division on or before August 1 of the first calendar year beginning on January 1 in which the municipality qualifies as a specified municipality. (c) The initial report shall: (i) identify each moderate income housing strategy selected by the specified municipality for continued, ongoing, or one-time implementation, restating the exact language used to describe the moderate income housing strategy; and (ii) include an implementation plan. (d) For reporting year 2026: (i) a specified municipality complies with the reporting requirements described in this section if the specified municipality satisfied the reporting requirements in 2025; (ii) a specified municipality qualifies for priority consideration under Subsection (5)(a) if the specified municipality qualified for priority consideration in 2025; (iii) the Department of Transportation shall consider all municipalities that the Department of Transportation received a notice of prioritization for in 2025 eligible for priority consideration under Subsection (5)(a); and (iv) on or before July 1, 2026, a specified municipality shall report to the division on the number of residential certificates of occupancy the municipality issued during the previous 12-month period. (2) (a) After the division approves a specified municipality's initial report under this section, the specified municipality shall, as an administrative act, annually submit to the division a subsequent progress report on or before August 1 of each year after the year in which the specified municipality is required to submit the initial report. (b) The subsequent progress report shall include: (i) subject to Subsection (2)(c), a description of each action, whether one-time or ongoing, taken by the specified municipality during the previous 12-month period to implement the moderate income housing strategies identified in the initial report for implementation; (ii) a description of each land use regulation or land use decision made by the specified municipality during the previous 12-month period to implement the moderate income housing strategies, including an explanation of how the land use regulation or land use decision supports the specified municipality's efforts to implement the moderate income housing strategies; (iii) a description of any barriers encountered by the specified municipality in the previous 12-month period in implementing the moderate income housing strategies; (iv) information regarding the number of internal and external or detached accessory dwelling units located within the specified municipality for which the specified municipality: (A) issued a building permit to construct; or (B) issued a business license or comparable license or permit to rent; (v) the number of residential dwelling units that have been entitled that have not received a building permit as of the submission date of the progress report; (vi) the number of new residential dwelling units, as measured by the number of residential certificates of occupancy the specified municipality issued during the previous 12-month period; (vii) the estimated percent change of total residential dwelling units, as measured by comparing the number of residential certificates of occupancy the specified municipality issued during the previous 12-month period to the number of housing units that existed in the specified municipality before the day on which the previous 12-month period began; (viii) shapefiles, or website links if shapefiles are not available, to current maps and tables related to zoning; (ix) a description of how the market has responded to the selected moderate income housing strategies, including the number of entitled moderate income housing units or other relevant data; and (x) any recommendations on how the state can support the specified municipality in implementing the moderate income housing strategies. (c) For purposes of describing actions taken by a specified municipality under Subsection (2)(b)(i), the specified municipality may include an ongoing action taken by the specified municipality before the 12-month reporting period applicable to the subsequent progress report if the specified municipality: (i) has already adopted an ordinance, approved a land use application, made an investment, or approved an agreement or financing that substantially promotes the implementation of a moderate income housing strategy identified in the initial report; and (ii) demonstrates in the subsequent progress report that the action taken under Subsection (2)(c)(i) is relevant to making meaningful progress towards the specified municipality's implementation plan. (d) A specified municipality's report shall be in a form: (i) approved by the division; and (ii) made available by the division on or before May 1 of the year in which the report is required. (3) Within 90 days after the day on which the division receives a specified municipality's report, the division shall: (a) post the report on the division's website; (b) send a copy of the report to the Department of Transportation, the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, the association of governments in which the specified municipality is located, and, if the specified municipality is located within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning organization, the appropriate metropolitan planning organization; and (c) subject to Subsection (4), review the report to determine compliance with this section. (4) (a) An initial report complies with this section if the report: (i) includes the information required under Subsection (1)(c); (ii) demonstrates to the division that the specified municipality made plans to implement: (A) three or more moderate income housing strategies if the specified municipality does not have a fixed guideway public transit station; or (B) if the specified municipality has a fixed guideway public transit station: (I) five or more of the moderate income housing strategies described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii), of which one shall be the moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(U) and one shall be a moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(G) or (H); or (II) the moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(U), one of the moderate income housing strategies described in Subsections 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(X) through (CC), and one moderate income strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii); and (iii) is in a form approved by the division. (b) A subsequent progress report complies with this section if the report: (i) demonstrates to the division that the specified municipality made plans to implement: (A) three or more moderate income housing strategies if the specified municipality does not have a fixed guideway public transit station; or (B) if the specified municipality has a fixed guideway public transit station: (I) five or more of the moderate income housing strategies described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii), of which one shall be the moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(U) and one shall be a moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(G) or (H); or (II) the moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(U), one of the moderate income housing strategies described in Subsections 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(X) through (CC), and one moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii); (ii) is in a form approved by the division; and (iii) provides sufficient information for the division to: (A) assess the specified municipality's progress in implementing the moderate income housing strategies; (B) monitor compliance with the specified municipality's implementation plan; (C) identify a clear correlation between the specified municipality's land use regulations and land use decisions and the specified municipality's efforts to implement the moderate income housing strategies; (D) identify how the market has responded to the specified municipality's selected moderate income housing strategies; (E) determine if the percent change of new residential dwelling units in the municipality during the previous 12-month period is 2.5% or greater; and (F) identify any barriers encountered by the specified municipality in implementing the selected moderate income housing strategies. (c) (i) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (4)(a)(ii)(A) or (b)(i)(A), if a specified municipality without a fixed guideway public transit station implements or is implementing, by ordinance or development agreement, one of the following moderate income housing strategies, the division shall consider that one moderate income housing strategy to be the equivalent of three moderate income housing strategies: (A) a housing and transit reinvestment zone, as described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(X); (B) a home ownership promotion zone, as described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(Y); (C) a first home investment zone, described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(Z); (D) the approval or completion of a project described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(AA); (E) a qualifying affordable home ownership density bonus for single-family residential units, as described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(BB); or (F) a qualifying affordable home ownership density bonus for multi-family residential units, as described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(CC). (ii) If the division considers one moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection (4)(c)(i) as the equivalent of three moderate income housing strategies, the division shall also consider the specified municipality compliant with the reporting requirement described in this section for: (A) the year in which the specified municipality submits the initial report or subsequent report; and (B) two subsequent reporting years. (5) (a) A specified municipality qualifies for priority consideration under this Subsection (5) if the specified municipality's report: (i) complies with this section; and (ii) demonstrates to the division that the specified municipality made plans to implement: (A) five or more moderate income housing strategies if the specified municipality does not have a fixed guideway public transit station; or (B) six or more moderate income housing strategies if the specified municipality has a fixed guideway public transit station. (b) The Transportation Commission may, in accordance with Subsection 72-1-304(3)(c), give priority consideration to transportation projects located within the boundaries of a specified municipality described in Subsection (5)(a) until the Department of Transportation receives notice from the division under Subsection (7)(c). (6) (a) In addition to the priority consideration a specified municipality may receive under Subsection (5), a specified municipality qualifies for priority consideration under this Subsection (6) if the specified municipality's report: (i) complies with this section; and (ii) demonstrates to the division that the specified municipality's percent change of new residential dwelling units in the municipality during the previous 12-month period, as described in Subsection (2)(b)(vii), is 2.5% or greater. (b) The Transportation Commission shall, in accordance with Subsection 72-1-304(3)(c), give priority consideration to a significant regional transportation project, as determined by the Transportation Commission, that benefits a specified municipality described in Subsection (6)(a) and is located within or outside the boundaries of the specified municipality until the Department of Transportation receives notice from the division under Subsection (7)(c). (7) (a) Upon determining that a specified municipality qualifies for priority consideration under Subsection (5) or (6), the division shall send a notice of prioritization to the legislative body of the specified municipality and the Department of Transportation. (b) The notice described in Subsection (7)(a) shall: (i) name the specified municipality that qualifies for priority consideration; (ii) describe the funds or projects for which the specified municipality qualifies to receive priority consideration under Subsection (5) or (6); and (iii) state the basis for the division's determination that the specified municipality qualifies for priority consideration. (c) The division shall notify the legislative body of a specified municipality and the Department of Transportation in writing if the division determines that the specified municipality no longer qualifies for priority consideration under Subsection (5) or (6). (8) (a) If the division, after reviewing a specified municipality's report, determines that the report does not comply with this section, the division shall send a notice of noncompliance to the legislative body of the specified municipality. (b) A specified municipality that receives a notice of noncompliance may: (i) cure each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; or (ii) request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent. (c) The notice described in Subsection (8)(a) shall: (i) describe each deficiency in the report and the actions needed to cure each deficiency; (ii) state that the specified municipality has an opportunity to: (A) submit to the division a corrected report that cures each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of compliance is sent; or (B) submit to the division a request for an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; and (iii) state that failure to take action under Subsection (8)(c)(ii) will result in the specified municipality's ineligibility for funds under Subsection (10). (d) For purposes of curing the deficiencies in a report under this Subsection (8), if the action needed to cure the deficiency as described by the division requires the specified municipality to make a legislative change, the specified municipality may cure the deficiency by making that legislative change within the 90-day cure period. (e) (i) If a specified municipality submits to the division a corrected report in accordance with Subsection (8)(b)(i) and the division determines that the corrected report does not comply with this section, the division shall send a second notice of noncompliance to the legislative body of the specified municipality within 30 days after the day on which the corrected report is submitted. (ii) A specified municipality that receives a second notice of noncompliance may submit to the division a request for an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent. (iii) The notice described in Subsection (8)(e)(i) shall: (A) state that the specified municipality has an opportunity to submit to the division a request for an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent; and (B) state that failure to take action under Subsection (8)(e)(iii)(A) will result in the specified municipality's ineligibility for funds under Subsection (10). (9) (a) A specified municipality that receives a notice of noncompliance under Subsection (8)(a) or (8)(e)(i) may request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent. (b) Within 90 days after the day on which the division receives a request for an appeal, an appeal board consisting of the following three members shall review and issue a written decision on the appeal: (i) one individual appointed by the Utah League of Cities and Towns; (ii) one individual appointed by the Utah Homebuilders Association; and (iii) one individual appointed by the presiding member of the association of governments, established in accordance with an interlocal agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, of which the specified municipality is a member. (c) The written decision of the appeal board shall either uphold or reverse the division's determination of noncompliance. (d) The appeal board's written decision on the appeal is final. (10) (a) A specified municipality is ineligible for funds under this Subsection (10) if: (i) the specified municipality fails to submit a report to the division; (ii) after submitting a report to the division, the division determines that the report does not comply with this section and the specified municipality fails to: (A) cure each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; or (B) request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; (iii) after submitting to the division a corrected report to cure the deficiencies in a previously submitted report, the division determines that the corrected report does not comply with this section and the specified municipality fails to request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent; or (iv) after submitting a request for an appeal under Subsection (9), the appeal board issues a written decision upholding the division's determination of noncompliance. (b) The following apply to a specified municipality described in Subsection (10)(a) until the division provides notice under Subsection (10)(e): (i) the executive director of the Department of Transportation may not program funds from the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005, including the Transit Transportation Investment Fund, to projects located within the boundaries of the specified municipality in accordance with Subsection 72-2-124(5); (ii) beginning with a report submitted in 2024, the specified municipality shall pay a fee to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund in the amount of $250 per day that the specified municipality: (A) fails to submit the report to the division in accordance with this section, beginning the day after the day on which the report was due; or (B) fails to cure the deficiencies in the report, beginning the day after the day by which the cure was required to occur as described in the notice of noncompliance under Subsection (8); and (iii) beginning with the report submitted in 2025, the specified municipality shall pay a fee to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund in the amount of $500 per day that the specified municipality, in a consecutive year: (A) fails to submit the report to the division in accordance with this section, beginning the day after the day on which the report was due; or (B) fails to cure the deficiencies in the report, beginning the day after the day by which the cure was required to occur as described in the notice of noncompliance under Subsection (8). (c) Upon determining that a specified municipality is ineligible for funds under this Subsection (10), and is required to pay a fee under Subsection (10)(b), if applicable, the division shall send a notice of ineligibility to the legislative body of the specified municipality, the Department of Transportation, the State Tax Commission, and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. (d) The notice described in Subsection (10)(c) shall: (i) name the specified municipality that is ineligible for funds; (ii) describe the funds for which the specified municipality is ineligible to receive; (iii) describe the fee the specified municipality is required to pay under Subsection (10)(b), if applicable; and (iv) state the basis for the division's determination that the specified municipality is ineligible for funds. (e) The division shall notify the legislative body of a specified municipality and the Department of Transportation in writing if the division determines that the provisions of this Subsection (10) no longer apply to the specified municipality. (f) The division may not determine that a specified municipality that is required to pay a fee under Subsection (10)(b) is in compliance with the reporting requirements of this section until the specified municipality pays all outstanding fees required under Subsection (10)(b) to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, created in Section 63N-24-302. (11) In a civil action seeking enforcement or claiming a violation of this section or of Subsection 10-20-405(4)(c), a plaintiff may not recover damages but may be awarded only injunctive or other equitable relief.7/1/2026 (1) (a) The legislative body of a specified municipality shall submit an initial moderate income housing report to the division. (b) (i) This Subsection (1)(b) applies to a municipality that is not a specified municipality as of January 1, 2023. (ii) As of January 1, if a municipality changes from one class to another or grows in population to qualify as a specified municipality, the municipality shall submit an initial plan to the division on or before August 1 of the first calendar year beginning on January 1 in which the municipality qualifies as a specified municipality. (c) The initial report shall: (i) identify each moderate income housing strategy selected by the specified municipality for continued, ongoing, or one-time implementation, restating the exact language used to describe the moderate income housing strategy; and (ii) include an implementation plan. (d) For reporting year 2026: (i) a specified municipality complies with the reporting requirements described in this section if the specified municipality satisfied the reporting requirements in 2025; (ii) a specified municipality qualifies for priority consideration under Subsection (5)(a) if the specified municipality qualified for priority consideration in 2025; (iii) the Department of Transportation shall consider all municipalities that the Department of Transportation received a notice of prioritization for in 2025 eligible for priority consideration under Subsection (5)(a); and (iv) on or before July 1, 2026, a specified municipality shall report to the division on the number of residential certificates of occupancy the municipality issued during the previous 12-month period. (2) (a) After the division approves a specified municipality's initial report under this section, the specified municipality shall, as an administrative act, annually submit to the division a subsequent progress report on or before August 1 of each year after the year in which the specified municipality is required to submit the initial report. (b) The subsequent progress report shall include: (i) subject to Subsection (2)(c), a description of each action, whether one-time or ongoing, taken by the specified municipality during the previous 12-month period to implement the moderate income housing strategies identified in the initial report for implementation; (ii) a description of each land use regulation or land use decision made by the specified municipality during the previous 12-month period to implement the moderate income housing strategies, including an explanation of how the land use regulation or land use decision supports the specified municipality's efforts to implement the moderate income housing strategies; (iii) a description of any barriers encountered by the specified municipality in the previous 12-month period in implementing the moderate income housing strategies; (iv) information regarding the number of internal and external or detached accessory dwelling units located within the specified municipality for which the specified municipality: (A) issued a building permit to construct; or (B) issued a business license or comparable license or permit to rent; (v) the number of residential dwelling units that have been entitled that have not received a building permit as of the submission date of the progress report; (vi) the number of new residential dwelling units, as measured by the number of residential certificates of occupancy the specified municipality issued during the previous 12-month period; (vii) the estimated percent change of total residential dwelling units, as measured by comparing the number of residential certificates of occupancy the specified municipality issued during the previous 12-month period to the number of housing units that existed in the specified municipality before the day on which the previous 12-month period began; (viii) shapefiles, or website links if shapefiles are not available, to current maps and tables related to zoning; (ix) a description of how the market has responded to the selected moderate income housing strategies, including the number of entitled moderate income housing units or other relevant data; and (x) any recommendations on how the state can support the specified municipality in implementing the moderate income housing strategies. (c) For purposes of describing actions taken by a specified municipality under Subsection (2)(b)(i), the specified municipality may include an ongoing action taken by the specified municipality before the 12-month reporting period applicable to the subsequent progress report if the specified municipality: (i) has already adopted an ordinance, approved a land use application, made an investment, or approved an agreement or financing that substantially promotes the implementation of a moderate income housing strategy identified in the initial report; and (ii) demonstrates in the subsequent progress report that the action taken under Subsection (2)(c)(i) is relevant to making meaningful progress towards the specified municipality's implementation plan. (d) A specified municipality's report shall be in a form: (i) approved by the division; and (ii) made available by the division on or before May 1 of the year in which the report is required. (3) Within 90 days after the day on which the division receives a specified municipality's report, the division shall: (a) post the report on the division's website; (b) send a copy of the report to the Department of Transportation, the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, the association of governments in which the specified municipality is located, and, if the specified municipality is located within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning organization, the appropriate metropolitan planning organization; and (c) subject to Subsection (4), review the report to determine compliance with this section. (4) (a) An initial report complies with this section if the report: (i) includes the information required under Subsection (1)(c); (ii) demonstrates to the division that the specified municipality made plans to implement: (A) three or more moderate income housing strategies if the specified municipality does not have a fixed guideway public transit station; or (B) if the specified municipality has a fixed guideway public transit station: (I) five or more of the moderate income housing strategies described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii), of which one shall be the moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(U) and one shall be a moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(G) or (H); or (II) the moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(U), one of the moderate income housing strategies described in Subsections 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(X) through (CC), and one moderate income strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii); and (iii) is in a form approved by the division. (b) A subsequent progress report complies with this section if the report: (i) demonstrates to the division that the specified municipality made plans to implement: (A) three or more moderate income housing strategies if the specified municipality does not have a fixed guideway public transit station; or (B) if the specified municipality has a fixed guideway public transit station: (I) five or more of the moderate income housing strategies described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii), of which one shall be the moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(U) and one shall be a moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(G) or (H); or (II) the moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(U), one of the moderate income housing strategies described in Subsections 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(X) through (CC), and one moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii); (ii) is in a form approved by the division; and (iii) provides sufficient information for the division to: (A) assess the specified municipality's progress in implementing the moderate income housing strategies; (B) monitor compliance with the specified municipality's implementation plan; (C) identify a clear correlation between the specified municipality's land use regulations and land use decisions and the specified municipality's efforts to implement the moderate income housing strategies; (D) identify how the market has responded to the specified municipality's selected moderate income housing strategies; (E) determine if the percent change of new residential dwelling units in the municipality during the previous 12-month period is 2.5% or greater; and (F) identify any barriers encountered by the specified municipality in implementing the selected moderate income housing strategies. (c) (i) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (4)(a)(ii)(A) or (b)(i)(A), if a specified municipality without a fixed guideway public transit station implements or is implementing, by ordinance or development agreement, one of the following moderate income housing strategies, the division shall consider that one moderate income housing strategy to be the equivalent of three moderate income housing strategies: (A) a housing and transit reinvestment zone, as described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(X); (B) a home ownership promotion zone, as described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(Y); (C) a first home investment zone, described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(Z); (D) the approval or completion of a project described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(AA); (E) a qualifying affordable home ownership density bonus for single-family residential units, as described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(BB); or (F) a qualifying affordable home ownership density bonus for multi-family residential units, as described in Subsection 10-21-201(3)(a)(iii)(CC). (ii) If the division considers one moderate income housing strategy described in Subsection (4)(c)(i) as the equivalent of three moderate income housing strategies, the division shall also consider the specified municipality compliant with the reporting requirement described in this section for: (A) the year in which the specified municipality submits the initial report or subsequent report; and (B) two subsequent reporting years. (5) (a) A specified municipality qualifies for priority consideration under this Subsection (5) if the specified municipality's report: (i) complies with this section; and (ii) demonstrates to the division that the specified municipality made plans to implement: (A) five or more moderate income housing strategies if the specified municipality does not have a fixed guideway public transit station; or (B) six or more moderate income housing strategies if the specified municipality has a fixed guideway public transit station. (b) The Transportation Commission may, in accordance with Subsection 72-1-304(3)(c), give priority consideration to transportation projects located within the boundaries of a specified municipality described in Subsection (5)(a) until the Department of Transportation receives notice from the division under Subsection (7)(c). (6) (a) In addition to the priority consideration a specified municipality may receive under Subsection (5), a specified municipality qualifies for priority consideration under this Subsection (6) if the specified municipality's report: (i) complies with this section; and (ii) demonstrates to the division that the specified municipality's percent change of new residential dwelling units in the municipality during the previous 12-month period, as described in Subsection (2)(b)(vii), is 2.5% or greater. (b) The Transportation Commission shall, in accordance with Subsection 72-1-304(3)(c), give priority consideration to a significant regional transportation project, as determined by the Transportation Commission, that benefits a specified municipality described in Subsection (6)(a) and is located within or outside the boundaries of the specified municipality until the Department of Transportation receives notice from the division under Subsection (7)(c). (7) (a) Upon determining that a specified municipality qualifies for priority consideration under Subsection (5) or (6), the division shall send a notice of prioritization to the legislative body of the specified municipality and the Department of Transportation. (b) The notice described in Subsection (7)(a) shall: (i) name the specified municipality that qualifies for priority consideration; (ii) describe the funds or projects for which the specified municipality qualifies to receive priority consideration under Subsection (5) or (6); and (iii) state the basis for the division's determination that the specified municipality qualifies for priority consideration. (c) The division shall notify the legislative body of a specified municipality and the Department of Transportation in writing if the division determines that the specified municipality no longer qualifies for priority consideration under Subsection (5) or (6). (8) (a) If the division, after reviewing a specified municipality's report, determines that the report does not comply with this section, the division shall send a notice of noncompliance to the legislative body of the specified municipality. (b) A specified municipality that receives a notice of noncompliance may: (i) cure each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; or (ii) request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent. (c) The notice described in Subsection (8)(a) shall: (i) describe each deficiency in the report and the actions needed to cure each deficiency; (ii) state that the specified municipality has an opportunity to: (A) submit to the division a corrected report that cures each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of compliance is sent; or (B) submit to the division a request for an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; and (iii) state that failure to take action under Subsection (8)(c)(ii) will result in the specified municipality's ineligibility for funds under Subsection (10). (d) For purposes of curing the deficiencies in a report under this Subsection (8), if the action needed to cure the deficiency as described by the division requires the specified municipality to make a legislative change, the specified municipality may cure the deficiency by making that legislative change within the 90-day cure period. (e) (i) If a specified municipality submits to the division a corrected report in accordance with Subsection (8)(b)(i) and the division determines that the corrected report does not comply with this section, the division shall send a second notice of noncompliance to the legislative body of the specified municipality within 30 days after the day on which the corrected report is submitted. (ii) A specified municipality that receives a second notice of noncompliance may submit to the division a request for an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent. (iii) The notice described in Subsection (8)(e)(i) shall: (A) state that the specified municipality has an opportunity to submit to the division a request for an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent; and (B) state that failure to take action under Subsection (8)(e)(iii)(A) will result in the specified municipality's ineligibility for funds under Subsection (10). (9) (a) A specified municipality that receives a notice of noncompliance under Subsection (8)(a) or (8)(e)(i) may request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent. (b) Within 90 days after the day on which the division receives a request for an appeal, an appeal board consisting of the following three members shall review and issue a written decision on the appeal: (i) one individual appointed by the Utah League of Cities and Towns; (ii) one individual appointed by the Utah Homebuilders Association; and (iii) one individual appointed by the presiding member of the association of governments, established in accordance with an interlocal agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, of which the specified municipality is a member. (c) The written decision of the appeal board shall either uphold or reverse the division's determination of noncompliance. (d) The appeal board's written decision on the appeal is final. (10) (a) A specified municipality is ineligible for funds under this Subsection (10) if: (i) the specified municipality fails to submit a report to the division; (ii) after submitting a report to the division, the division determines that the report does not comply with this section and the specified municipality fails to: (A) cure each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; or (B) request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; (iii) after submitting to the division a corrected report to cure the deficiencies in a previously submitted report, the division determines that the corrected report does not comply with this section and the specified municipality fails to request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent; or (iv) after submitting a request for an appeal under Subsection (9), the appeal board issues a written decision upholding the division's determination of noncompliance. (b) The following apply to a specified municipality described in Subsection (10)(a) until the division provides notice under Subsection (10)(e): (i) the executive director of the Department of Transportation may not program funds from the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005, including the Transit Transportation Investment Fund, to projects located within the boundaries of the specified municipality in accordance with Subsection 72-2-124(5); (ii) beginning with a report submitted in 2024, the specified municipality shall pay a fee to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund in the amount of $250 per day that the specified municipality: (A) fails to submit the report to the division in accordance with this section, beginning the day after the day on which the report was due; or (B) fails to cure the deficiencies in the report, beginning the day after the day by which the cure was required to occur as described in the notice of noncompliance under Subsection (8); and (iii) beginning with the report submitted in 2025, the specified municipality shall pay a fee to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund in the amount of $500 per day that the specified municipality, in a consecutive year: (A) fails to submit the report to the division in accordance with this section, beginning the day after the day on which the report was due; or (B) fails to cure the deficiencies in the report, beginning the day after the day by which the cure was required to occur as described in the notice of noncompliance under Subsection (8). (c) Upon determining that a specified municipality is ineligible for funds under this Subsection (10), and is required to pay a fee under Subsection (10)(b), if applicable, the division shall send a notice of ineligibility to the legislative body of the specified municipality, the Department of Transportation, the State Tax Commission, and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. (d) The notice described in Subsection (10)(c) shall: (i) name the specified municipality that is ineligible for funds; (ii) describe the funds for which the specified municipality is ineligible to receive; (iii) describe the fee the specified municipality is required to pay under Subsection (10)(b), if applicable; and (iv) state the basis for the division's determination that the specified municipality is ineligible for funds. (e) The division shall notify the legislative body of a specified municipality and the Department of Transportation in writing if the division determines that the provisions of this Subsection (10) no longer apply to the specified municipality. (f) The division may not determine that a specified municipality that is required to pay a fee under Subsection (10)(b) is in compliance with the reporting requirements of this section until the specified municipality pays all outstanding fees required under Subsection (10)(b) to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, created in Section 63N-24-302. (11) In a civil action seeking enforcement or claiming a violation of this section or of Subsection 10-20-405(4)(c), a plaintiff may not recover damages but may be awarded only injunctive or other equitable relief.
Utah Code § 10-5-108 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-108
§ 10-5-108. Budget hearing -- Notice -- Adjustments.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to the adoption of the final budget or an amendment to a budget, a town council shall hold a public hearing to receive public comment. (2) The town council shall provide notice of the place, purpose, and time of the public hearing by providing notice for the town, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least seven days before the hearing. (3) After the hearing, the town council, subject to Section 10-5-110, may adjust expenditures and revenues in conformity with this chapter.
Utah Code § 10-3-903 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-903
§ 10-3-903. City engineer -- Custodian of records of public improvements.
Status: in_force

(1) The city engineer's office in cities of the first and the second class shall be an office of record for all maps, plans, plats, profiles, drawings, final estimates, specifications and contracts which in any way relate to the public improvements and engineering affairs of the city. (2) The city engineer shall be custodian of all drawings and documents above mentioned.
Utah Code § 10-8-84.6 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-84.6
§ 10-8-84.6. Prohibition on licensing or certification of child care programs.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) As used in this section, "child care program" means a child care facility or program operated by a person who holds a license or certificate from the Department of Health and Human Services under Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 4, Child Care Licensing. (b) "Child care program" does not include a child care program for which a municipality provides oversight, as described in Subsection 26B-2-405(2)(e). (2) A municipality may not enact or enforce an ordinance that: (a) imposes licensing or certification requirements for a child care program; or (b) governs the manner in which child care is provided in a child care program. (3) This section does not prohibit a municipality from: (a) requiring a business license to operate a business within the municipality; or (b) imposing requirements related to building, health, and fire codes.
Utah Code § 10-6-152 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-152
§ 10-6-152. Notice that audit completed and available for inspection.
Status: in_force

Within 10 days following the receipt of the audit report furnished by the independent auditor, the city auditor in cities having an auditor and the city recorder in all other cities shall: (1) prepare a notice to the public that the audit of the city has been completed; (2) provide the notice for the city, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least 10 days; and (3) make a copy of the notice described in Subsection (1) available for inspection at the office of the city auditor or recorder.
Utah Code § 10-19-302 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-19 / § 10-19-302
§ 10-19-302. Municipal authority -- Commission authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The municipal legislative body may adopt procedures necessary to implement this chapter. (2) Nothing in this chapter authorizes the commission to exercise any power over a municipal electric utility's electrical generation, demand-side management program, or other operation.
Utah Code § 10-20-1109 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-1109
§ 10-20-1109. No district court review until administrative remedies exhausted -- Time for filing -- Tolling of time -- Standards governing court review -- Record on review -- Staying of decision.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may challenge in district court a land use decision if the person has exhausted the person's administrative remedies as provided in this part, if applicable. (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (1), a land use applicant or adversely affected party may file a petition for review of a land use decision with the district court within 30 days after the decision is final. (b) (i) The time under Subsection (2)(a) to file a petition is tolled from the date a property owner files a request for arbitration of a constitutional taking issue with the property rights ombudsman under Section 13-43-204 until 30 days after: (A) the arbitrator issues a final award; or (B) the property rights ombudsman issues a written statement under Subsection 13-43-204(3)(b) declining to arbitrate or to appoint an arbitrator. (ii) A tolling under Subsection (2)(b)(i) operates only as to the specific constitutional taking issue that is the subject of the request for arbitration filed with the property rights ombudsman by a property owner. (iii) A request for arbitration filed with the property rights ombudsman after the time under Subsection (2)(a) to file a petition has expired does not affect the time to file a petition. (3) (a) A court shall: (i) presume that a land use regulation properly enacted under the authority of this chapter is valid; and (ii) determine only whether: (A) the land use regulation is expressly preempted by, or was enacted contrary to, state or federal law; and (B) it is reasonably debatable that the land use regulation is consistent with this chapter. (b) A court shall presume that a final land use decision of a land use authority or an appeal authority is valid unless the land use decision is: (i) arbitrary and capricious; or (ii) illegal. (c) (i) A land use decision is arbitrary and capricious if the land use decision is not supported by substantial evidence in the record. (ii) A land use decision is illegal if the land use decision: (A) is based on an incorrect interpretation of a land use regulation; (B) conflicts with the authority granted by this title; or (C) is contrary to law. (d) (i) A court may affirm or reverse a land use decision. (ii) If the court reverses a land use decision, the court shall remand the matter to the land use authority with instructions to issue a land use decision consistent with the court's ruling. (4) The provisions of Subsection (2)(a) apply from the date on which the municipality takes final action on a land use application, if the municipality conformed with the notice provisions of Part 2, Notice, or for any person who had actual notice of the pending land use decision. (5) If the municipality has complied with Section 10-20-205, a challenge to the enactment of a land use regulation, general plan, or specified land use law may not be filed with the district court more than 30 days after the enactment. (6) A challenge to a land use decision is barred unless the challenge is filed within 30 days after the land use decision is final. (7) (a) The land use authority or appeal authority, as the case may be, shall transmit to the reviewing court the record of the proceedings of the land use authority or appeal authority, including the minutes, findings, orders, and, if available, a true and correct transcript of the proceedings. (b) If the proceeding was recorded, a transcript of that recording is a true and correct transcript for purposes of this Subsection (7). (8) (a) (i) If there is a record, the district court's review is limited to the record provided by the land use authority or appeal authority, as the case may be. (ii) The court may not accept or consider any evidence outside the record of the land use authority or appeal authority, as the case may be, unless that evidence was offered to the land use authority or appeal authority, respectively, and the court determines that the evidence was improperly excluded. (b) If there is no record, the court may call witnesses and take evidence. (9) (a) The filing of a petition does not stay the land use decision of the land use authority or appeal authority, as the case may be. (b) (i) Before filing a petition under this section or a request for mediation or arbitration of a constitutional taking issue under Section 13-43-204, a land use applicant may petition the appeal authority to stay the appeal authority's land use decision. (ii) Upon receipt of a petition to stay, the appeal authority may order the appeal authority's land use decision stayed pending district court review if the appeal authority finds the order to be in the best interest of the municipality. (iii) After a petition is filed under this section or a request for mediation or arbitration of a constitutional taking issue is filed under Section 13-43-204, the petitioner may seek an injunction staying the appeal authority's land use decision. (10) If the court determines that a party initiated or pursued a challenge to a land use decision on a land use application in bad faith, the court may award attorney fees.
Utah Code § 10-8-14.5 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-14.5
§ 10-8-14.5. Utility easements -- Use for water or sewerage service.
Status: in_force

(1) If a municipality grants a general utility easement for the provision of electric, gas, or telephone service, the grant may also provide that the easement may be used by the corporation or other entity that provides water or sewerage service to the municipality's residents. (2) A general utility easement described in Subsection (1) is subject to the provisions imposed on a public utility easement under Section 54-3-27. (3) If a municipality acquires a utility easement through the exercise of its eminent domain power for use under this section, the owner of the servient estate may realign the easement at the servient estate owner's expense unless the alignment cannot be reasonably changed because of engineering or safety requirements.
Utah Code § 10-6-158 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-158
§ 10-6-158. Financial administration ordinance -- Adoption -- Purpose.
Status: in_force

The governing body under the council-mayor optional form of government shall, and the governing body of any other city may, adopt a financial administration ordinance, which would, with appropriate budgetary controls, authorize the mayor, director of finance, or other official approved by the council, to act as the financial officer for the purpose of approving: (1) payroll checks, if the checks are prepared in accordance with a salary schedule established in a personnel ordinance or resolution; or (2) routine expenditures, such as utility bills, payroll-related expenses, supplies, materials, and payments on city-approved contracts and capital expenditures which were referenced in the budget document and approved by an appropriation resolution adopted for the current fiscal year.
Utah Code § 10-8-7 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-7
§ 10-8-7. Refunding bonds -- Purpose of issuance.
Status: in_force

They may issue bonds in place of or to supply means to meet maturing bonds or for the consolidation or refunding of the same.
Utah Code § 10-3-708 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-708
§ 10-3-708. Arrangement of ordinances.
Status: in_force

The ordinances in the revision, codification and compilation shall be arranged in such order as the governing body may decide and may exclude the titles, enacting clauses, signatures of a mayor or mayor pro tempore of the governing board, attestations, and other formal parts, except the attestation of the recorder.
Utah Code § 10-8-1 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-1
§ 10-8-1. Control of finances and property.
Status: in_force

The boards of commissioners and city councils of cities shall have the power to control the finances and property of the corporation.
Utah Code § 10-3-1008 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1008
§ 10-3-1008. Appointments from civil service list -- Probation period.
Status: in_force

(1) In all cases the appointing power shall notify the civil service commission of each separate position to be filled, and shall fill such place by the appointment of one of the persons certified by the commission therefor. (2) Such appointment shall be on probation, and of a character and for a period to be prescribed by the civil service commission.
Utah Code § 10-20-606 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-606
§ 10-20-606. Changes to rental dwelling units-- Egress windows.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Internal accessory dwelling unit" means an accessory dwelling unit created: (i) within a primary dwelling; (ii) within the footprint of the primary dwelling described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) at the time the internal accessory dwelling unit is created; and (iii) for the purpose of offering a long-term rental of 30 consecutive days or longer. (b) "Primary dwelling" means a single-family dwelling that: (i) is detached; and (ii) is occupied as the primary residence of the owner of record. (c) "Rental dwelling" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-8-85.5. (2) A municipal ordinance may not: (a) require physical changes in a structure with a legal nonconforming rental dwelling use unless the change is for: (i) the reasonable installation of: (A) a smoke detector that is plugged in or battery operated; (B) a ground fault circuit interrupter protected outlet on existing wiring; (C) street addressing; (D) except as provided in Subsection (3), an egress bedroom window if the existing bedroom window is smaller than that required by current State Construction Code; (E) an electrical system or a plumbing system, if the existing system is not functioning or is unsafe as determined by an independent electrical or plumbing professional who is licensed in accordance with Title 58, Occupations and Professions; (F) hand or guard rails; or (G) occupancy separation doors as required by the International Residential Code; or (ii) the abatement of a structure; or (b) be enforced to terminate a legal nonconforming rental dwelling use. (3) (a) A municipality may not require physical changes to install an egress or emergency escape window in an existing bedroom that complied with the State Construction Code in effect at the time the bedroom was finished if: (i) the dwelling is an owner-occupied dwelling or a rental dwelling that is: (A) a detached one-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling; or (B) a town home that is not more than three stories above grade with a separate means of egress; and (ii) (A) the window in the existing bedroom is smaller than that required by current State Construction Code; and (B) the change would compromise the structural integrity of the structure or could not be completed in accordance with current State Construction Code, including set-back and window well requirements. (b) Subsection (3)(a) does not apply to an internal accessory dwelling unit. (4) Nothing in this section prohibits a municipality from: (a) regulating the style of window that is required or allowed in a bedroom; (b) requiring that a window in an existing bedroom be fully openable if the openable area is less than required by current State Construction Code; or (c) requiring that an existing window not be reduced in size if the openable area is smaller than required by current State Construction Code.
Utah Code § 10-5-124 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-5 / § 10-5-124
§ 10-5-124. Warrants tendered for claims.
Status: in_force

If the town is without funds on deposit in one of its appropriate bank accounts with which to pay any lawfully approved claim, the town clerk may draw and sign a warrant on the treasurer of the town for payment of the claim, the warrant to be tendered to the payee named thereon.
Utah Code § 10-2a-503 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2a / § 10-2a-503
§ 10-2a-503. Processing a feasibility request  -- Certification or rejection  -- Processing priority -- Determination by the Utah Population Committee.
Status: in_force

(1) Within 45 days after the day on which an individual files a feasibility request under Section 10-2a-502, the lieutenant governor shall: (a) determine whether the feasibility request complies with Section 10-2a-502; and (b) notify the clerk of the county where the proposed preliminary municipality area is located, in writing, of the determination made under Subsection (1)(a) and the grounds for the determination. (2) A county clerk shall comply with a request by the lieutenant governor to provide information or a record to the lieutenant governor or to a sponsor of the feasibility request, to assist in complying with this part, within five calendar days after the day on which the lieutenant governor makes the request. (3) If the lieutenant governor determines that the feasibility request complies with Section 10-2a-502, the lieutenant governor shall: (a) certify the feasibility request; and (b) transmit written notification of the certification to the primary sponsor contact, the county clerk, and the Utah Population Committee. (4) If the lieutenant governor determines that the feasibility request fails to comply with Section 10-2a-502, the lieutenant governor shall reject the feasibility request and notify the primary sponsor contact and the county clerk, in writing, of the rejection and the grounds for the rejection. (5) (a) Within 20 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor transmits written notification under Subsection (3)(b), the Utah Population Committee shall: (i) determine whether, based on the map or plat described in Subsection 10-2a-502(5)(e), the proposed preliminary municipality will, when all phases of the map or plat are completed, likely comply with the population, population density, and contiguity requirements described in Section 10-2a-502; and (ii) provide notice of the determination to the lieutenant governor and the county clerk. (b) If the Utah Population Committee determines, under Subsection (5)(a)(i), that, when all phases of the plan or plat are completed, the proposed preliminary municipality will not likely comply with the population, population density, and contiguity requirements described in Section 10-2a-502, the lieutenant governor shall rescind the certification described in Subsection (3) and reject the feasibility request. (6) The lieutenant governor shall certify or reject feasibility requests in the order in which the requests are filed. (7) (a) If the lieutenant governor determines, under Subsection (4), that the feasibility request fails to comply with Section 10-2a-502, or rejects the feasibility request under Subsection (5)(b), the sponsors may, subject to Section 10-2a-505, amend the feasibility request to correct the deficiencies and refile the feasibility request with the lieutenant governor. (b) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(c), the sponsors may submit an amended feasibility request within 90 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor makes the determination or rejection described in Subsection (7)(a). (c) The sponsors may not submit an amended feasibility request more than once. (d) The lieutenant governor shall consider a feasibility request that is amended and refiled under Subsection (7)(a) as a newly filed feasibility request and process the feasibility request in accordance with this section.
Utah Code § 10-3b-605 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3b / § 10-3b-605
§ 10-3b-605. Ballot form.
Status: in_force

The ballot at an election on a proposal to change the municipality's form of government shall: (1) state the ballot question substantially as follows: "Shall [state the municipality's name], Utah, change its form of government to the [state "council-mayor form, with a five-member council," "council-mayor form, with a seven-member council," "six-member council form," or "five-member council form," as applicable]?"; and (2) provide a space or method for the voter to vote "yes" or "no."
Utah Code § 10-8-79 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-79
§ 10-8-79. Creating offices -- Filling vacancies.
Status: in_force

They may create any office they may deem necessary for the good government of the city, and provide for filling vacancies in elective and appointive offices, and prescribe the powers, duties and compensation of all officers of the city, except as otherwise provided by law.
Utah Code § 10-3-1305 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-1305
§ 10-3-1305. Compensation for assistance in transaction involving municipality -- Public disclosure and filing required.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "municipal body" means any public board, commission, committee, or other public group organized to make public policy decisions or to advise persons who make public policy decisions. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (9), it is an offense for an officer who is a member of a municipal body to receive or agree to receive compensation for assisting a person or business entity in a transaction involving the municipality of which the officer is elected or appointed unless the officer: (a) files with the mayor a sworn statement disclosing the information described in Subsection (8); (b) discloses the information described in Subsection (8) in an open meeting to the members of the municipal body of which the officer is a member immediately before the discussion; and (c) for an officer who is an elected officer, files the sworn statement described in Subsection (2)(a) with the city recorder or town clerk. (3) It is an offense for an appointed officer who is not a member of a municipal body or a municipal employee to receive or agree to receive compensation for assisting a person or business entity in a transaction involving the municipality by which the appointed officer or municipal employee is employed unless the appointed officer or employee: (a) files with the mayor a sworn statement disclosing the information described in Subsection (8); and (b) discloses the information described in Subsection (8) to: (i) the appointed officer's or municipal employee's immediate supervisor; and (ii) any other municipal officer or employee who may rely on the appointed officer's or municipal employee's representations in evaluating or approving the transaction. (4) (a) An officer or municipal employee shall file the sworn statement described in Subsection (2)(a) or (3)(a), as applicable, on or before the earlier of: (i) 10 days before the date on which the officer or municipal employee and the person or business entity being assisted enter into an agreement; or (ii) 10 days before the date on which the officer or municipal employee receives compensation. (5) In accordance with Subsection (2)(c), an elected officer shall file the sworn statement with the city recorder or town clerk on or before the earlier of the deadlines described in Subsections (4)(a)(i) and (ii). (6) A municipal recorder or town clerk who receives a sworn statement described in Subsection (2)(a) 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. (7) The sworn statements described in this section are public information and shall be available for examination by the public. (8) The sworn statement and public disclosure described in Subsections (2) and (3) shall contain: (a) the name and address of the officer or municipal employee; (b) the name and address of the person or business entity being or to be assisted or in which the officer or municipal employee has a substantial interest; and (c) a brief description of the transaction as to which service is rendered or is to be rendered and of the nature of the service performed or to be performed. (9) This section does not apply to an officer who is a member of a municipal body and who engages in conduct that constitutes a violation of this section to the extent that the officer is chargeable, for the same conduct, under Section 76-8-105.
Utah Code § 10-8-67 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-67
§ 10-8-67. Pigsties, privies, other offensive establishments -- Prohibiting establishment.
Status: in_force

They may prohibit any offensive, unwholesome business or establishment in and within one mile of the limits of the corporation, compel the owner of any pigsty, privy, barn, corral, sewer or other unwholesome or nauseous house or place to cleanse, abate or remove the same, and may regulate the location thereof.
Utah Code § 10-3-502 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-502
§ 10-3-502. Regular and special council meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) The council of each municipality shall: (a) by ordinance prescribe the time and place for holding its regular meeting, subject to Subsection (1)(b); and (b) hold a regular meeting at least once each month. (2) (a) The mayor of a municipality or two council members may order the convening of a special meeting of the council. (b) Each order convening a special meeting of the council shall: (i) be entered in the minutes of the council; and (ii) provide at least three hours' notice of the special meeting. (c) The municipal recorder or clerk shall serve notice of the special meeting on each council member who did not sign the order by delivering the notice personally or by leaving it at the member's usual place of abode. (d) The personal appearance by a council member at a special meeting of the council constitutes a waiver of the notice required under Subsection (2)(c).
Utah Code § 10-20-508 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-508
§ 10-20-508. Development agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), a municipality may enter into a development agreement containing any term that the municipality considers necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, including a term relating to: (a) a master planned development; (b) a planned unit development; (c) an annexation; (d) affordable or moderate income housing with development incentives; (e) a public-private partnership; or (f) a density transfer or bonus within a development project or between development projects. (2) (a) A development agreement may not: (i) limit a municipality's authority in the future to: (A) enact a land use regulation; or (B) take any action allowed under Section 10-8-84; (ii) require a municipality to change the zoning designation of an area of land within the municipality in the future; or (iii) allow a use or development of land that applicable land use regulations governing the area subject to the development agreement would otherwise prohibit, unless the legislative body approves the development agreement in accordance with the same procedures for enacting a land use regulation under Section 10-20-502, including a review and recommendation from the planning commission and a public hearing. (b) A development agreement that requires the implementation of an existing land use regulation as an administrative act does not require a legislative body's approval under Section 10-20-502. (c) Subject to Subsection (2)(d), a municipality may require a development agreement for developing land within the municipality if the applicant has applied for a legislative or discretionary approval, including an approval relating to: (i) the height of a structure; (ii) a parking or setback exception; (iii) a density transfer or bonus; (iv) a development incentive; (v) a zone change; or (vi) an amendment to a prior development agreement. (d) A municipality may not require a development agreement as a condition for developing land within the municipality if: (i) the development otherwise complies with applicable statute and municipal ordinances; (ii) the development is an allowed or permitted use; or (iii) the municipality's land use regulations otherwise establish all applicable standards for development on the land. (e) A municipality may submit to a county recorder's office for recording: (i) a fully executed agreement; or (ii) a document related to: (A) code enforcement; (B) a special assessment area; (C) a local historic district boundary; or (D) the memorializing or enforcement of an agreed upon restriction, incentive, or covenant. (f) Subject to Subsection (2)(e), a municipality may not cause to be recorded against private real property a document that imposes development requirements, development regulations, or development controls on the property. (g) To the extent that a development agreement does not specifically address a matter or concern related to land use or development, the matter or concern is governed by: (i) this chapter; and (ii) any applicable land use regulations.
Utah Code § 10-8-74 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-8 / § 10-8-74
§ 10-8-74. Burial of indigents.
Status: in_force

They may provide for the burial of the indigent dead and pay the expenses thereof.
Utah Code § 10-2-711 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-2 / § 10-2-711
§ 10-2-711. Dissolution by the county legislative body.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A municipality having fewer than 50 residents may be dissolved on application to the district court by the county legislative body of the county where the municipality is located. (b) The population for each municipality under Subsection (1)(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. (2) Notice of the application shall be served on the municipality in the manner prescribed by law or by publication in the manner provided by law if the municipal authorities cannot be served. (3) The district court may enter an order approving the dissolution of the municipality on a finding that the existence of the municipality serves no valid municipal purpose, its existence is a sham, or on a clear and convincing showing that the best interests of the community would be served by the dissolution. (4) If the municipality is dissolved, the district court shall wind down the affairs and dissolve the municipality as quickly as possible in the same manner as is provided in Part 7, Dissolution of Municipalities.
Utah Code § 10-6-157 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-157
§ 10-6-157. Director of finance in certain cities and towns.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislative body of a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or of a town may, by resolution or ordinance, create a director of finance position to perform the financial duties and responsibilities of the city recorder or town clerk, as the case may be, as established by this chapter. (2) A director of finance: (a) shall be: (i) a qualified person; and (ii) appointed and removed by the mayor, with the advice and consent of the legislative body; and (b) may not assume the duties of the city or town treasurer. (3) The legislative body may adopt the financial administrative duties of the director of finance prescribed in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Utah Cities.
Utah Code § 10-6-138 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-6 / § 10-6-138
§ 10-6-138. City recorder to countersign contracts -- Indexed record of contracts.
Status: in_force

The city recorder shall countersign all contracts made on behalf of the city and shall maintain a properly indexed record of all such contracts.
Utah Code § 10-3-928 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3 / § 10-3-928
§ 10-3-928. Attorney duties -- Deputy attorneys.
Status: in_force

In cities with a city attorney, the city attorney: (1) may prosecute violations of city ordinances; (2) may prosecute, under state law, infractions and misdemeanors occurring within the boundaries of the municipality; (3) has the same powers in respect to violations as are exercised by a county attorney or district attorney, except that a city attorney's authority to grant immunity shall be limited to: (a) granting transactional immunity for violations of city ordinances; and (b) granting transactional immunity under state law for infractions and misdemeanors occurring within the boundaries of the municipality; (4) shall represent the interests of the state or the municipality in the appeal of any matter prosecuted in any trial court by the city attorney; (5) may cooperate with the Office of the Attorney General during investigations; (6) may designate a city attorney from another municipality or a public prosecutor to prosecute a matter, in the court having jurisdiction over the matter, if the city attorney has a conflict of interest regarding the matter being prosecuted; (7) may employ a deputy attorney to perform the duties of public prosecutor or civil counsel; and (8) may specially deputize, for a limited time or limited purpose, an attorney licensed to practice law in the state and in good standing with the Utah State Bar as a deputy to assist in any public prosecutor or civil counsel duties specified in the special deputization.
Utah Code § 10-20-810 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-20 / § 10-20-810
§ 10-20-810. Dedication by plat of public streets and other public places.
Status: in_force

(1) A plat that is signed, dedicated, and acknowledged by each owner of record, and approved according to the procedures specified in this part, operates, when recorded, as a dedication of all public streets and other public places, and vests the fee of those parcels of land in the municipality for the public for the uses named or intended in the plat. (2) The dedication established by this section does not impose liability upon the municipality for public streets and other public places that are dedicated in this manner but are unimproved unless: (a) adequate financial assurance has been provided in accordance with this chapter; and (b) the municipality has accepted the dedication.
Utah Code § 10-7-15 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-7 / § 10-7-15
§ 10-7-15. Sale or lease of electrical generation and distribution system -- Appraisal and vote required -- Manner of conducting the election.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Before selling or leasing in their entirety the works and plant constructed, purchased, or used by the municipality for the purpose of generating or distributing electrical energy for light, heat, or power purposes, the municipal legislative body shall: (i) cause an appraisal of the property proposed to be sold or leased to be made under the supervision of three resident taxpayers of the municipality, to be appointed by the municipal legislative body; and (ii) provide for submitting to the registered voters of the municipality the question of the sale or lease of the property, at the next general election or at a special election called for that purpose. (b) The value of the property determined in an appraisal under Subsection (1)(a)(i) shall include all items that the municipal legislative body determines to add value to or subtract value from the property. (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), each election under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) shall be called and conducted in the same manner as provided by statute for the issue of bonds in Section 10-7-8, the necessary changes in the form of the ballot being made. (b) Each notice of election required under Section 11-14-202 for an election held under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) shall include: (i) a summary of the appraisal made under Subsection (1)(a)(i), including the amount of the appraisal; and (ii) the name of each bidder who submitted a bid that was opened and considered under Section 10-7-17 and the amount of each bid. (3) In the process of selling or leasing in their entirety the municipality's electrical works and plant, a municipal legislative body may take whatever action it considers appropriate and in the sequence it considers appropriate, subject to the requirements of this section and Sections 10-7-16 and 10-7-17.
Utah Code § 10-1-108 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-1 / § 10-1-108
§ 10-1-108. Cumulative powers -- Powers not in derogation of state agencies.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of this title or any other act not expressly repealed by Laws of Utah 1977, Chapter 48, Section 1, shall be considered as an alternative or additional power and not as a limitation on any other power granted to or possessed by municipalities. (2) The provisions of this title may not be considered as impairing, altering, modifying or repealing any of the jurisdiction or powers possessed by any department, division, commission, board, or office of state government.
Utah Code § 10-3b-401 — Utah Code / Title 10 / Chapter 10-3b / § 10-3b-401
§ 10-3b-401. Municipal government powers vested in a five-member council.
Status: in_force

The powers of municipal government in a municipality operating under the five-member council form of municipal government are vested in a council consisting of five members, one of which is a mayor.