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UT Code § 10-8-85.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 1 - General Powers|Section 85.5 - "Rental dwelling" defined -- Municipality may require a business license or a regulatory business license and inspections -- Exception.

10-8-85.5. "Rental dwelling" defined -- Municipality may require a business license or a regulatory business license and inspections -- Exception.    (1) As used in this section, "rental dwelling" means a building or portion of a building that is:   (a) used or designated for use as a residence by one or more persons; and     (b)   (i) available to be rented, loaned, leased, or hired out for a period of one month or longer; or     (ii) arranged, designed, or built to be rented, loaned, leased, or hired out for a period of one month or longer.         (2)   (a) The legislative body of a municipality may by ordinance require the owner of a rental dwelling located within the municipality:   (i) to obtain a business license pursuant to Section 10-1-203; or     (ii)   (A) to obtain a regulatory business license to operate and maintain the rental dwelling in accordance with Section 10-1-203.5; and     (B) to allow inspections of the rental dwelling as a condition of obtaining a regulatory business license.         (b) A municipality may not require an owner of multiple rental dwellings or multiple buildings containing rental dwellings to obtain more than one regulatory business license for the operation and maintenance of those rental dwellings.     (c) A municipality may not charge a fee for the inspection of a rental dwelling.     (d) If a municipality's inspection of a rental dwelling, allowed under Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(B), approves the rental dwelling for purposes of a regulatory business license, a municipality may not inspect that rental dwelling except as provided for in Section 10-1-203.5.       (3) A municipality may not:   (a) interfere with the ability of an owner of a rental dwelling to contract with a tenant concerning the payment of the cost of a utility or municipal service provided to the rental dwelling; or     (b) except as required under the State Construction Code or an approved code under Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act, for a structural change to the rental dwelling, or as required in an ordinance adopted before January 1, 2008, require the owner of a rental dwelling to retrofit the rental dwelling with or install in the rental dwelling a safety feature that was not required when the rental dwelling was constructed.       (4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the rights and duties established under Title 57, Chapter 22, Utah Fit Premises Act, or to restrict a municipality's ability to enforce its generally applicable health ordinances or building code, a local health department's authority under Title 26A, Chapter 1, Local Health Departments, or the Utah Department of Health's authority under Title 26, Utah Health Code.    Amended by Chapter 289, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 10-8-85.6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 1 - General Powers|Section 85.6 - Definitions -- Electronic payments -- Fee.

10-8-85.6. Definitions -- Electronic payments -- Fee.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Electronic payment" means the payment of money to a municipality by electronic means, including by means of a credit card, charge card, debit card, prepaid or stored value card or similar device, or automatic clearinghouse transaction.     (b) "Electronic payment fee" means an amount of money to defray the discount fee, processing fee, or other fee charged by a credit card company or processing agent to process an electronic payment.     (c) "Processing agent" means a bank, transaction clearinghouse, or other third party that charges a fee to process an electronic payment.       (2) A municipality may accept an electronic payment for the payment of funds which the municipality could have received through another payment method.     (3) A municipality that accepts an electronic payment may charge an electronic payment fee.    Enacted by Chapter 29, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 10-8-85.7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 1 - General Powers|Section 85.7 - Implements of husbandry tracking debris onto municipal roads.

10-8-85.7. Implements of husbandry tracking debris onto municipal roads.  A municipality may not prohibit or punish the tracking of dirt, mud, or other debris onto a municipal road resulting from the operation of an implement of husbandry if the operation of the implement of husbandry is consistent with accepted agricultural practices.  Enacted by Chapter 214, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 10-8-85.8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 1 - General Powers|Section 85.8 - Indemnification of farmers markets.

 Effective 7/1/2017  10-8-85.8. Indemnification of farmers markets.  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.    Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 10-8-85.9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 1 - General Powers|Section 85.9 - Preservation of historical areas and sites.

10-8-85.9. Preservation of historical areas and sites.  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.    Enacted by Chapter 360, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 10-8-86 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 2 - Public Transportation|Section 86 - Organization, operation, maintenance, and funding of system for public transit authorized.

10-8-86. Organization, operation, maintenance, and funding of system for public transit authorized.    (1) The governing body of any municipality may adopt a resolution allowing the municipality to organize, operate, and maintain a system for public transit within the municipality and to impose a sales and a use tax to fund the system for public transit as provided in Section 59-12-2213.     (2) The authority granted municipalities by this section to organize, operate, and maintain a system for public transit is inapplicable to a municipality located in or within five highway or roadway miles of the boundary of an existing transit district, unless the existing transit district consents to the organization and operation of the system for public transit by the municipality.    Amended by Chapter 263, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 10-8-89 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 3 - Change of Grade of Streets|Section 89 - Damage to abutting property -- Liability of city.

10-8-89. Damage to abutting property -- Liability of city.  Whenever by the grading of any street, alley or other public ground in a city, pursuant to the action of the city authorities in changing the established grade of such street, alley or public ground, after valuable improvements have been made upon real property abutting thereon such real property is injured or diminished in value, the owner of such real property or improvements may recover from such city the amount of such damages or diminution in value in a civil action brought for that purpose.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 10-8-90 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 4 - Hospitals in Cities of Third Class and Towns|Section 90 - Ownership and operation of hospitals.

 Effective 3/27/2018  10-8-90. Ownership and operation of hospitals.    (1) Each city of the third, fourth, or fifth class and each town of the state is authorized to construct, own, and operate hospitals and to join with other cities, towns, and counties in the construction, ownership, and operation of hospitals.     (2)   (a) Beginning July 1, 2017, a hospital under Subsection (1) that owns a nursing care facility regulated under Title 26, Chapter 21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act, and uses an intergovernmental transfer as that term is defined in Section 26-18-21 may not enter into a new agreement or arrangement to operate a nursing care facility in another city, town, or county without first entering into an agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, or other contract with the other city, town, or county to operate the nursing care facility.     (b) Subsection (2)(a) only applies to a city or town described in Subsection (1).      Amended by Chapter 467, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 10-8-92 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 4 - Hospitals in Cities of Third Class and Towns|Section 92 - Joint board -- Membership -- Powers.

10-8-92. Joint board -- Membership -- Powers.  When two or more political subdivisions of the state of Utah join together under this act for the purposes set forth herein, there shall be set up by the political subdivisions so joining, a joint board whose membership shall have equal representation from each of the political subdivisions joining, and which said board shall be empowered with the administration, operation, construction and maintenance of said joint hospital.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 10-8-93 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 4 - Hospitals in Cities of Third Class and Towns|Section 93 - Control of funds and disbursements -- Auditing of accounts by county auditor -- Transfer of county tax funds to board to cover deficiencies.

10-8-93. Control of funds and disbursements -- Auditing of accounts by county auditor -- Transfer of county tax funds to board to cover deficiencies.  The joint board created pursuant to this act shall have the custody and control of all funds collected in the joint operation of such hospital and the disbursement thereof; provided that the county auditor of any county participating under the provisions of this act shall audit the accounts of said board quarterly or at more frequent intervals, if public interest, in the judgment of such auditor requires a more frequent audit. The county executive of any county participating in the operation and maintenance of hospitals pursuant to this act may pay over to the joint board of such hospitals any funds yielded by a levy made pursuant to Section 17-53-221 that may be required to cover any deficiencies incurred in the operation and maintenance of such hospital.  Amended by Chapter 133, 2000 General Session
UT Code § 10-8-94 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 4 - Hospitals in Cities of Third Class and Towns|Section 94 - Towns with same authority as cities.

10-8-94. Towns with same authority as cities.  Towns have the same powers and authority granted to cities under this chapter, in addition to other powers conferred by law, but subject to the following:  (1) The town council may enact ordinances providing for the public safety, health, morals, and welfare of the town which are not prohibited, preempted by, or inconsistent with, the policy of state or federal law or the constitution of Utah or the United States, or attempt to regulate an area which by the nature of the subject requires uniform state regulation.     (2) The town council:   (a) may lay out, construct, open, and keep in repair canals, water ditches, or water pipes to conduct water for artificial light and power purposes, and construct, own, and operate artificial light and power plants;     (b) may construct, own, and operate water pipes for irrigation, domestic, or other use for the inhabitants of the town; and     (c) may annually assess and collect a special tax of not to exceed .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property in the town for those purposes.      Amended by Chapter 3, 1988 General Session
UT Code § 10-8-501 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities|Part 5 - Grants for Affordable Housing|Section 501 - Grant of real property for affordable housing.

 Effective 5/5/2021  10-8-501. Grant of real property for affordable housing.    (1) As used in this part, "affordable housing unit" means a rental housing unit where a household whose income is no more than 50% of the area median income for households where the housing unit is located is able to occupy the housing unit paying no more than 31% of the household's income for gross housing costs including utilities.     (2) Subject to the requirements of this section, and for a municipality, Subsection 10-8-2(4), a political subdivision may grant real property owned by the political subdivision to an entity for the development of one or more affordable housing units on the real property that will serve households at various income levels whereby at least 20% of the housing units are affordable housing units.     (3) A political subdivision shall ensure that real property granted as described in Subsection (2) is deed restricted for affordable housing for at least 30 years after the day on which each affordable housing unit is completed and occupied.     (4) If applicable, a political subdivision granting real property under this section shall comply with the provisions of Title 78B, Chapter 6, Part 5, Eminent Domain.     (5) A municipality granting real property under this section is not subject to the provisions of Subsection 10-8-2(3).    Enacted by Chapter 333, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-101 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 101 - Title.

10-9a-101. Title.  This chapter is known as the "Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act."  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-102 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 102 - Purposes -- General land use authority.

 Effective 5/14/2019  10-9a-102. Purposes -- General land use authority.    (1) The purposes of this chapter are to:   (a) provide for the health, safety, and welfare;     (b) promote the prosperity;     (c) improve the morals, peace, good order, comfort, convenience, and aesthetics of each municipality and each municipality's present and future inhabitants and businesses;     (d) protect the tax base;     (e) secure economy in governmental expenditures;     (f) foster the state's agricultural and other industries;     (g) protect both urban and nonurban development;     (h) protect and ensure access to sunlight for solar energy devices;     (i) provide fundamental fairness in land use regulation;     (j) facilitate orderly growth and allow growth in a variety of housing types; and     (k) protect property values.       (2) To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a municipality may enact all ordinances, resolutions, and rules and may enter into other forms of land use controls and development agreements that the municipality considers necessary or appropriate for the use and development of land within the municipality, including ordinances, resolutions, rules, restrictive covenants, easements, and development agreements governing:   (a) uses;     (b) density;     (c) open spaces;     (d) structures;     (e) buildings;     (f) energy efficiency;     (g) light and air;     (h) air quality;     (i) transportation and public or alternative transportation;     (j) infrastructure;     (k) street and building orientation;     (l) width requirements;     (m) public facilities;     (n) fundamental fairness in land use regulation; and     (o) considerations of surrounding land uses to balance the foregoing purposes with a landowner's private property interests and associated statutory and constitutional protections.       (3)   (a) Any ordinance, resolution, or rule enacted by a municipality pursuant to its authority under this chapter shall comply with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5.     (b) A municipality may enact an ordinance, resolution, or rule that regulates surface activity incident to an oil and gas activity if the municipality demonstrates that the regulation:   (i) is necessary for the purposes of this chapter;     (ii) does not effectively or unduly limit, ban, or prohibit an oil and gas activity; and     (iii) does not interfere with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5.        Amended by Chapter 384, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-104 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 104 - Municipal standards.

 Effective 5/14/2019  10-9a-104. Municipal standards.    (1) This chapter does not prohibit a municipality from adopting the municipality's own land use standards.     (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a municipality may not impose a requirement, regulation, condition, or standard that conflicts with a provision of this chapter, other state law, or federal law.    Amended by Chapter 384, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-201 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 201 - Required notice.

10-9a-201. Required notice.    (1) At a minimum, each municipality shall provide actual notice or the notice required by this part.     (2) A municipality may by ordinance require greater notice than required under this part.    Enacted by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-202 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 202 - Applicant notice -- Waiver of requirements.

10-9a-202. Applicant notice -- Waiver of requirements.    (1) For each land use application, the municipality shall:   (a) notify the applicant of the date, time, and place of each public hearing and public meeting to consider the application;     (b) provide to each applicant a copy of each staff report regarding the applicant or the pending application at least three business days before the public hearing or public meeting; and     (c) notify the applicant of any final action on a pending application.       (2) If a municipality fails to comply with the requirements of Subsection (1)(a) or (b) or both, an applicant may waive the failure so that the application may stay on the public hearing or public meeting agenda and be considered as if the requirements had been met.    Amended by Chapter 257, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-203 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 203 - Notice of intent to prepare a general plan or comprehensive general plan amendments in certain municipalities.

 Effective 7/1/2021  10-9a-203. Notice of intent to prepare a general plan or comprehensive general plan amendments in certain municipalities.    (1) Before preparing a proposed general plan or a comprehensive general plan amendment, each municipality within a county of the first or second class shall provide 10 calendar days notice of the municipality's intent to prepare a proposed general plan or a comprehensive general plan amendment:   (a) to each affected entity;     (b) to the Utah Geospatial Resource Center created in Section 63A-16-505;     (c) to the association of governments, established pursuant to an interlocal agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, of which the municipality is a member; and     (d) on the Utah Public Notice Website created under Section 63A-16-601.       (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall:   (a) indicate that the municipality intends to prepare a general plan or a comprehensive general plan amendment, as the case may be;     (b) describe or provide a map of the geographic area that will be affected by the general plan or amendment;     (c) be sent by mail, e-mail, or other effective means;     (d) invite the affected entities to provide information for the municipality to consider in the process of preparing, adopting, and implementing a general plan or amendment concerning:   (i) impacts that the use of land proposed in the proposed general plan or amendment may have; and     (ii) uses of land within the municipality that the affected entity is considering that may conflict with the proposed general plan or amendment; and       (e) include the address of an Internet website, if the municipality has one, and the name and telephone number of an individual where more information can be obtained concerning the municipality's proposed general plan or amendment.      Amended by Chapter 84, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 162, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 345, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-204 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 204 - Notice of public hearings and public meetings to consider general plan or modifications.

 Effective 7/1/2021  10-9a-204. Notice of public hearings and public meetings to consider general plan or modifications.    (1) Each municipality shall provide:   (a) notice of the date, time, and place of the first public hearing to consider the original adoption or any modification of all or any portion of a general plan; and     (b) notice of each public meeting on the subject.       (2) Each notice of a public hearing under Subsection (1)(a) shall be at least 10 calendar days before the public hearing and shall be:   (a) published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601;     (b) mailed to each affected entity; and     (c) posted:   (i) in at least three public locations within the municipality; or     (ii) on the municipality's official website.         (3) Each notice of a public meeting under Subsection (1)(b) shall be at least 24 hours before the meeting and shall be:   (a) published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601; and     (b) posted:   (i) in at least three public locations within the municipality; or     (ii) on the municipality's official website.        Amended by Chapter 84, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 345, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 355, 2021 General Session