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UT Code § 10-9a-501 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 501 - Enactment of land use regulation, land use decision, or development agreement.

 Effective 5/5/2021  10-9a-501. Enactment of land use regulation, land use decision, or development agreement.    (1) Only a legislative body, as the body authorized to weigh policy considerations, may enact a land use regulation.     (2)   (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a legislative body may enact a land use regulation only by ordinance.     (b) A legislative body may, by ordinance or resolution, enact a land use regulation that imposes a fee.       (3) A legislative body shall ensure that a land use regulation is consistent with the purposes set forth in this chapter.     (4)   (a) A legislative body shall adopt a land use regulation to:   (i) create or amend a zoning district under Subsection 10-9a-503(1)(a); and     (ii) designate general uses allowed in each zoning district.       (b) A land use authority may establish or modify other restrictions or requirements other than those described in Subsection (4)(a), including the configuration or modification of uses or density, through a land use decision that applies criteria or policy elements that a land use regulation establishes or describes.       (5) A municipality may not adopt a land use regulation, development agreement, or land use decision that restricts the type of crop that may be grown in an area that is:   (a) zoned agricultural; or     (b) assessed under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 5, Farmland Assessment Act.      Amended by Chapter 60, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-502 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 502 - Preparation and adoption of land use regulation.

 Effective 5/14/2019  10-9a-502. Preparation and adoption of land use regulation.    (1) A planning commission shall:   (a) provide notice as required by Subsection 10-9a-205(1)(a) and, if applicable, Subsection 10-9a-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 10-9a-205(4) prior to 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 10-9a-205(4).         (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 10-9a-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) A legislative body may consider a planning commission's failure to make a timely recommendation as a negative recommendation if the legislative body has provided for that consideration by ordinance.      Amended by Chapter 384, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-504 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 504 - Temporary land use regulations.

10-9a-504. Temporary land use regulations.    (1)   (a) 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) The municipal legislative body shall establish a period of limited effect for the ordinance not to exceed six months.     (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 six months in duration;     (ii) may be renewed, if requested by the Transportation Commission created under Section 72-1-301, for up to two additional six-month 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.        Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-505 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 505 - Zoning districts.

 Effective 5/12/2015  10-9a-505. Zoning districts.    (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.    Amended by Chapter 327, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-505.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 505.5 - Limit on single family designation.

 Effective 5/5/2021  10-9a-505.5. Limit on single family designation.    (1) As used in this section, "single-family limit" means the number of individuals allowed to occupy each residential unit that is recognized by a land use authority in a zone permitting occupancy by a single family.     (2) A municipality may not adopt a single-family limit that is less than:   (a) three, if the municipality has within its boundary:   (i) a state university; or     (ii) a private university with a student population of at least 20,000; or       (b) four, for each other municipality.      Amended by Chapter 102, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-506 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 506 - Regulating annexed territory.

10-9a-506. Regulating annexed territory.    (1) The legislative body of each municipality shall assign a land use zone or a variety thereof to territory annexed to the municipality at the time the territory is annexed.     (2) If the legislative body fails to assign a land use zone at the time the territory is annexed, all land uses within the annexed territory shall be compatible with surrounding uses within the municipality.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-507 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 507 - Conditional uses.

 Effective 5/5/2021  10-9a-507. Conditional uses.    (1)   (a) A municipality may adopt a land use ordinance that includes conditional uses and provisions for conditional uses that require compliance with objective standards set forth in an applicable ordinance.     (b) A municipality may not impose a requirement or standard on a conditional use that conflicts with a provision of this chapter or other state or federal law.       (2)   (a)   (i) A land use authority shall approve a conditional use if reasonable conditions are proposed, or can be imposed, to mitigate the reasonably anticipated detrimental effects of the proposed use in accordance with applicable standards.     (ii) The requirement described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) to reasonably mitigate anticipated detrimental effects of the proposed conditional use does not require elimination of the detrimental effects.       (b) If a land use authority proposes reasonable conditions on a proposed conditional use, the land use authority shall ensure that the conditions are stated on the record and reasonably relate to mitigating the anticipated detrimental effects of the proposed use.     (c) If the reasonably anticipated detrimental effects of a proposed conditional use cannot be substantially mitigated by the proposal or the imposition of reasonable conditions to achieve compliance with applicable standards, the land use authority may deny the conditional use.       (3) A land use authority's decision to approve or deny conditional use is an administrative land use decision.     (4) A legislative body shall classify any use that a land use regulation allows in a zoning district as either a permitted or conditional use under this chapter.    Amended by Chapter 385, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-508 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 508 - Exactions -- Exaction for water interest -- Requirement to offer to original owner property acquired by exaction.

 Effective 5/10/2016  10-9a-508. Exactions -- Exaction for water interest -- Requirement to offer to original owner property acquired by exaction.    (1) A municipality may impose an exaction or exactions on development proposed in a land use application, including, subject to Subsection (3), an exaction for a water interest, if:   (a) an essential link exists between a legitimate governmental interest and each exaction; and     (b) each exaction is roughly proportionate, both in nature and extent, to the impact of the proposed development.       (2) If a land use authority imposes an exaction for another governmental entity:   (a) the governmental entity shall request the exaction; and     (b) the land use authority shall transfer the exaction to the governmental entity for which it was exacted.       (3)   (a)   (i) A municipality shall base any exaction for a water interest on the culinary water authority's established calculations of projected water interest requirements.     (ii) Upon an applicant's request, the culinary water authority shall provide the applicant with the basis for the culinary water authority's calculations under Subsection (3)(a)(i) on which an exaction for a water interest is based.       (b) A municipality may not impose an exaction for a water interest if the culinary water authority's existing available water interests exceed the water interests needed to meet the reasonable future water requirement of the public, as determined under Subsection 73-1-4(2)(f).       (4)   (a) If a municipality plans to dispose of surplus real property that was acquired under this section and has been owned by the municipality for less than 15 years, the municipality shall first offer to reconvey the property, without receiving additional consideration, to the person who granted the property to the municipality.     (b) A person to whom a municipality offers to reconvey property under Subsection (4)(a) has 90 days to accept or reject the municipality's offer.     (c) If a person to whom a municipality offers to reconvey property declines the offer, the municipality may offer the property for sale.     (d) Subsection (4)(a) does not apply to the disposal of property acquired by exaction by a community reinvestment agency.      Amended by Chapter 350, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-509.7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 509.7 - Transferable development rights.

10-9a-509.7. Transferable development rights.    (1) A municipality may adopt an ordinance:   (a) designating sending zones and receiving zones within the municipality; and     (b) allowing the transfer of a transferable development right from a sending zone to a receiving zone.       (2) A municipality may not allow the use of a transferable development right unless the municipality adopts an ordinance described in Subsection (1).    Amended by Chapter 231, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-512 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 512 - Termination of a billboard and associated rights.

 Effective 5/8/2018  10-9a-512. Termination of a billboard and associated rights.    (1) A municipality may only require termination of a billboard and associated rights through:   (a) gift;     (b) purchase;     (c) agreement;     (d) exchange; or     (e) eminent domain.       (2) A termination under Subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) requires the voluntary consent of the billboard owner.     (3) A termination under Subsection (1)(e) requires the municipality to:   (a) acquire the billboard and associated rights through eminent domain, in accordance with Title 78B, Chapter 6, Part 5, Eminent Domain, except as provided in Subsections 10-9a-513(2)(f) and (h); and     (b) after acquiring the rights under Subsection (3)(a), terminate the billboard and associated rights.      Amended by Chapter 239, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-514 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 514 - Manufactured homes.

10-9a-514. Manufactured homes.    (1) For purposes of this section, a manufactured home is the same as defined in Section 15A-1-302, except that the manufactured home shall be attached to a permanent foundation in accordance with plans providing for vertical loads, uplift, and lateral forces and frost protection in compliance with the applicable building code. All appendages, including carports, garages, storage buildings, additions, or alterations shall be built in compliance with the applicable building code.     (2) A manufactured home may not be excluded from any land use zone or area in which a single-family residence would be permitted, provided the manufactured home complies with all local land use ordinances, building codes, and any restrictive covenants, applicable to a single family residence within that zone or area.     (3) A municipality may not:   (a) adopt or enforce an ordinance or regulation that treats a proposed development that includes manufactured homes differently than one that does not include manufactured homes; or     (b) reject a development plan based on the fact that the development is expected to contain manufactured homes.      Amended by Chapter 14, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-515 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 515 - Regulation of amateur radio antennas.

10-9a-515. Regulation of amateur radio antennas.    (1) A municipality may not enact or enforce an ordinance that does not comply with the ruling of the Federal Communications Commission in "Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 FCC 2nd 952 (1985)" or a regulation related to amateur radio service adopted under 47 C.F.R. Part 97.     (2) If a municipality adopts an ordinance involving the placement, screening, or height of an amateur radio antenna based on health, safety, or aesthetic conditions, the ordinance shall:   (a) reasonably accommodate amateur radio communications; and     (b) represent the minimal practicable regulation to accomplish the municipality's purpose.      Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-516 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 516 - Regulation of residential facilities for persons with disabilities.

10-9a-516. Regulation of residential facilities for persons with disabilities.  A municipality may only regulate a residential facility for persons with a disability to the extent allowed by:  (1)Title 57, Chapter 21, Utah Fair Housing Act, and applicable jurisprudence;     (2) the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3601 et seq., and applicable jurisprudence; and     (3) Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and applicable jurisprudence.    Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 309, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-520 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 520 - Licensing of residences for persons with a disability.

10-9a-520. Licensing of residences for persons with a disability.  The responsibility to license programs or entities that operate facilities for persons with a disability, as well as to require and monitor the provision of adequate services to persons residing in those facilities, shall rest with:  (1) for programs or entities licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services, the Department of Human Services as provided in Title 62A, Chapter 5, Services for People with Disabilities; and     (2) for programs or entities licensed or certified by the Department of Health, the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.    Amended by Chapter 309, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-521 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 521 - Wetlands.

10-9a-521. Wetlands.  A municipality may not designate or treat any land as wetlands unless the United States Army Corps of Engineers or other agency of the federal government has designated the land as wetlands.  Enacted by Chapter 388, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-522 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 522 - Refineries.

10-9a-522. Refineries.    (1) As used in this section, "develop" or "development" means:   (a) the construction, alteration, or improvement of land, including any related moving, demolition, or excavation outside of a refinery property boundary;     (b) the subdivision of land for a non-industrial use; or     (c) the construction of a non-industrial structure on a parcel that is not subject to the subdivision process.       (2) Before a legislative body may adopt a non-industrial zoning change to permit development within 500 feet of a refinery boundary, the legislative body shall consult with the refinery to determine whether the proposed change is compatible with the refinery.     (3) Before a land use authority may approve an application to develop within 500 feet of a refinery boundary, the land use authority shall consult with the refinery to determine whether the development is compatible with the refinery.     (4) A legislative body described in Subsection (2), or a land use authority described in Subsection (3), may not request from the refinery:   (a) proprietary information;     (b) information, if made public, that would create a security or safety risk to the refinery or the public;     (c) information that is restricted from public disclosure under federal or state law; or     (d) information that is available in public record.       (5)   (a) This section does not grant authority to a legislative body described in Subsection (2), or a land use authority described in Subsection (3), to require a refinery to undertake or cease an action.     (b) This section does not create a cause of action against a refinery.     (c) Except as expressly provided in this section, this section does not alter or remove any legal right or obligation of a refinery.      Enacted by Chapter 306, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 10-9a-523 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 523 - Property boundary adjustment.

 Effective 5/5/2021  10-9a-523. Property boundary adjustment.    (1) To make a parcel boundary adjustment, a property owner shall:   (a) execute a boundary adjustment through:   (i) a quitclaim deed; or     (ii) a boundary line agreement under Section 10-9a-524; and       (b) record the quitclaim deed or boundary line agreement described in Subsection (1)(a) in the office of the county recorder of the county in which each property is located.       (2) To make a lot line adjustment, a property owner shall:   (a) obtain approval of the boundary adjustment under Section 10-9a-608;     (b) execute a boundary adjustment through:   (i) a quitclaim deed; or     (ii) a boundary line agreement under Section 10-9a-524; and       (c) record the quitclaim deed or boundary line agreement described in Subsection (2)(b) in the office of the county recorder of the county in which each property is located.       (3) A parcel boundary adjustment under Subsection (1) is not subject to review of a land use authority unless:   (a) the parcel includes a dwelling; and     (b) the land use authority's approval is required under Subsection 10-9a-524(5).       (4) The recording of a boundary line agreement or other document used to adjust a mutual boundary line that is not subject to review of a land use authority:   (a) does not constitute a land use approval; and     (b) does not affect the validity of the boundary line agreement or other document used to adjust a mutual boundary line.       (5) A municipality may withhold approval of a land use application for property that is subject to a recorded boundary line agreement or other document used to adjust a mutual boundary line if the municipality determines that the lots or parcels, as adjusted by the boundary line agreement or other document used to adjust the mutual boundary line, are not in compliance with the municipality's land use regulations in effect on the day on which the boundary line agreement or other document used to adjust the mutual boundary line is recorded.    Amended by Chapter 385, 2021 General Session