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UT Code § 17-27a-207 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 207 - Notice for an amendment to a subdivision -- Notice for vacation of or change to street.

17-27a-207. Notice for an amendment to a subdivision -- Notice for vacation of or change to street.    (1)   (a) For an amendment to a subdivision, each county 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 county shall provide notice as required by Section 17-27a-208 for a subdivision that involves a vacation, alteration, or amendment of a street.    Amended by Chapter 338, 2009 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-208 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 208 - Hearing and notice for petition to vacate a public street.

 Effective 7/1/2021  17-27a-208. Hearing and notice for petition to vacate a public street.    (1) For any petition to vacate some or all of a public street or county utility easement, the legislative body shall:   (a) hold a public hearing; and     (b) give notice of the date, place, and time of the hearing, as provided in Subsection (2).       (2) At least 10 days before the public hearing under Subsection (1)(a), the legislative body shall ensure that the notice required under Subsection (1)(b) is:   (a) mailed to the record owner of each parcel that is accessed by the public street or county utility easement;     (b) mailed to each affected entity;     (c) posted on or near the public street or county utility easement in a manner that is calculated to alert the public; and     (d)   (i) published on the website of the county in which the land subject to the petition is located until the public hearing concludes; and     (ii) published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601.        Amended by Chapter 84, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 345, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-209 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 209 - Notice challenge.

17-27a-209. Notice challenge.  If notice given under authority of this part is not challenged under Section 17-27a-801 within 30 days after the meeting or action for which notice is given, the notice is considered adequate and proper.  Enacted by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-210 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 210 - Notice to county when a private institution of higher education is constructing student housing.

 Effective 5/12/2015  17-27a-210. Notice to county when a private institution of higher education is constructing student housing.    (1) Each private institution of higher education that intends to construct student housing on property owned by the institution shall provide written notice of the intended construction, as provided in Subsection (2), before any funds are committed to the construction, if any of the proposed student housing buildings is within 300 feet of privately owned residential property.     (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall be provided to the legislative body and, if applicable, the mayor of:   (a) the county in whose unincorporated area or the mountainous planning district area the privately owned residential property is located; or     (b) the municipality in whose boundaries the privately owned residential property is located.       (3) At the request of a county or municipality that is entitled to notice under this section, the institution and the legislative body of the affected county or municipality shall jointly hold a public hearing to provide information to the public and receive input from the public about the proposed construction.    Amended by Chapter 465, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-211 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 211 - Canal owner or operator -- Notice to county.

 Effective 5/9/2017  17-27a-211. Canal owner or operator -- Notice to county.    (1) A canal company or a canal operator shall ensure that each county in which the canal company or canal operator owns or operates a canal has on file, regarding the canal company or canal operator:   (a) a current mailing address and phone number;     (b) a contact name; and     (c) a general description of the location of each canal owned or operated by the canal owner or canal operator.       (2) If the information described in Subsection (1) changes after a canal company or a canal operator has provided the information to the county, the canal company or canal operator shall provide the correct information within 30 days of the day on which the information changes.    Amended by Chapter 410, 2017 General SessionAmended by Chapter 428, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-212 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 212 - Notice for an amendment to public improvements in a subdivision or development.

17-27a-212. Notice for an amendment to public improvements in a subdivision or development.  Prior to implementing an amendment to adopted specifications for public improvements that apply to a subdivision or development, a county shall give 30 days mailed notice and an opportunity to comment to anyone who has requested the notice in writing.  Enacted by Chapter 216, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-213 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 2 - Notice|Section 213 - Hearing and notice procedures for modifying sign regulations.

 Effective 5/14/2019  17-27a-213. Hearing and notice procedures for modifying sign regulations.    (1)   (a) Prior to any hearing or public meeting to consider a proposed land use regulation or land use application modifying sign regulations for an illuminated sign within any unified commercial development, as defined in Section 72-7-504.6, or within any planned unit development, a county shall give written notice of the proposed illuminated sign to:   (i) each property owner within a 500 foot radius of the sign site;     (ii) a municipality or county within a 500 foot radius of the sign site; and     (iii) any outdoor advertising permit holder described in Subsection 72-7-506(2)(b).       (b) The notice described in Subsection (1)(a) shall include the schedule of public meetings at which the proposed changes to land use regulations or land use application will be discussed.       (2) A county shall require the property owner or applicant to commence in good faith the construction of the commercial or industrial development within one year after the installation of the illuminated sign.    Enacted by Chapter 235, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-303 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 3 - General Land Use Provisions|Section 303 - Entrance upon land.

17-27a-303. Entrance upon land.  A county may enter upon any land at reasonable times to make examinations and surveys pertinent to the:  (1) preparation of its general plan; or     (2) preparation or enforcement of its land use ordinances.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-304 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 3 - General Land Use Provisions|Section 304 - State and federal property.

17-27a-304. State and federal property.  Unless otherwise provided by law, nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as giving a county jurisdiction over property owned by the state or the United States.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-308 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 3 - General Land Use Provisions|Section 308 - Land use authority requirements -- Nature of land use decision.

 Effective 5/9/2017  17-27a-308. Land use authority requirements -- Nature of land use decision.    (1) A land use authority shall apply the plain language of land use regulations.     (2) If a land use regulation does not plainly restrict a land use application, the land use authority shall interpret and apply the land use regulation to favor the land use application.     (3) A land use decision of a land use authority is an administrative act, even if the land use authority is the legislative body.    Enacted by Chapter 84, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-402 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 4 - General Plan|Section 402 - Information and technical assistance from the state.

 Effective 5/12/2015  17-27a-402. Information and technical assistance from the state.    (1) A county may request that the state, including any agency, department, division, institution, or official of the state, provide the county with information that would assist the county in creating the county's general plan.     (2) The state or an agency, department, division, institution, or official of the state from which a county has requested information under Subsection (1) shall provide the county with:   (a) the information requested by the county, unless providing the information is prohibited by Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act; and     (b) any other technical assistance or advice the county needs with regards to the county's general plan, without any additional cost to the county.      Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 310, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-405 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 4 - General Plan|Section 405 - Effect of general plan -- Coordination with federal government.

 Effective 5/12/2015  17-27a-405. Effect of general plan -- Coordination with federal government.    (1) Except for the mandatory provisions in Subsection 17-27a-401(4)(b) and Section 17-27a-406, and except as provided in Subsection (3), the general plan is an advisory guide for land use decisions, the impact of which shall be determined by ordinance.     (2) The legislative body may adopt an ordinance mandating compliance with the general plan, and shall adopt an ordinance requiring compliance with all provisions of Subsection 17-27a-401(4)(b).     (3)   (a) As used in this Subsection (3), "coordinate with" means an action taken by the federal government on a given matter, pursuant to a federal law, rule, policy, or regulation, to:   (i) work with a county on the matter to achieve a consistent outcome;     (ii) make resource management plans in conjunction with a county on the matter;     (iii) make resource management plans consistent with a county's plans on the matter;     (iv) integrate a county's plans on the matter into the federal government's plans; or     (v) follow a county's plans when contemplating any action on the matter.       (b) If the federal government is required to coordinate with a county or a local government on a matter, the county's general plan is the principle document through which the coordination shall take place.     (c) The federal government is not considered to have coordinated with a county or a local government on a matter unless the federal government has:   (i) kept the county apprised of the federal government's proposed plans, amendments, policy changes, and management actions with regard to the matter;     (ii) worked with the county in developing and implementing plans, policies, and management actions on the matter;     (iii) treated the county as an equal partner in negotiations related to the matter;     (iv) listened to and understood the county's position on the matter to determine whether a conflict exists between the federal government's proposed plan, policy, rule, or action and the county's general plan;     (v) worked with the county in an amicable manner to reconcile any differences or disagreements, to the greatest extent possible under federal law, between the federal government and the county with regards to plans, policies, rules, or proposed management actions that relate to the matter;     (vi) engaged in a good-faith effort to reconcile any conflicts discovered under Subsection (3)(c)(iv) to achieve, to the greatest extent possible under federal law, consistency between the federal government's proposed plan, policy, rule, or action and the county's general plan; and     (vii) given full consideration to a county's general plan to the extent that the general plan addresses the matter.        Amended by Chapter 310, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-406 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 4 - General Plan|Section 406 - Public uses to conform to general plan.

17-27a-406. Public uses to conform to general plan.  After the legislative body has adopted a general plan, no street, park, or other public way, ground, place, or space, no publicly owned building or structure, and no public utility, whether publicly or privately owned, may be constructed or authorized until and unless it conforms to the current general plan.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-407 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 4 - General Plan|Section 407 - Effect of official maps.

17-27a-407. Effect of official maps.    (1) Counties may adopt an official map.     (2)   (a) An official map does not:   (i) require a landowner to dedicate and construct a street as a condition of development approval, except under circumstances provided in Subsection (2)(b)(iii); or     (ii) require a county to immediately acquire property it has designated for eventual use as a public street.       (b) This section does not prohibit a county from:   (i) recommending that an applicant consider and accommodate the location of the proposed streets in the planning of a development proposal in a manner that is consistent with Section 17-27a-507;     (ii) acquiring the property through purchase, gift, voluntary dedication, or eminent domain; or     (iii) requiring the dedication and improvement of a street if the street is found necessary by the county because of a proposed development and if the dedication and improvement is consistent with Section 17-27a-507.        Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-408 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 4 - General Plan|Section 408 - Reporting requirements and civil action regarding moderate income housing element of general plan.

 Effective 5/12/2020  17-27a-408. Reporting requirements and civil action regarding moderate income housing element of general plan.    (1) The legislative body of each county of the first, second, or third class, which has a population in the county's unincorporated areas of more than 5,000 residents, shall annually:   (a) review the moderate income housing plan element of the county's general plan and implementation of that element of the general plan;     (b) prepare a report on the findings of the review described in Subsection (1)(a); and     (c) post the report described in Subsection (1)(b) on the county's website.       (2) The report described in Subsection (1) shall include:   (a) a revised estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the unincorporated areas of the county for the next five years;     (b) a description of progress made within the unincorporated areas of the county to provide moderate income housing demonstrated by analyzing and publishing data on the number of housing units in the county that are at or below:   (i) 80% of the adjusted median family income;     (ii) 50% of the adjusted median family income; and     (iii) 30% of the adjusted median family income;       (c) a description of any efforts made by the county to utilize a moderate income housing set-aside from a community reinvestment agency, redevelopment agency, or a community development and renewal agency; and     (d) a description of how the county has implemented any of the recommendations related to moderate income housing described in Subsection 17-27a-403(2)(b)(ii).       (3) The legislative body of each county described in Subsection (1) shall send a copy of the report under Subsection (1) to the Department of Workforce Services, the association of governments in which the county is located, and, if the unincorporated area of the county is located within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning organization, the appropriate metropolitan planning organization.     (4) In a civil action seeking enforcement or claiming a violation of this section or of Subsection 17-27a-404(5)(c), a plaintiff may not recover damages but may be awarded only injunctive or other equitable relief.    Amended by Chapter 434, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-409 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 4 - General Plan|Section 409 - State to indemnify county regarding refusal to site nuclear waste -- Terms and conditions.

 Effective 5/12/2015  17-27a-409. State to indemnify county regarding refusal to site nuclear waste -- Terms and conditions.  If a county is challenged in a court of law regarding its decision to deny siting of a storage or transfer facility for the placement of high-level nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive waste or its refusal to provide municipal-type services regarding the operation of the storage or transfer facility, the state shall indemnify, defend, and hold the county harmless from any claims or damages, including court costs and attorney fees that are assessed as a result of the county's action, if:  (1) the county has complied with the provisions of Subsection 17-27a-401(4)(b) by adopting an ordinance rejecting all proposals for the siting of a storage or transfer facility for the placement of high-level nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive waste wholly or partially within the boundaries of the county;     (2) the county has complied with Subsection 17-34-1(3) regarding refusal to provide municipal-type services; and     (3) the court challenge against the county addresses the county's actions in compliance with Subsection 17-27a-401(4)(b) or 17-34-1(3).    Amended by Chapter 310, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 17-27a-501 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 501 - Enactment of land use regulation.

 Effective 5/5/2021  17-27a-501. Enactment of land use regulation.    (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 land use regulation shall be 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 17-27a-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 county 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 § 17-27a-502 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 502 - Preparation and adoption of land use regulation.

 Effective 5/14/2019  17-27a-502. Preparation and adoption of land use regulation.    (1) A planning commission shall:   (a) provide notice as required by Subsection 17-27a-205(1)(a) and, if applicable, Subsection 17-27a-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 17-27a-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:   (A) all or any part of the unincorporated area of the county; or     (B) for a mountainous planning district, all or any part of the area in the mountainous planning district; and       (ii) forward to the legislative body all objections filed in accordance with Subsection 17-27a-205(4).         (2)   (a) The 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 17-27a-205(1)(b) and holding a public meeting, the legislative body may adopt or reject the proposed 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 § 17-27a-503 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act|Part 5 - Land Use Regulations|Section 503 - Zoning district or land use regulation amendments.

 Effective 5/14/2019  17-27a-503. Zoning district or land use regulation amendments.    (1) Only a legislative body may amend:   (a) the number, shape, boundaries, area, or general uses of any zoning district;     (b) any regulation of or within the zoning district; or     (c) any other provision of a land use regulation.       (2) A legislative body may not make any amendment authorized by this section unless the legislative body first submits the amendment to the planning commission for the planning commission's recommendation.     (3) A legislative body shall comply with the procedure specified in Section 17-27a-502 in preparing and adopting an amendment to a land use regulation.    Amended by Chapter 384, 2019 General Session