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2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 3 - Water, Lighting, and Sewers › Section 13 - Right of entry on premises of water user.

10-7-13.
Right of entry on premises of water user.
All authorized persons connected with the waterworks of any city or town shall have the right to enter upon any premises furnished with water by such city or town to examine the apparatus, the amount of water used and the manner of use, and to make all necessary shutoffs for vacancy, delinquency or violation of the ordinances, rules or regulations enacted or adopted by such city or town.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 3 - Water, Lighting, and Sewers › Section 14.1 - Declaration of public policy.

10-7-14.1.
Declaration of public policy.
Whereas, the purification of drinking water and the treatment of raw sewage are important to public health and welfare and create an unusual need for money with which to create proper facilities for the protection of the people of the state of Utah, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to grant the privilege to municipalities to raise funds to improve the aforementioned health standards, to encourage the municipalities to provide that no waste shall be discharged into any waters of the state of Utah without first being given proper treatment, to provide for the treatment of water to be used for drinking purposes to protect the health of the citizens and to give municipalities the discretion to determine the priority of development of the facilities directed toward the elimination of health hazards and pollution of public waters. The construction of the facilities herein mentioned shall be given an early priority in those areas where the present welfare of the people is endangered by the lack of such facilities.
Amended by Chapter 3, 1953 Special Session 1
Amended by Chapter 3, 1953 Special Session 1
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 3 - Water, Lighting, and Sewers › Section 14.3 - Time limit for cities of first class.

10-7-14.3.
Time limit for cities of first class.
In cities of the first class the authority to levy an additional .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property above the overall limitation provided by Section 10-6-133 shall be limited to a period of 10 years from the date of the first levy.
Amended by Chapter 22, 1989 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 4 - Sale or Lease of Power Plants › Section 15 - Sale or lease of electrical generation and distribution system -- Appraisal and vote required -- Manner of conducting the election.

10-7-15.
Sale or lease of electrical generation and distribution system -- Appraisal and vote required -- Manner of conducting the election.
(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.
Amended by Chapter 105, 2005 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 4 - Sale or Lease of Power Plants › Section 16 - Call for bids -- Notice -- Contents.

Effective 5/3/2023
10-7-16.
Call for bids -- Notice -- Contents.
(1)
(a) Before holding an election under Subsection 10-7-15(1)(a)(ii), the municipal legislative body shall open to bid the sale or lease of the property mentioned in Section 10-7-15.
(b) The municipal legislative body shall publish notice of the bid process for the municipality, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least three consecutive weeks.
(c) The notice described in Subsection (1) shall:
(i) give a general description of the property to be sold or leased;
(ii) specify the time when sealed bids for the property, or for a lease on the property, will be received; and
(iii) specify the time when and the place where the bids will be opened.
(2)
(a) As used in this section and in Section 10-7-17, "responsible bidder" means an entity with a proven history of successful operation of an electrical generation and distribution system, or an equivalent proven history.
(b) Subject to Subsection (2)(c), a municipal legislative body may receive or refuse to receive any bid submitted for the sale or lease of the electrical works and plant.
(c) A municipal legislative body may not receive a bid unless the municipal legislative body determines that the bid is submitted by a responsible bidder.
Amended by Chapter 435, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 4 - Sale or Lease of Power Plants › Section 17 - Opening of bids -- Amount to equal or exceed appraised value and amount of outstanding indebtedness.

10-7-17.
Opening of bids -- Amount to equal or exceed appraised value and amount of outstanding indebtedness.
At the time and place mentioned in the notice under Section 10-7-16, all bids received by the municipal legislative body for the property sought to be sold or leased shall be opened and considered, and the municipal legislative body shall, subject to approval of voters at an election held under Section 10-7-15, accept the bid of the highest responsible bidder, as defined in Section 10-7-16, if the bid price:
(1)
(a) is for an amount equal to or exceeding the appraised value of the property to be sold, as determined under Subsection 10-7-15(1); or
(b) in the judgment of the municipal legislative body, is an adequate price for the property; and
(2) equals or exceeds the total principal and interest on any outstanding bonds and other indebtedness issued for the purpose of constructing the works or plant.
Amended by Chapter 90, 2002 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 4 - Sale or Lease of Power Plants › Section 18 - Disposition of money received.

10-7-18.
Disposition of money received.
(1) All money received from the sale of property under Sections 10-7-15 through 10-7-17 shall be kept in a separate fund, and may not be expended, or mixed with other funds of the city or town, until all bonds and other indebtedness issued for the purchase or construction of the plant or works, together with accumulated interest thereon, have first been paid.
(2) If the property sold brings an amount in excess of the outstanding bonds and other indebtedness issued for the purchase or construction of the property sold, the excess shall be deposited in a bank in this state under direction of the municipal legislative body, and may not thereafter be expended except for some municipal purpose by authority given by the registered voters of the city or town at a general or special election called and conducted in the manner set forth in Sections 10-7-7 and 10-7-8.
Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 5 - Gifts to Railroads › Section 19 - Election to authorize -- Notice -- Ballots.

Effective 5/3/2023
10-7-19.
Election to authorize -- Notice -- Ballots.
(1) Subject to Subsection (2), the board of commissioners or city council of any city, or the board of trustees of any incorporated town, may aid and encourage the building of railroads by granting to any railroad company, for depot or other railroad purposes, real property of the city or incorporated town, not necessary for municipal or public purposes, upon the limitations and conditions established by the board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees.
(2) A board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees may not grant real property under Subsection (1) unless the grant is approved by the eligible voters of the city or town at the next municipal election, or at a special election called for that purpose by the board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees.
(3) If the question is submitted at a special election, the election shall be held as nearly as practicable in conformity with the general election laws of the state.
(4) The board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees shall publish notice of an election described in Subsections (2) and (3) for the city or town, as a class B notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least four weeks before the day of the election.
(5) The board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees shall cause ballots to be printed and provided to the eligible voters, which shall read: "For the proposed grant for depot or other railroad purposes: Yes. No."
(6) If a majority of the votes are cast in favor of the grant, the board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees shall convey the real property to the railroad company.
Amended by Chapter 435, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 6 - Contracts for Public Improvements › Section 20.5 - Restrictions on municipality procurement of architect-engineer services.

10-7-20.5.
Restrictions on municipality procurement of architect-engineer services.
(1) As used in this section, "architect-engineer services" means those professional services within the scope of the practice of architecture as defined in Section 58-3a-102, or professional engineering as defined in Section 58-22-102.
(2) When a municipality elects to obtain architect or engineering services by using a competitive procurement process and has provided public notice of its competitive procurement process:
(a) a higher education entity, or any part of one, may not submit a proposal in response to the municipality's competitive procurement process; and
(b) the municipality may not award a contract to perform the architect or engineering services solicited in the competitive procurement process to a higher education entity or any part of one.
Enacted by Chapter 21, 2000 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 7 - Levy of Special Taxes by Cities and Towns › Section 26 - Streets and alleys used by railway companies.

10-7-26.
Streets and alleys used by railway companies.
(1) As used in this section and in Sections 10-7-27, 10-7-29, 10-7-30, 10-7-31, 10-7-32, and 10-7-33, the terms "railway company" or "street railway company" means any company which owns or operates railway tracks on, along or across a street or alley in any city or town.
(2) Nothing contained in this section or in the sections referred to in Subsection (1) shall be construed to exempt any railway company from keeping every portion of every street and alley used by it and upon or across which tracks shall be constructed at or near the grade of such streets in good and safe condition for public travel, but it shall keep the same planked, paved, macadamized or otherwise in such condition for public travel as the governing body of the city or town may from time to time direct, keeping the plank, pavement or other surface of the street or alley level with the top of the rails of the track. The portions of the streets or alleys to be so kept and maintained by all such railway companies shall include all the space between their different rails and tracks and also a space outside of the outer rail of each outside track of at least two feet in width, and the tracks herein referred to shall include not only the main tracks but also all sidetracks, crossings and turnouts constructed for the use of such railways.
Amended by Chapter 27, 1969 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 7 - Levy of Special Taxes by Cities and Towns › Section 27 - Street railway companies to restore streets.

10-7-27.
Street railway companies to restore streets.
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. 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. 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.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 7 - Levy of Special Taxes by Cities and Towns › Section 29 - Railway companies to repave streets.

10-7-29.
Railway companies to repave streets.
All railway companies shall be required to pave or repave at their own cost all the space between their different rails and tracks and also a space two feet wide outside of the outer rails of the outside tracks in any city or town, including all sidetracks, crossings and turnouts used by such companies. Where two or more companies occupy the same street or alley with separate tracks each company shall be responsible for its proportion of the surface of the street or alley occupied by all the parallel tracks as herein required. Such paving or repaving by such railway companies shall be done at the same time and shall be of the same material and character as the paving or repaving of the streets or alleys upon which the track or tracks are located, unless other material is specially ordered by the municipality. Such railway companies shall be required to keep that portion of the street which they are herein required to pave or repave in good and proper repair, using for that purpose the same material as the street upon which the track or tracks are laid at the point of repair or such other material as the governing body of the city may require and order; and as streets are hereafter paved or repaved street railway companies shall be required to lay in the best approved manner a rail to be approved by the governing body of the city. The tracks of all railway companies when located upon the streets or avenues of a city or town shall be kept in repair and safe in all respects for the use of the traveling public, and such companies shall be liable for all damages resulting by reason of neglect to keep such tracks in repair, or for obstructing the streets. For injuries to persons or property arising from the failure of any such company to keep its tracks in proper repair and free from obstructions such company shall be liable and the city or town shall be exempt from liability. The word "railway companies" as used in this section shall be taken to mean and include any persons, companies, corporations or associations owning or operating any street or other railway in any city or town.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 7 - Levy of Special Taxes by Cities and Towns › Section 30 - Failure to pay for repairs -- Lien on company's property.

Effective 5/8/2018
10-7-30.
Failure to pay for repairs -- Lien on company's property.
(1) In the event of the refusal of any company to pave, repave, or repair as required in this section when so directed, upon the paving or repaving of any street upon which the company's track is laid, the municipality may:
(a) pave, repave, or repair the street; and
(b) collect the cost and expense of the paving, repaving, or repairing by levy and sale of any property of the company in the same manner as special taxes are collected.
(2) The municipality may levy special taxes, for the purpose described in Subsection (1)(b) or repairing of the railway, upon:
(a) all as one property:
(i) the track, including the ties, iron, roadbed, right of way, sidetracks, and appurtenances; and
(ii) buildings and real estate belonging to the company and used for the purpose of the railway business; or
(b) the parts of the track, appurtenances, and property as may be within the district paved, repaved, macadamized, or repaired.
(3)
(a) The municipality may record the levied special taxes described in Subsection (2) as a political subdivision lien, as that term is defined in Section 11-60-102, upon the levied property, in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 60, Political Subdivision Lien Authority.
(b) Any mortgage, conveyance, pledge, transfer, or encumbrance of the property or of any rolling stock or personal property of the company that the company creates or suffers is subject to the lien.
(c) If the lien amount is not paid in full in a given year:
(i) by September 15, the municipality 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.
Amended by Chapter 197, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 7 - Levy of Special Taxes by Cities and Towns › Section 31 - Sale of property to satisfy claims for special taxes.

Effective 5/8/2018
10-7-31.
Sale of property to satisfy claims for special taxes.
(1)
(a) The city treasurer may:
(i) seize any personal property belonging to any company described in Section 10-7-30 to satisfy a delinquent political subdivision lien described in Section 10-7-30; and
(ii) sell the seized personal property upon advertisement and in the same manner as constables may sell personal property upon execution.
(b) Failure to seize and sell personal property in accordance with Subsection (1)(a) does not affect or impair the lien described in Section 10-7-30 or any proceeding allowed by law to enforce the lien.
(2) The county may sell all or a portion of the real property the company described in Section 10-7-30 owns for the payment of the lien through a tax sale in accordance with Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 13, Collection of Taxes.
Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 197, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 7 - Levy of Special Taxes by Cities and Towns › Section 32 - Actions to recover taxes.

10-7-32.
Actions to recover taxes.
It shall also be competent for any municipality to bring a civil action against any party owning or operating any such railway liable to pay such taxes to recover the amount thereof, or any part thereof, delinquent and unpaid, in any court having jurisdiction of the amount, and obtain judgment and have execution therefor, and no property, real or personal, shall be exempt from any such execution; provided, that real estate may not be levied upon by execution except by execution out of the district court on judgment therein, or transcript of judgment filed therein, as is now or hereafter may be provided by law. No defense shall be allowed in any such civil action except such as goes to the groundwork, equity and justice of the tax, and the burden of proof shall rest upon the party assailing the tax. In case part of such special tax shall be shown to be invalid, unjust or inequitable, judgment shall be rendered for such amount as is just and equitable.
Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 7 - Levy of Special Taxes by Cities and Towns › Section 33 - Delinquent taxes -- Installment payments -- Election and waiver.

10-7-33.
Delinquent taxes -- Installment payments -- Election and waiver.
It shall be competent for the governing body, upon the written application of any company owning any such railway, to provide that such special taxes shall become delinquent and be payable in installments as in case of taxes levied upon abutting real estate as herein provided, but such application shall be taken and deemed a waiver of any and all objections to such taxes and the validity thereof. Such application shall be made at or before the final levy of such taxes.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 11 - Actions for Violations of Ordinances › Section 65 - Party plaintiff -- Successive actions permitted.

10-7-65.
Party plaintiff -- Successive actions permitted.
All actions brought to recover any fine or to enforce any penalty under an ordinance of a city or town shall be brought in the corporate name of the city or town as plaintiff. No prosecution, recovery, or acquittal for the violation of any such ordinance shall constitute a defense to any other prosecution of the same person for any other violation of any such ordinance although the different causes of action existed at the same time and if united would not have exceeded the jurisdiction of a justice court judge.
Amended by Chapter 59, 1990 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 11 - Actions for Violations of Ordinances › Section 66 - Fines and forfeitures to be paid to treasurer -- Exceptions.

10-7-66.
Fines and forfeitures to be paid to treasurer -- Exceptions.
Except where otherwise provided by law in relation to fines, fees, and forfeitures imposed or received by district courts, all fines and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances shall be paid into the treasury of the corporation at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
Amended by Chapter 198, 1996 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 11 - Actions for Violations of Ordinances › Section 67 - Pleading -- Reference to ordinance -- Judgment enforced by imprisonment.

10-7-67.
Pleading -- Reference to ordinance -- Judgment enforced by imprisonment.
In all actions for the violation of any ordinance it shall be sufficient if the complaint refers to the title and section of the ordinance under which such action is brought. Any person upon whom any fine or penalty shall be imposed may upon the order of the court before whom the conviction is had be committed to the county jail or the city prison or to such other place as may be provided for the incarceration of offenders until such fine, penalty and costs shall be fully paid.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 11 - Actions for Violations of Ordinances › Section 69 - Corporations may be complained against.

10-7-69.
Corporations may be complained against.
A corporation violating any of the provisions of a city or town ordinance may be complained against the same as a natural person.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 11 - Actions for Violations of Ordinances › Section 70 - Corporate violation -- Summons -- Forms.

10-7-70.
Corporate violation -- Summons -- Forms.
Whenever complaint is made against a corporation for violation of a city or town ordinance summons shall be issued thereon substantially in the following form:
State of Utah,
County of __________
In the __________ court, in and for the city (or town) of __________, county of __________ __________ city, (or town) __________
vs. __________
SUMMONS.
The state of Utah, to (naming the corporation):
You are hereby summoned to be and appear before the above entitled court at the courtroom thereof on the __________ day of __________ at the hour of __________ o'clock __m., then and there to answer a charge made against you upon the complaint of __________ for (designating the offense in general terms), a copy of which complaint is hereto attached.
__________(month\day\year).
Witness:
The Honorable___________________________________________________________
Judge of said court.
______________________ Clerk
By_______________ Deputy Clerk.
In courts having a clerk the summons, with a copy of the complaint attached, shall be signed by the clerk thereof, and in courts having no clerk the summons shall be signed by the judge or justice thereof.
Amended by Chapter 75, 2000 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 11 - Actions for Violations of Ordinances › Section 71 - Corporate violation -- Summons -- Time and manner of service.

10-7-71.
Corporate violation -- Summons -- Time and manner of service.
The summons and copy of complaint shall be served at least 24 hours before the hour of appearance fixed therein by delivering to and leaving a copy thereof with the president or other head of the corporation, or the secretary, the cashier, or the managing or process agent thereof, and by showing to him the original summons.
Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 11 - Actions for Violations of Ordinances › Section 72 - Appearance by agent of corporation -- Bench warrant for default.

10-7-72.
Appearance by agent of corporation -- Bench warrant for default.
At the time appointed in the summons, the corporation shall appear by agent or attorney and plead thereto the same as a natural person. 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.
Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 11 - Actions for Violations of Ordinances › Section 73 - Corporate violation -- Hearing -- Penalty imposed to be a fine.

10-7-73.
Corporate violation -- Hearing -- Penalty imposed to be a fine.
After the plea of the corporation is entered the court shall fix a time for the hearing of the cause, and thereafter the proceedings therein shall be the same as in the cases of natural persons charged with violating a city or town ordinance, except that in cases of conviction the penalty imposed in all instances shall be by way of fine.
Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 11 - Actions for Violations of Ordinances › Section 74 - Execution on judgment against corporation.

10-7-74.
Execution on judgment against corporation.
Whenever a fine and costs, either or both, shall be imposed upon a corporation upon conviction for a violation of a city or town ordinance, judgment therefor may be collected on execution issued out of the court in the same manner as an execution in a civil action.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 11 - Actions for Violations of Ordinances › Section 76 - Payment of witness fees and mileage.

10-7-76.
Payment of witness fees and mileage.
Whenever a criminal action arising out of the violation of a city or town ordinance is tried on appeal, the per diems and mileage of witnesses for the prosecution shall be paid out of the treasury of the city or town in which such action originated.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 13 - City Resources › Section 79 - Power of board of city commissioners or council to provide for development of resources.

10-7-79.
Power of board of city commissioners or council to provide for development of resources.
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.
Enacted by Chapter 16, 1965 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 13 - City Resources › Section 80 - Development committee -- Appointment of members -- Terms, compensation and expenses, vacancies and removal of members.

10-7-80.
Development committee -- Appointment of members -- Terms, compensation and expenses, vacancies and removal of members.
The board of city commissioners or council of any city within the state is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint by resolution an unpaid commission of three or more members, to be known as the city resource development committee. One or more members of the board of city commissioners or council shall be designated by the board of city commissioners or council as members of such committee. Each of the other members of the committee shall be a resident of the city. The term of appointed members of the committee shall be two years and until their respective successors have been appointed. The members of the committee shall serve as such without compensation, except that the board of city commissioners or council may provide for reimbursement of the members of the committee for actual expenses incurred, upon presentation of proper receipts and vouchers. The board of city commissioners or council shall provide for the filling of vacancies in the membership of the committee and for the removal of a member for nonperformance of duty or misconduct.
Enacted by Chapter 16, 1965 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 13 - City Resources › Section 81 - Development committee -- Election of officers -- Employment of executive director.

10-7-81.
Development committee -- Election of officers -- Employment of executive director.
The city resource development committee may elect such officers from its members as it may deem advisable and may, with consent and approval of the board of city commissioners or council, employ an executive director for the committee.
Enacted by Chapter 16, 1965 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 13 - City Resources › Section 82 - Development committee -- Functions.

10-7-82.
Development committee -- Functions.
It shall be the function of the city resource development committee to assist in the development of the city's mineral, water, manpower, industrial and other resources, and to make such recommendations to the board of city commissioners or council for resource development programs as it may deem advisable.
Enacted by Chapter 16, 1965 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 13 - City Resources › Section 83 - Power of board of city commissioners or council to contract with other authorities.

10-7-83.
Power of board of city commissioners or council to contract with other authorities.
The board of city commissioners or council may co-operate with and enter into contracts with other municipalities, local communities and counties for the purpose of promoting the development of the economic resources of their respective areas.
Enacted by Chapter 16, 1965 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 13 - City Resources › Section 84 - Expenditure of city funds authorized.

10-7-84.
Expenditure of city funds authorized.
The board of city commissioners or council may expend city funds as are deemed advisable to carry out the purposes of this act.
Enacted by Chapter 16, 1965 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 13 - City Resources › Section 85 - Support of the arts.

10-7-85.
Support of the arts.
The governing body of any municipality may provide for and appropriate funds for the support of the arts, including music, dance, theatre, crafts and visual, folk and literary art, for the purpose of enriching the lives of its residents and may establish guidelines for the support of the arts.
Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Powers of Cities and Towns › Part 13 - City Resources › Section 86 - Municipality may adopt Utah Procurement Code -- Hiring of professional architect, engineer, or surveyor.

10-7-86.
Municipality may adopt Utah Procurement Code -- Hiring of professional architect, engineer, or surveyor.
(1) The governing body of any municipality may adopt any or all of the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, or the rules promulgated pursuant to that code.
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), the governing body of each municipality that engages the services of a professional architect, engineer, or surveyor and considers more than one such professional for the engagement:
(a) shall consider, as a minimum, in the selection process:
(i) the qualifications, experience, and background of each firm submitting a proposal;
(ii) the specific individuals assigned to the project and the time commitments of each to the project; and
(iii) the project schedule and the approach to the project that the firm will take; and
(b) may engage the services of a professional architect, engineer, or surveyor based on the criteria under Subsection (2)(a) rather than solely on lowest cost.
Amended by Chapter 347, 2012 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 1.5 - Authority to make benefits generally available to employees, their dependents, and an adult designee -- Registry authorized -- Limitations.

10-8-1.5.
Authority to make benefits generally available to employees, their dependents, and an adult designee -- Registry authorized -- Limitations.
(1) A municipality may, by ordinance enacted by the municipal legislative body, make benefits generally available to all municipal employees, their dependents, and an unmarried employee's financially dependent or interdependent adult designee.
(2)
(a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), a municipality may, by ordinance enacted by the municipal legislative body, create a registry for adult relationships of financial dependence or interdependence.
(b) A municipality may not create or maintain a registry or other means that defines, identifies, or recognizes and gives legal status or effect to a domestic partnership, civil union, or domestic cohabitation relationship other than marriage.
(3) The municipality's recognition of an adult designee, the creation and maintenance of a registry under Subsection (2)(a), and any certificate issued to or other designation of a person on the municipality's registry are not and may not be treated the same as or substantially equivalent to marriage.
(4) Neither an ordinance under Subsection (1) or (2)(a) nor a registry created under Subsection (2)(a) making an employee benefit available to an adult designee may create, modify, or affect a spousal, marital, or parental status, duty, or right.
(5) An ordinance, executive order, rule, or regulation adopted or other action taken before, on, or after May 5, 2008 that is inconsistent with this section is void.
Enacted by Chapter 127, 2008 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 1.7 - Use of incremental tax revenue for relocation expenses of displaced mobile home park residents.

10-8-1.7.
Use of incremental tax revenue for relocation expenses of displaced mobile home park residents.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Displaced mobile home park resident" means a resident within a mobile home park who is required to relocate his or her residence from the mobile home park because of development activities that will change the use of the property on which the mobile home park is located.
(b) "Former mobile home park property" means property on which a mobile home park was located but whose use has changed from a mobile home park because of development activities that require mobile home park residents to relocate.
(c) "Incremental tax revenue" means property tax revenue that:
(i) is generated from a former mobile home park property located within a municipality;
(ii) exceeds the amount of property tax revenue the former mobile home park property would have generated if its use had not changed from a mobile home park; and
(iii) is levied and collected by:
(A) the municipality in which the former mobile home park property is located; or
(B) another taxing entity.
(d) "Taxing entity" has the same meaning as defined in Section 59-2-102.
(2) A municipality may use incremental tax revenue to pay some or all of the relocation expenses of a displaced mobile home park resident.
(3) Any taxing entity may share some or all of its incremental tax revenue with a municipality for use as provided in Subsection (2).
Enacted by Chapter 98, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 2.5 - Prohibition against spending certain transportation funds.

10-8-2.5.
Prohibition against spending certain transportation funds.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Apportioned" means divided or assigned among the states based on a prescribed formula established in 23 U.S.C.
(b) "Authorization act" means an act of Congress enacted after July 1, 2009 that authorizes transportation programs from the Highway Trust Fund established in 26 U.S.C. Sec. 9503.
(2) A municipality may not spend project-specific funds that are allocated through an authorization act for a transportation-related project that is eligible for funds apportioned to the state in support of the statewide transportation improvement program unless the specified project is included on the statewide transportation improvement program.
Enacted by Chapter 332, 2009 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 4 - Special taxes and licenses.

10-8-4.
Special taxes and licenses.
(1) Municipal legislative bodies may:
(a) subject to Subsection (2), fix the amount, terms, and manner of issuing licenses; and
(b) consistent with general law, provide the manner and form in which special taxes are levied and collected.
(2)
(a) Municipal legislative bodies may not discriminate between resident community businesses and nonresident community businesses in establishing license requirements.
(b) Municipal legislative bodies may not impose motor vehicle delivery license fees on persons or entities who:
(i) are licensed as dealers in another municipality; or
(ii) do not have a permanent business location in the municipality.
Amended by Chapter 78, 2008 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 6 - Borrowing power -- Warrants and bonds.

10-8-6.
Borrowing power -- Warrants and bonds.
They may borrow money on the credit of the corporation for corporate purposes in the manner and to the extent allowed by the Constitution and the laws, and issue warrants and bonds therefor in such amounts and forms and on such conditions as they shall determine.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 7 - Refunding bonds -- Purpose of issuance.

10-8-7.
Refunding bonds -- Purpose of issuance.
They may issue bonds in place of or to supply means to meet maturing bonds or for the consolidation or refunding of the same.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 8 - Streets, parks, airports, parking facilities, public grounds, and pedestrian malls.

Effective 9/22/2017
10-8-8.
Streets, parks, airports, parking facilities, public grounds, and pedestrian malls.
A municipal legislative body may lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, narrow, extend, grade, pave, or otherwise improve streets, alleys, avenues, boulevards, sidewalks, parks, airports, parking lots, or other facilities for the parking of vehicles off streets, public grounds, and pedestrian malls and may close, in accordance with Section 72-5-105, or vacate the same or parts thereof, as provided in this title.
Amended by Chapter 2, 2017 Special Session 1
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 8.6 - Widening a street or alley.

10-8-8.6.
Widening a street or alley.
Before a city may widen a street or alley in such a way that access to underground facilities is affected, the city shall notify in writing, and consult with, the owners or operators of the underground facilities, as defined in Section 54-8a-2, and utility facilities within the street or alley.
Enacted by Chapter 180, 1995 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 11 - Streets -- Encroachments, lighting, sprinkling, cleaning.

Effective 9/22/2017
10-8-11.
Streets -- Encroachments, lighting, sprinkling, cleaning.
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.
Amended by Chapter 2, 2017 Special Session 1
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 13 - Conduits, drains, etc.

10-8-13.
Conduits, drains, etc.
They may regulate the opening and use of streets, alleys, sidewalks, crosswalks and public grounds for the laying of gas or water mains and of conduits and pipes, and the building and repairing of sewers, tunnels, conduits and drains.
No Change Since 1953
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 14.5 - Utility easements -- Use for water or sewerage service.

10-8-14.5.
Utility easements -- Use for water or sewerage service.
(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.
Amended by Chapter 246, 2007 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 16 - Watercourses leading to and within city -- Mill privileges.

10-8-16.
Watercourses leading to and within city -- Mill privileges.
They may control the water and watercourses leading to the city and regulate and control the watercourses and mill privileges within the city; provided, that the control may not be exercised to the injury of any right already acquired by actual owners.
Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities › Part 1 - General Powers › Section 17 - City may act as distributing agent -- Collection of operating costs from users.

Effective 5/8/2018
10-8-17.
City may act as distributing agent -- Collection of operating costs from users.
(1) When the governing body of a city is acting as distributing agent of water, not the property of the corporation, outside of or within its corporate limits, the governing body may annually, before the commencement of the irrigation season, determine and fix the sum considered necessary to meet the expense of the current year for the purpose of:
(a) controlling, regulating, and distributing the water; and
(b) constructing and keeping in repair the necessary means for diverting, conveying, and distributing the water.
(2)
(a) The governing body may collect the sum described in Subsection (1) from the persons entitled to the use of the water, pro rata according to acreage, whether the acreage is situate within or without the corporate boundary of the city.
(b) The governing body may not appropriate or use the derived funds for any other purpose than the purposes described in Subsection (1).
(c) In the event that the governing body collects a greater sum in any one year than is necessary under Subsection (1), the governing body shall carry the excess to the account of the year next following and apply the excess to the purposes described in Subsection (1).
(d) The governing body shall enact an ordinance fixing and providing for the collection of the sum described in Subsection (1).
(3)
(a) Until the governing body collects the sum described in Subsection (1), the sum is a political subdivision lien, as that term is defined in Section 11-60-102, on the subject water rights and the land irrigated by the water, 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 governing body 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.
Amended by Chapter 197, 2018 General Session