2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 27a - County Land Use, Development, and Management Act › Part 6 - Subdivisions › Section 608 - Subdivision amendments.

Effective 5/3/2023
17-27a-608.
Subdivision amendments.
(1)
(a) A fee owner of a lot, as shown on the last county assessment roll, in a plat that has been laid out and platted as provided in this part may file a written petition with the land use authority to request a subdivision amendment.
(b) Upon filing a written petition to request a subdivision amendment under Subsection (1)(a), the owner shall prepare and, if approved by the land use authority, record a plat in accordance with Section 17-27a-603 that:
(i) depicts only the portion of the subdivision that is proposed to be amended;
(ii) includes a plat name distinguishing the amended plat from the original plat;
(iii) describes the differences between the amended plat and the original plat; and
(iv) includes references to the original plat.
(c) If a petition is filed under Subsection (1)(a), the land use authority shall provide notice of the petition by mail, email, or other effective means to each affected entity that provides a service to an owner of record of the portion of the plat that is being amended at least 10 calendar days before the land use authority may approve the petition for a subdivision amendment.
(d) If a petition is filed under Subsection (1)(a), the land use authority shall hold a public hearing within 45 days after the day on which the petition is filed if:
(i) any owner within the plat notifies the county of the owner's objection in writing within 10 days of mailed notification; or
(ii) a public hearing is required because all of the owners in the subdivision have not signed the revised plat.
(e) A land use authority may not approve a petition for a subdivision amendment under this section unless the amendment identifies and preserves any easements owned by a culinary water authority and sanitary sewer authority for existing facilities located within the subdivision.
(2) The public hearing requirement of Subsection (1)(d) does not apply and a land use authority may consider at a public meeting an owner's petition for a subdivision amendment if:
(a) the petition seeks to:
(i) join two or more of the petitioning fee owner's contiguous lots;
(ii) subdivide one or more of the petitioning fee owner's lots, if the subdivision will not result in a violation of a land use ordinance or a development condition;
(iii) adjust the lot lines of adjoining lots or between a lot and an adjoining parcel if the fee owners of each of the adjoining properties join the petition, regardless of whether the properties are located in the same subdivision;
(iv) on a lot owned by the petitioning fee owner, adjust an internal lot restriction imposed by the local political subdivision; or
(v) alter the plat in a manner that does not change existing boundaries or other attributes of lots within the subdivision that are not:
(A) owned by the petitioner; or
(B) designated as a common area; and
(b) notice has been given to adjoining property owners in accordance with any applicable local ordinance.
(3) A petition under Subsection (1)(a) that contains a request to amend a public street or county utility easement is also subject to Section 17-27a-609.5.
(4) A petition under Subsection (1)(a) that contains a request to amend an entire plat or a portion of a plat shall include:
(a) the name and address of each owner of record of the land contained in:
(i) the entire plat; or
(ii) that portion of the plan described in the petition; and
(b) the signature of each owner who consents to the petition.
(5)
(a) The owners of record of adjoining properties where one or more of the properties is a lot may exchange title to portions of those properties if the exchange of title is approved by the land use authority as a lot line adjustment in accordance with Subsection (5)(b).
(b) The land use authority shall approve a lot line adjustment under Subsection (5)(a) if the exchange of title will not result in a violation of any land use ordinance.
(c) If a lot line adjustment is approved under Subsection (5)(b):
(i) a notice of lot line adjustment approval shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder which:
(A) is approved by the land use authority; and
(B) recites the legal descriptions of both the properties and the properties resulting from the exchange of title; and
(ii) a document of conveyance of title reflecting the approved change shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
(d) A notice of approval recorded under this Subsection (5) does not act as a conveyance of title to real property and is not required to record a document conveying title to real property.
(6)
(a) The name of a recorded subdivision may be changed by recording an amended plat making that change, as provided in this section and subject to Subsection (6)(c).
(b) The surveyor preparing the amended plat shall certify that the surveyor:
(i) holds a license in accordance with Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act;
(ii)
(A) has completed a survey of the property described on the plat in accordance with Section 17-23-17 and has verified all measurements; or
(B) has referenced a record of survey map of the existing property boundaries shown on the plat and verified the locations of the boundaries; and
(iii) has placed monuments as represented on the plat.
(c) An owner of land may not submit for recording an amended plat that gives the subdivision described in the amended plat the same name as a subdivision recorded in the county recorder's office.
(d) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(a), the recording of a declaration or other document that purports to change the name of a recorded plat is void.
Amended by Chapter 501, 2023 General Session