Opinion ID: 2566970
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Heading: salt lake city as a party

Text: ¶17 Hansen contends that the court of appeals erred by invalidating the city ordinance without joining Salt Lake City as a party pursuant to Utah's Declaratory Judgment Act, Utah Code Ann. §§ 78-33-1 to -13 (2002). Section 78-33-11 of the Act states: When declaratory relief is sought all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration[.] . . . In any [declaratory judgment] proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal or county ordinance or franchise such municipality or county shall be made a party, and shall be entitled to be heard. . . . Id. § 78-33-11. In the instant action, however, petitioner's complaint was not a claim for declaratory relief under the Act. Rather, he requested a judgment against the defendant for the monetary damages he incurred as a result of the collision. Therefore, section 78-33-11 does not apply and it is not necessary that Salt Lake City be made a party to the case.