Title 7, Title 7

When the grade of any street or sidewalk in any city or town is established by the corporate authority of such city or town and a building shall thereafter be constructed upon a lot abutting on said street, no change must be made in the grade of such street or sidewalk which requ…

(1) If the council of the city or town and the owner of a building are unable to agree upon the amount of damages from the change of a street grade, the council shall appoint three disinterested freeholders of the city or town to appraise the damages. (2) The appraisers, after be…

(1) Within 20 days after the filing of the report with the clerk, either party feeling dissatisfied with such appraisement may file in the office of the clerk of the district court within the county in which such city or town is located a copy of such report, certified by the cle…

In case the owner of the building appeals and the damages are not increased or in case the city or town appeals and the damages are decreased in the district court, the costs must be paid by the defendant. In all other cases or in the case no appeal is taken, the costs must be pa…

(1) The city or town council may grant the right-of-way through the streets, avenues, and other property of a city or town for the purpose of street or other railroads, to regulate the running and management of the railroads and to compel the owner of a street or other railroad t…

(1) The city or town council may require the lighting of any railroad track or route within a city or town, the cars of which are propelled by steam or otherwise, and fix and determine the number, style, and size of lampposts, burners, lamps, and all other fixtures and apparatus …

The city or town council has power to license and authorize the construction and operation of street railroads and to require them to conform to the grade of the street as the same is or may be established.

(1) Whenever a city or town is not being served by a bus company or operator operating on a regular schedule and under the jurisdiction of the public service commission or if the service is likely to be discontinued in the immediate future, the city or town council of the incorpo…

The total amount of indebtedness authorized under 7-14-4401 to be contracted in any form, including existing indebtedness, may not at any time exceed the debt limitation established in 7-7-4201. Money may not be borrowed or bonds issued for the purposes specified in 7-14-4401 unt…

The city or town council or commission has authority to provide for the: (1) management and operation of the system authorized by 7-14-4401(1)(a) and to do all things necessary for the successful operation of that transportation system; (2) safe operation of the transportation sy…

For the purpose of raising the necessary money to defray the cost of the transportation service authorized by 7-14-4401(1)(b) pursuant to a contract, lease, or lease and operating agreement with an independent carrier or carriers, the city or town council may annually levy a tax …

The city or town council shall have power and authority to call for bids from independent carriers for such transportation service authorized by 7-14-4401(1)(b) and to do all things necessary or proper for establishment and maintenance of such transportation service by contract, …

A city or town council may: (1) acquire by lease, gift, purchase, or condemnation pursuant to Title 70, chapter 30, lots or lands for use as parking areas for motor vehicles; (2) construct and maintain on the acquired land or on any premises owned or under lease by the city or to…

A city or town council shall have power to: (1) issue bonds or other securities for the payment of the lots or lands and facilities referred to in 7-14-4501, payable in whole or in part from the revenues of any such parking lots or areas or parking facilities or from other source…

The city or town council of any incorporated city or town of 2,500 population or less is hereby empowered to enact an ordinance or ordinances: (1) to purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise acquire coin-operating parking meters or other devices or instruments used for the purpose of …

An ordinance providing for purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring or installing, maintaining, operating, or using parking meters, devices, or instruments may not be enacted unless the question of whether or not the ordinance may be enacted has been submitted to the …

(1) It is hereby determined and declared that excessive curb parking of motor vehicles in urban and metropolitan areas and the lack of adequate offstreet parking facilities in some cities is against the public interest. (2) The purpose of this part is to provide means whereby cit…

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this part, shall have the following respective meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) "City" shall mean the particular city for which a particular commission may be created or which may act as…

A city may create, as provided for in 7-14-4603 through 7-14-4608, a public body to be known as the parking commission of the city. The commission of any city shall not transact any business or exercise any powers under this part unless and until the legislative body of the city …

Each commission shall constitute a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions.

The determination as to whether there is need for a commission to function may be made by the legislative body on its own motion or upon the filing of a petition signed by 100 residents of the city asserting that there is need for a commission to function in such city and request…

A city shall not transact any business or exercise any powers of this part unless and until the legislative body of the city shall by resolution declare that there is need for such city to exercise the powers of a parking commission as provided in this part.

In any suit, action, or proceeding by or against or in any manner relating to a parking commission, the commission shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the…

Either or both such resolutions referred to in 7-14-4606 and 7-14-4607 may be adopted by the legislative body of a city. If both such resolutions are adopted, they shall clearly specify areas within the city, less than the whole thereof, within which or projects over which the co…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3), when the legislative body of a city first adopts a resolution for a parking commission, the mayor, with the approval of the legislative body, shall appoint not less than five or more than seven electors of the city as members of the commi…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3), three of the members who are first appointed must be designated to serve for terms of 1, 2, and 3 years, respectively, from the date of their appointments, and two must be designated to serve for terms of 4 years from the date of their ap…

A member of a commission may be removed by the mayor with the consent of the legislative body of the city.

(1) The powers of each commission are vested in the current members of the commission. (2) The appointing officer shall designate which of the members of the commission is the first presiding officer, but when the office of presiding officer of the commission becomes vacant, the …

When any city or the commission created for it becomes authorized to transact business and exercise the powers of a parking commission, the legislative body of the city, subject to its fiscal law, may, at that time and from time to time thereafter, make an estimate of the amount …

The financial affairs of the parking commission shall be audited annually by independent certified public accountants.

The legislative body shall cause: (1) a detailed report of all transactions of the parking commission, including a statement of all revenues and expenditures, to be filed with it at quarterly, semiannual, or annual intervals as the legislative body may prescribe; and (2) a summar…

(1) After the lapse of 4 years from the date of adoption of a resolution declaring the need for a parking commission to function in a city, if such commission shall not have acquired or entered into possession of land for a parking facility or issued bonds, the legislative body o…

Each parking commission, subject to the limitations imposed by this part, shall have the following powers: (1) to sue and be sued, have a seal, make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; (2) to make and from time to tim…

For the purpose of offstreet parking, each parking commission, subject to the limitations imposed by this part, may: (1) purchase, lease, obtain option upon, or acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise any real or personal property or any interest in real or personal…

The legislative body of a city, at any time after the activation of a parking commission, may adopt by a two-thirds vote thereof a resolution transferring the property of the commission to the city. The city may, through such department as it may determine, exercise its powers in…

Each parking commission, subject to the limitations imposed by this part, shall have the following powers: (1) to receive, control, and order the expenditure of any and all money and funds pertaining to parking facilities or related properties, including, without limiting the gen…

The powers of the commission under 7-14-4621(3) shall be subject to all limitations and rights applicable to similar employment by the city unless the legislative body by resolution shall otherwise determine.

(1) A parking commission may not acquire the property of a public entity without the entity's consent. (2) A parking commission or the city may not acquire an existing parking facility by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, as provided in Title 70, chapter 30, by a commi…

(1) Subject to the limitations imposed by this part, when in the judgment of the commission it is convenient or necessary to permit such use in order to utilize properly such land as a parking facility, each parking commission shall have power to lease for incidental commercial p…

The parking regulations issued pursuant to 7-14-4622(7) may include, without limiting the generality of this provision, the determination of: (1) parking locations; (2) variable parking durations; (3) variable parking rate schedules; and (4) enforcement policies and procedures.

(1) The commission or city may lease any project acquired by it under the provisions of this part to the highest responsible bidder after notice. (2) If the commission or city shall, by resolution entered upon its minutes, find and determine that the purposes of this part will no…

(1) The notice required by 7-14-4629(1) shall consist of the publication of a notice as provided in 7-1-2121 inviting bids. (2) Such notice shall distinctly and specifically describe the project and the facilities in connection therewith which are to be leased, the period of time…

(1) All parking facilities of a commission are subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the locality in which the parking facility is situated. (2) In the planning and location of any parking facility, a commission is…

In order that there may be no unnecessary duplication of effort or expense, the commission shall have access, for the purposes of the commission, to the services and facilities of the city planning department, the city engineer, the police department, the fire department, and suc…

The legislative body may by resolution provide for a sum to be paid annually by the commission to the city. This sum shall not exceed the amount the commission would be required to pay in ad valorem taxes if it were a private entity owning the same property and shall not be paid …

(1) The commission shall fix the rates, fees, and all other charges to be made for all projects, services, or facilities furnished, acquired, constructed, or completed under this part for the use thereof by any persons or public or private agencies utilizing such projects, servic…