10-2-801. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Affected area" means an annexed area or area proposed for annexation.
(2) "Affected entity" means: a county of the first or second class in whose unincorporated area the area proposed for annexation is located; a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class in whose unincorporated area the area proposed for annexation is located, if the area includes residents or commercial or industrial development; a special district under, or special service district under, whose boundary includes any part of an area proposed for annexation; Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act a school district whose boundary includes any part of an area proposed for annexation, if the boundary is proposed to be adjusted as a result of the annexation; and a municipality whose boundaries are within 1/2 mile of an area proposed for annexation.
(3) "Annexation action" means: the enactment of an ordinance annexing an unincorporated area; the enactment of an ordinance approving a boundary adjustment by each of the municipalities involved in the boundary adjustment; or an automatic annexation that occurs on July 1, 2027, under Subsection. 10-2-814(5)
(4) "Annexation petition" means a petition under Sectionproposing the annexation to a municipality of a contiguous, unincorporated area that is contiguous to the municipality. 10-2-806
(5) "Annexing municipality" means: the municipality that annexes an unincorporated area; or the municipality to which an unincorporated island is automatically annexed under Section. 10-2-814
(6) "Applicable legislative body" means: the legislative body of each municipality that enacts an ordinance under this part approving the annexation of an unincorporated area or the adjustment of a boundary; or the legislative body of a municipality to which an unincorporated island is automatically annexed under Section. 10-2-814
(7) "Expansion area" means the unincorporated area that is identified in an annexation policy plan under Sectionas the area that the municipality anticipates annexing in the future. 10-2-803
(8) "Feasibility consultant" means a person or firm with expertise in the processes and economics of local government.
(9) "Mining protection area" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 17-41-101
(10) "Municipal records officer" means a: city recorder; or town clerk.
(11) "Municipal selection committee" means a committee in each county composed of the mayor of each municipality within that county.
(12) "Owner of real property" means: the record title owner according to the records of the county recorder on the date of the filing of the petition or protest; or the lessee of military land, as defined in Section, if the area proposed for annexation includes military land that is within a project area described in a project area plan adopted by the military installation development authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, Military Installation Development Authority Act. 63H-1-102
(13) "Private," with respect to real property, means not owned by: the United States or any agency of the federal government; the state; a county; a municipality; a school district; a special district under; Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts a special service district under; or Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act any other political subdivision or governmental entity of the state.
(14) "Rural real property" means a group of contiguous tax parcels, or a single tax parcel, that: are under common ownership; consist of no less than 1,000 total acres; are zoned for manufacturing or agricultural purposes; and do not have a residential unit density greater than one unit per acre. "Rural real property" includes any portion of private real property, if the private real property: qualifies as rural real property under Subsection; and (14)(a) consists of more than 1,500 total acres.
(15) "Specified county" means a county of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class.
(16) "Unincorporated peninsula" means an unincorporated area: that is part of a larger unincorporated area; that extends from the rest of the unincorporated area of which it is a part; that is surrounded by land that is within a municipality, except where the area connects to and extends from the rest of the unincorporated area of which it is a part; and whose width, at any point where a straight line may be drawn from a place where it borders a municipality to another place where it borders a municipality, is no more than 25% of the boundary of the area where it borders a municipality.
(17) "Urban development" means: a housing development with more than 15 residential units and an average density greater than one residential unit per acre; or a commercial or industrial development for which cost projections exceed $750,000 for all phases.