Title 10, Title 10: Utah Municipal Code

10-20-604. Private maintenance of public access amenities prohibited. (1) As used in this section: "Public access amenity" means a physical feature like a trail or recreation area that a municipality designates for public access and use. "Retail water line" means the same as that…

10-20-605. Transferable development rights. (1) A municipality may adopt an ordinance: designating sending zones and receiving zones located wholly within the municipality; designating a sending zone if the area described in the sending zone is located, at least in part, within t…

10-20-606. Changes to rental dwelling units-- Egress windows. (1) As used in this section: "Internal accessory dwelling unit" means an accessory dwelling unit created: within a primary dwelling; within the footprint of the primary dwelling described in Subsectionat the time the i…

10-20-607. Termination of a billboard and associated rights. (1) A municipality may only require termination of a billboard and associated rights through: gift; purchase; agreement; exchange; or eminent domain. (2) A termination under Subsection,,, orrequires the voluntary consen…

10-20-608. Municipality's acquisition of billboard by eminent domain -- Removal without providing compensation -- Limit on allowing nonconforming billboards to be rebuilt or replaced -- Validity of municipal permit after issuance of state permit. (1) As used in this section: "Cle…

10-20-609. Regulation of amateur radio antennas. (1) A municipality may not enact or enforce an ordinance that does not comply with the ruling of the Federal Communications Commission in "Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 FCC 2nd 952 (1985)" or a regulation related to amateur radio s…

10-20-610. Regulation and licensing of residential facilities for persons with disabilities. (1) A municipality may only regulate a residential facility for persons with disabilities to the extent allowed by:, and applicable jurisprudence; Title 57, Chapter 21, Utah Fair Housing …

10-20-611. Wetlands. (1) A municipality may not designate or treat any land as wetlands unless the United States Army Corps of Engineers or other agency of the federal government has designated the land as wetlands. (2) A land use authority that issues a land use permit that affe…

10-20-612. Refineries. (1) As used in this section, "develop" or "development" means: the construction, alteration, or improvement of land, including any related moving, demolition, or excavation outside of a refinery property boundary; the subdivision of land for a non-industria…

10-20-613. High tunnels -- Exemption from municipal regulation. (1) As used in this section, "high tunnel" means a structure that: is not a permanent structure; is used for the growing, keeping, storing, sale, or shelter of an agricultural commodity; and has a: metal, wood, or pl…

10-20-614. Cannabis production establishments, medical cannabis pharmacies, and industrial hemp producer licensee. (1) As used in this section: "Cannabis production establishment" means the same as that term is defined in Sectionand includes a closed-door medical cannabis pharmac…

10-20-615. Specified public utility located in a municipal utility easement. A specified public utility may exercise each power of a public utility under Sectionif the specified public utility uses an easement: (1) with the consent of a municipality; and (2) that is located withi…

10-20-616. Utility service connections. (1) A municipality may not enact an ordinance, a resolution, or a policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of an energy utility service provided by a public utility as that term is defined in S…

10-20-617. Infrastructure improvements involving roadways. (1) As used in this section: "Low impact development" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 19-5-108.5 "Pavement" means the bituminous or concrete surface of a roadway. "Pavement" does not include a curb or g…

10-20-618. Regulation of building design elements prohibited -- Regulation of parking spaces prohibited -- Exceptions. (1) As used in this section: "Affordable housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy that is priced at 80% of the county median home price. "Buildi…

10-20-619. Water wise landscaping -- Municipal landscaping regulations. (1) As used in this section: "Lawn or turf" means nonagricultural land planted in closely mowed, managed grasses. "Mulch" means material such as rock, bark, wood chips, or other materials left loose and appli…

10-20-620. Land use compatibility with military use. (1) As used in this section: "Department" means the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs. "Military" means a branch of the armed forces of the United States, including the Utah National Guard. "Military land" means the f…

10-20-621. Modular building. (1) Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act, governs regulations related to the construction, transportation, installation, inspection, fees, and enforcement related to modular building. (2) A municipality may adopt an ordinance regulating mo…

10-20-622. Operation of a tower crane. (1) As used in this section: "Affected land" means a parcel of land over which a part of a tower crane travels, other than the parcel on which the tower crane is located. "Airspace approval" means a license, easement, permission of the owner…

10-20-623. Residential rear setback limitations. (1) As used in this section: "Allowable feature" means: a landing or walkout porch that: is no more than 32 square feet in size; and is used for ingress to and egress from the rear of the residential dwelling; or a window well. "La…

10-20-624. Digital asset mining -- Zoning restrictions. (1) As used in this section: "Digital asset" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 7-29-101 "Digital asset mining" means using computer hardware and software specifically designed or utilized for validating data…

10-20-625. Model homes and open houses. (1) As used in this section: "Model home" means: a single-family home that the homebuilder uses to promote the sale or lease of another single-family home; or a unit within a multi-family residential structure that the owner uses to promote…

10-20-626. Structure height. (1) A municipality may regulate: the number of habitable stories that a structure may contain; and the overall height of a structure. (2) If a land use authority approved a land use application for a commercial lodging structure on or before September…

10-20-701. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Commercial quantities," for purposes of this section, means critical infrastructure materials: extracted or processed by a commercial enterprise in the ordinary course of business; and in a sufficient amount that the critical inf…

10-20-702. Vested critical infrastructure materials use -- Presumption. (1) A critical infrastructure materials use is presumed to be a vested critical infrastructure materials use if the critical infrastructure materials use meets the definition of vested critical infrastructure…

10-20-703. Rights of a critical infrastructure materials operator with a vested critical infrastructure materials use. (1) Notwithstanding a political subdivision's prohibition, restriction, or other limitation on a critical infrastructure materials use adopted after the establis…

10-20-704. Abandonment of a vested critical infrastructure materials use. (1) A critical infrastructure materials operator may abandon some or all of a vested critical infrastructure materials use only as provided in this section. (2) To abandon some or all of a vested critical i…

10-20-801. Enactment of subdivision ordinance. (1) The legislative body of a municipality may enact ordinances requiring that a subdivision plat comply with the provisions of the municipality's ordinances and this part before: the subdivision plat may be filed and recorded in the…

10-20-802. Planning commission preparation and recommendation of subdivision ordinance -- Adoption or rejection by legislative body. (1) A planning commission shall: review and provide a recommendation to the legislative body on any proposed ordinance that regulates the subdivisi…

10-20-803. Plat required when land is subdivided -- Approval of plat -- Owner acknowledgment, surveyor certification, and underground utility facility owner verification of plat -- Recording plat. (1) As used in this section: "Facility owner" means the same as that term is define…

10-20-804. Subdivision plat approval procedure -- Effect of not complying. (1) A person may not submit a subdivision plat to the county recorder's office for recording unless: the person has complied with the requirements of Subsection; 10-20-803(6)(a) the plat has been approved …

10-20-805. Process for subdivision review and approval. (1) As used in this section, an "administrative land use authority" means an individual, board, or commission, appointed or employed by a municipality, including municipal staff or a municipal planning commission. "Administr…

10-20-806. Review of subdivision applications and subdivision improvement plans. (1) As used in this section: "Review cycle" means the occurrence of: the applicant's submittal of a complete subdivision application; the municipality's review of that subdivision application; the mu…

10-20-807. Subdivision plat recording or development activity before required landscaping or infrastructure is completed -- Improvement completion assurance -- Improvement warranty. (1) As used in this section: "Private landscaping plan" means a proposal: to install landscaping o…

10-20-808. Exemptions from plat requirement. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a plat is not required if: a municipality establishes a process to approve an administrative land use decision for a subdivision of 10 or fewer parcels without a plat; and the municipalit…

10-20-809. Common area parcels on a plat -- No separate ownership -- Ownership interest equally divided among other parcels on plat and included in description of other parcels. (1) As used in this section: "Association" means the same as that term is defined in: regarding a comm…

10-20-810. Dedication by plat of public streets and other public places. (1) A plat that is signed, dedicated, and acknowledged by each owner of record, and approved according to the procedures specified in this part, operates, when recorded, as a dedication of all public streets…

10-20-811. Subdivision amendments. (1) A fee owner of land, as shown on the last county assessment roll, in a subdivision that has been laid out and platted as provided in this part may file a petition with the land use authority to request a subdivision amendment. Upon filing a …

10-20-812. Land use authority approval of vacation or amendment of plat -- Recording the amended plat. (1) The land use authority may approve the vacation or amendment of a plat by signing an amended plat showing the vacation or amendment if the land use authority finds that: the…

10-20-813. Petition to vacate a public street. (1) In lieu of vacating some or all of a public street through a plat or amended plat in accordance with Sectionsthrough, a legislative body may approve a petition to vacate a public street in accordance with this section. 10-20-803 …

10-20-814. Restrictions for solar and other energy devices. The land use authority may refuse to approve or renew any plat, subdivision plan, or dedication of any street or other ground, if deed restrictions, covenants, or similar binding agreements running with the land for the …

10-20-815. Prohibited acts regarding subdivisions. (1) If a subdivision requires a plat, an owner of any land located in a subdivision who transfers or sells any land in that subdivision before a plat of the subdivision has been approved and recorded violates this part for each l…

10-20-816. Notice of subdivision located near vested critical infrastructure materials operation. For any new subdivision development located in whole or in part within 1,000 feet of the boundary of a vested critical infrastructure materials operations created under Part 7, Veste…

10-20-901. Land use authority requirements -- Nature of land use decision. (1) A land use authority shall apply the plain language of land use regulations. (2) If a land use regulation does not plainly restrict a land use application, the land use authority shall interpret and ap…

10-20-902. Applicant's entitlement to land use application approval -- Municipality's requirements and limitations -- Vesting upon submission of development plan and schedule. (1) An applicant who has submitted a complete land use application as described in Subsection, including…

10-20-903. Historic preservation authority. (1) A legislative body may designate a historic preservation authority. A legislative body may not designate the legislative body or the municipality's governing body as a historic preservation authority. (2) In making administrative de…