Title 10, Title 10: Utah Municipal Code

10-2a-107. Effect of incorporation of community council area. (1) As used in this section: "Service area" means the area for which a service provider provided municipal services to an unincorporated island immediately before the incorporation of a community council municipality t…

10-2a-201.5. Qualifications for incorporation. (1) An area may incorporate as a town in accordance with this part if the area: is contiguous; or is a community council area; has a population of at least 75 people, but fewer than 1,000 people; and is not already part of a municipa…

10-2a-202. Feasibility request -- Requirements -- Limitations.-- Request to Utah Population Committee. (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the process to incorporate an unincorporated area as a municipality is initiated by an individual filing a feasibility request, with the county cl…

10-2a-204. Processing a feasibility request -- Certification or rejection -- Processing priority. (1) Within 45 days after the day on which an individual files a feasibility request under Section, the county clerk shall: 10-2a-202 determine whether the feasibility request complie…

10-2a-204.3. Notice to property owners -- First public hearing. (1) The county clerk shall: hold the first public hearing in relation to the proposed incorporation, at a location approved by the lieutenant governor, no later than 30 days after the day on which the lieutenant gove…

10-2a-204.5. Notice to owner of property -- Exclusion or inclusion of property from or in proposed municipality. (1) As used in this section: "Owner" means a person having an interest in real property, including an affiliate, subsidiary, or parent company. "Specified landowner" m…

10-2a-205. Feasibility study -- Feasibility study consultant -- Qualifications for proceeding with incorporation. (1) The lieutenant governor shall, within 10 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor certifies a feasibility request under Subsection: 10-2a-204(5)(a) est…

10-2a-205.5. Additional feasibility consultant considerations for proposed incorporation of community council area -- Additional feasibility study requirements. (1) As used in this section: "Applicable community council" means the community council that represents the community c…

10-2a-206. Modified feasibility request -- Supplemental feasibility study. (1) As used in this section, "specified landowner" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 10-2a-204.5 (2) The sponsors of a feasibility request may modify the request to alter the boundaries of…

10-2a-207. Additional public hearings on feasibility study results -- Notice of hearings. (1) As used in this section, "specified landowner" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 10-2a-204.5 (2) If the results of the feasibility study or supplemental feasibility stud…

10-2a-208. Petition for incorporation -- Requirements and form -- Removal of signature. (1) At any time within one year after the day on which the county clerk completes the public hearings required under Section, individuals within the proposed municipality may proceed with the …

10-2a-209. Processing of petition by county clerk -- Certification or rejection -- Petition modification. (1) Within 45 days after the day on which a petition for incorporation is filed under Section, the county clerk shall: 10-2a-208 use the procedures described in Sectiontodete…

10-2a-210. Incorporation election -- Notice of election -- Voter information pamphlet. (1) If the county clerk certifies a petition for incorporation under Subsection, the lieutenant governor shall schedule an incorporation election for the proposed municipality described in the …

10-2a-211. Ballot used in incorporation election. (1) The ballot used in an incorporation election described in Sectionshall pose the incorporation question substantially as follows:"Shall the area described as (insert a description of the proposed municipality) be incorporated a…

10-2a-212. Notification to lieutenant governor of incorporation election results. Within 10 days after the day on which the county conducts a canvass of the incorporation election, the county clerk shall send written notice to the lieutenant governor of: (1) the results of the el…

10-2a-213. Determination of number of council members -- Determination of election districts -- Hearings and notice. (1) If the incorporation proposal passes, the sponsors of the petition for incorporation shall, within 30 days after the day on which the county conducts the canva…

10-2a-214. Notice of number of commission or council members to be elected and of district boundaries -- Declaration of candidacy for municipal office. (1) Within 20 days after the day on which a county legislative body receives the determination described in Subsection, the coun…

10-2a-215. Election of officers of new municipality -- Primary and final election dates -- Notice of election -- County clerk duties -- Candidate duties -- Occupation of office. (1) For the election of municipal officers, the county legislative body shall: unless a primary electi…

10-2a-216. Notification to lieutenant governor of election of municipal officers. Within 10 days after the day on which the county conducts the canvass of the final election of municipal officers under Section, the county clerk shall send written notice to the lieutenant governor…

10-2a-217. Filing of notice and approved final local entity plat with lieutenant governor -- Effective date of incorporation -- Necessity of recording documents and effect of not recording. (1) The mayor of the future municipality shall: within 30 days after the day of the canvas…

10-2a-218. Powers of officers-elect. (1) After the county conducts the canvass of the final election of municipal officers under Section, and until the future municipality becomes legally incorporated, the officers of the future municipality may: 10-2a-215 prepare and adopt, unde…

10-2a-219. Division of municipal service revenues -- County may provide startup funds. (1) The county in which an area incorporating under this part is located shall, until the day on which the municipality's incorporation is effective under Section, continue to: 10-2a-217 levy a…

10-2a-220. Costs of incorporation -- Fees established by lieutenant governor. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Municipal Incorporation Expendable Special Revenue Fund." The fund shall consist of: appropriations from the Legislature; payments t…

10-2a-501. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Affordable housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross income of the applicable municipal or county statistical area for hous…

10-2a-502. Incorporation of a preliminary municipality -- Feasibility request -- Requirements. (1) A person may apply to incorporate an area as a preliminary municipality by filing a feasibility request in accordance with this section. (2) Subject to Subsection (6), a person may …

10-2a-503. Processing a feasibility request -- Certification or rejection -- Processing priority -- Determination by the Utah Population Committee. (1) Within 45 days after the day on which an individual files a feasibility request under Section, the lieutenant governor shall: 10…

10-2a-504. Feasibility study -- Feasibility study consultant -- Qualifications for proceeding with incorporation. (1) Unless the lieutenant governor rescinds the certification under Subsection, the lieutenant governor shall, within 90 days after the day on which the lieutenant go…

10-2a-505. Modified feasibility request -- Supplemental feasibility study. (1) The sponsors of a feasibility request may modify the request to alter the boundaries of the proposed preliminary municipality area and refile the modified feasibility request with the lieutenant govern…

10-2a-506. Public hearings on feasibility study results -- Notice of hearings. (1) If the results of the feasibility study or supplemental feasibility study comply with Subsection, the lieutenant governor shall, after receipt of the results of the feasibility study or supplementa…

10-2a-507. Petition for incorporation -- Requirements and form. (1) At any time within one year after the day on which the lieutenant governor completes the public hearings required under Section, the owners of the property who filed the feasibility request under Sectionfor the p…

10-2a-508. Processing of petition by lieutenant governor -- Certification or rejection -- Petition modification. (1) Within 45 days after the day on which a petition for incorporation is filed under Section, the lieutenant governor shall: 10-2a-507 determine whether the petition …

10-2a-509. Governance of preliminary municipality -- Utilities -- Road maintenance. (1) Within 30 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor issues a certificate of incorporation described in Subsection, the county in which the preliminary municipality is located shall a…

10-2a-510. Transitioning from a preliminary municipality to a town -- Petition -- Election of officers. (1) Within 30 days after the day on which the population of a preliminary municipality exceeds 99 people, a person who filed the application to incorporate as a preliminary mun…