Title 10, Title 10: Utah Municipal Code

10-7-14.1. Declaration of public policy. (1) Whereas, the purification of drinking water and the treatment of raw sewage are important to public health and welfare and create an unusual need for money with which to create proper facilities for the protection of the people of the …

10-7-14.3. Time limit for cities of first class. In cities of the first class the authority to levy an additional .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property above the overall limitation provided by Sectionshall be limited to a period of 10 years from the date of the fi…

10-7-15. Sale or lease of electrical generation and distribution system -- Appraisal and vote required -- Manner of conducting the election. (1) Before selling or leasing in their entirety the works and plant constructed, purchased, or used by the municipality for the purpose of …

10-7-16. Call for bids -- Notice -- Contents. (1) Before holding an election under Subsection, the municipal legislative body shall open to bid the sale or lease of the property mentioned in Section. 10-7-15(1)(a)(ii) 10-7-15 The municipal legislative body shall publish notice of…

10-7-17. Opening of bids -- Amount to equal or exceed appraised value and amount of outstanding indebtedness. At the time and place mentioned in the notice under Section, all bids received by the municipal legislative body for the property sought to be sold or leased shall be ope…

10-7-18. Disposition of money received. (1) All money received from the sale of property under Sectionsthroughshall be kept in a separate fund, and may not be expended, or mixed with other funds of the city or town, until all bonds and other indebtedness issued for the purchase o…

10-7-19. Election to authorize -- Notice -- Ballots. (1) Subject to Subsection, the board of commissioners or city council of any city, or the board of trustees of any incorporated town, may aid and encourage the building of railroads by granting to any railroad company, for depo…

10-7-20.5. Restrictions on municipality procurement of architect-engineer services. (1) As used in this section, "architect-engineer services" means those professional services within the scope of the practice of architecture as defined in Section, or professional engineering as …

10-7-26. Streets and alleys used by railway companies. (1) As used in this section and in Sections,,,,, and, the terms "railway company" or "street railway company" means any company which owns or operates railway tracks on, along or across a street or alley in any city or town. …

10-7-27. Street railway companies to restore streets. (1) Every street railway company shall at its own expense restore the pavement, including the foundation thereof, of every street disturbed by it in the construction, reconstruction, removal or repair of its tracks, to the sam…

10-7-29. Railway companies to repave streets. (1) All railway companies shall be required to pave or repave at their own cost all the space between their different rails and tracks and also a space two feet wide outside of the outer rails of the outside tracks in any city or town…

10-7-3. Participation in and cooperation with local health department -- Adoption of ordinances. Each municipality shall participate in and cooperate with the local health department operating in the county in which the municipality is located. The municipality shall cooperate wi…

10-7-30. Failure to pay for repairs -- Lien on company's property. (1) In the event of the refusal of any company to pave, repave, or repair as required in this section when so directed, upon the paving or repaving of any street upon which the company's track is laid, the municip…

10-7-31. Sale of property to satisfy claims for special taxes. (1) The city treasurer may: seize any personal property belonging to any company described in Sectionto satisfy a delinquent political subdivision lien described in Section; and 10-7-30 10-7-30 sell the seized persona…

10-7-32. Actions to recover taxes. (1) It shall also be competent for any municipality to bring a civil action against any party owning or operating any such railway liable to pay such taxes to recover the amount thereof, or any part thereof, delinquent and unpaid, in any court h…

10-7-33. Delinquent taxes -- Installment payments -- Election and waiver. (1) It shall be competent for the governing body, upon the written application of any company owning any such railway, to provide that such special taxes shall become delinquent and be payable in installmen…

10-7-4. Water supply -- Acquisition -- Condemnation -- Protest -- Special election -- Determination of just compensation. (1) The board of commissioners, city council or board of trustees of any city or town may acquire, purchase or lease all or any part of any water, waterworks …

10-7-5. Limitations on lease or purchase. It is not lawful for any city or town to lease or purchase any part of such waterworks less than the whole, or to lease the same, unless the contract therefor shall provide that the city or town shall have control thereof and that the net…

10-7-6. Contracts for lighting public buildings, streets, and alleys. The board of commissioners, city council, or the board of trustees may enter into a contract on behalf of the city or town for the lighting of its public buildings, streets, alleys, and other public places for …

10-7-65. Party plaintiff -- Successive actions permitted. (1) All actions brought to recover any fine or to enforce any penalty under an ordinance of a city or town shall be brought in the corporate name of the city or town as plaintiff. (2) No prosecution, recovery, or acquittal…

10-7-66. Fines and forfeitures to be paid to treasurer -- Exceptions. Except where otherwise provided by law in relation to fines, fees, and forfeitures imposed or received by a court of this state, all fines and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances shall be paid into the …

10-7-67. Pleading -- Reference to ordinance -- Judgment enforced by imprisonment. (1) In all actions for the violation of any ordinance it shall be sufficient if the complaint refers to the title and section of the ordinance under which such action is brought. (2) Any person upon…

10-7-68. Service of process and arrests. Any peace officer may serve any process or make any arrest authorized to be made by any city or town officer.

10-7-69. Corporations may be complained against. A corporation violating any of the provisions of a city or town ordinance may be complained against the same as a natural person.

10-7-7. Bond issues for water, light, and sewers. (1) A city of the first or second class may incur an indebtedness, not exceeding in the aggregate with all other indebtedness 8% of the value of the taxable property in the city, for the purpose of supplying the city with water, a…

10-7-70. Corporate violation -- Summons -- Forms. Whenever complaint is made against a corporation for violation of a city or town ordinance summons shall be issued thereon substantially in the following form:

10-7-71. Corporate violation -- Summons -- Time and manner of service. The summons and copy of complaint shall be served at least 24 hours before the hour of appearance fixed therein by delivering to and leaving a copy thereof with the president or other head of the corporation, …

10-7-72. Appearance by agent of corporation -- Bench warrant for default. (1) At the time appointed in the summons, the corporation shall appear by agent or attorney and plead thereto the same as a natural person. (2) In case no appearance is made on or before the hour appointed,…

10-7-73. Corporate violation -- Hearing -- Penalty imposed to be a fine. After the plea of the corporation is entered the court shall fix a time for the hearing of the cause, and thereafter the proceedings therein shall be the same as in the cases of natural persons charged with …

10-7-74. Execution on judgment against corporation. Whenever a fine and costs, either or both, shall be imposed upon a corporation upon conviction for a violation of a city or town ordinance, judgment therefor may be collected on execution issued out of the court in the same mann…

10-7-76. Payment of witness fees and mileage. Whenever a criminal action arising out of the violation of a city or town ordinance is tried on appeal, the per diems and mileage of witnesses for the prosecution shall be paid out of the treasury of the city or town in which such act…

10-7-79. Power of board of city commissioners or council to provide for development of resources. The boards of city commissioners or city councils of the respective cities within the state are authorized and empowered to provide for the development of the city's mineral, water, …

10-7-8. Resolution on bond issue -- Election as provided by Local Government Bonding Act. (1) When the board of commissioners, city council or the town board of trustees of any city or town shall have decided that incurring such bonded indebtedness is advisable, it shall by resol…

10-7-80. Development committee -- Appointment of members -- Terms, compensation and expenses, vacancies and removal of members. (1) The board of city commissioners or council of any city within the state is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint by resolution an unpaid commis…

10-7-81. Development committee -- Election of officers -- Employment of executive director. The city resource development committee may elect such officers from its members as it may deem advisable and may, with consent and approval of the board of city commissioners or council, …

10-7-82. Development committee -- Functions. It shall be the function of the city resource development committee to assist in the development of the city's mineral, water, manpower, industrial and other resources, and to make such recommendations to the board of city commissioner…

10-7-83. Power of board of city commissioners or council to contract with other authorities. The board of city commissioners or council may co-operate with and enter into contracts with other municipalities, local communities and counties for the purpose of promoting the developm…

10-7-84. Expenditure of city funds authorized. The board of city commissioners or council may expend city funds as are deemed advisable to carry out the purposes of this part.

10-7-85. Support of the arts. The governing body of any municipality may provide for and appropriate funds for the support of the arts, including music, dance, theatre, crafts and visual, folk and literary art, for the purpose of enriching the lives of its residents and may estab…

10-7-86. Municipality may adopt Utah Procurement Code -- Hiring of professional architect, engineer, or surveyor. (1) The governing body of any municipality may adopt any or all of the provisions of, or the rules promulgated pursuant to that code. Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Proc…

10-7-87. Cities authorized to contract with constables. (1) A city may contract with a constable to provide services described in Title, Constables, the same as if the city were a county. 17, Chapter 78, Part 6 (2) A constable that is contracted with a city shall comply with the …

10-7-88. Municipalities to approve, protect certain protection areas. A municipality shall comply with the following provisions of Title, Agriculture, Industrial, and Critical Infrastructure Materials, the same as if the municipality were a county: (1) Section, Definitions; 17-81…

10-7-9. Sale of bonds -- Amount -- Tax levy to pay interest -- Utility rates -- Sinking fund -- Serial or term bonds. (1) The board of commissioners, city council or board of trustees as the case may be shall provide by ordinance for the issuance and disposal of such bonds; provi…