Title 10, Utah Municipal Code

10-2a-204.3. Notice to property owners -- First public hearing. (1) The county clerk shall: (a) 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 …

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: (a) "Owner" means a person having an interest in real property, including an affiliate, subsidiary, or parent company. (b) "Specified land…

10-2a-205. Feasibility study -- Feasibility study consultant -- Qualifications for proceeding with incorporation. (1)(a) 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): …

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: (a) "Applicable community council" means the community council that represents the communi…

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)(a) The sponsors of a feasibility request may modify the request to alter the boundaries…

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 10-2a-207, individuals within the proposed municipality may proceed…

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 10-2a-208, the county clerk shall: (a)(i) use the procedures described in Sectio…

10-2a-210. Incorporation election -- Notice of election -- Voter information pamphlet. (1)(a) If the county clerk certifies a petition for incorporation under Subsection 10-2a-209(1)(b), the lieutenant governor shall schedule an incorporation election for the proposed municipalit…

10-2a-211. Ballot used in incorporation election. (1)(a) The ballot used in an incorporation election described in Section 10-2a-210 shall pose the incorporation question substantially as follows: "Shall the area described as (insert a description of the proposed municipality) be…

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 10-2a-213…

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: (a) unless a primary el…

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 10-2a-215, the county clerk shall send written notice to the lieutenan…

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: (a) within 30 days after the day of the ca…

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

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 10-2a-217, continue to: (a) le…

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

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 10-2a-502, the lieutenant governor…

10-2a-504. Feasibility study -- Feasibility study consultant -- Qualifications for proceeding with incorporation. (1) Unless the lieutenant governor rescinds the certification under Subsection 10-2a-503(5)(b), the lieutenant governor shall, within 90 days after the day on which t…

10-2a-505. Modified feasibility request -- Supplemental feasibility study. (1)(a) 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 gov…

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 10-2a-504(4), the lieutenant governor shall, after receipt of the results of the feasibility study o…

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 10-2a-506, the owners of the property who filed the feasibility request under Sectio…

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 10-2a-507, the lieutenant governor shall: (a) determine whether the petit…

10-2a-509. Governance of preliminary municipality -- Utilities -- Road maintenance. (1)(a) Within 30 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor issues a certificate of incorporation described in Subsection 10-2a-508(1)(b)(i), the county in which the preliminary municipal…

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…

10-3-1001. Subordinates in police, health, and fire departments to be appointed from list. Subject to the rules and regulations of the civil service commission, the head of the police and fire departments of each first and second class city that establishes a civil service commis…

10-3-1002. Classified civil service -- Places of employment constituting classified civil service -- Appointments to and from classified civil service. (1) The classified civil service shall consist of all places of employment now existing or hereafter created in or under the pol…

10-3-1003. Civil service commission -- Number, term, vacancies. (1)(a) A city of the first or second class may establish a civil service commission under this part. (b) A city that establishes a civil service commission under this part may dissolve the civil service commission. (…

10-3-1004. Qualifications of commissioners -- Salary -- Removal. (1) No member of the civil service commission shall during the member's tenure of office hold any other public office, or be a candidate for any other public office. (2) Each member shall receive $25 for each meetin…

10-3-1005. Organization of commission -- Secretary -- Offices. (1) The civil service commission shall organize by selecting one of its members chairman, and shall appoint as secretary one of the available officers or employees of the city, who shall act and serve without addition…

10-3-1006. Rules and regulations -- Printing and distribution. (1) The civil service commission shall make all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this part and for examinations, appointments and promotions. (2) All rules and regulations shall be printed …

10-3-1007. Examinations. (1) All applicants for employment in the classified civil service shall be subject to examination, which shall be public, competitive and free. (2) Examinations shall be held at such times and places as the civil service commission shall from time to time…

10-3-1008. Appointments from civil service list -- Probation period. (1) In all cases the appointing power shall notify the civil service commission of each separate position to be filled, and shall fill such place by the appointment of one of the persons certified by the commiss…

10-3-1009. Certification of applicants for position -- Number -- Eligible lists, removal. (1) If a position in the classified civil service is to be filled, the civil service commission shall as soon as possible certify to the appointing power the names of: (a) 10 persons, if the…

10-3-1010. Promotions -- Basis -- Certification of applicants. (1) The civil service commission shall provide for promotion in the classified civil service on the basis of ascertained merit, seniority in service and standing obtained by competitive examination, and shall provide,…

10-3-1011. Temporary employees. The head of each department, with the advice and consent of the board of city commissioners, may employ any person for temporary work only, without making the appointment from the certified list, but the appointment may not be longer than one month…

10-3-1012. Suspension or discharge by department head -- Appeal to commission -- Hearing and decision. (1)(a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), all persons in the classified civil service may be suspended as provided in Section 10-3-912, or removed from office or employment by the he…

10-3-1012.5. Appeal to Court of Appeals -- Scope of review. (1) Any final action or order of the commission may be appealed to the Court of Appeals for review. (2) The notice of appeal shall be filed within 30 days of the issuance of the final action or order of the commission. (…

10-3-1013. Annual and special reports by commission. The civil service commission shall in December of each year make an annual report to the board of city commissioners and shall make as many special reports as the board of city commissioners shall request.

10-3-1103. Sickness, disability, and death benefits. (1) As used in this section, "miscarriage" means the spontaneous or accidental loss of a fetus, regardless of the gestational age or the duration of the pregnancy. (2) The governing body of each municipality may maintain as to …

10-3-1104. Library personnel -- Monthly wage deductions and matching sums -- Time of inclusion. (1)(a) The librarians, assistants and employees of any public library may, at the discretion of the board of directors of the library, be included within and participate in the pension…

10-3-1105. Municipal employees -- Duration and termination of employment -- Exceptions. (1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b) or (2), each employee of a municipality shall hold employment without limitation of time, being subject to discharge, suspension of over two days…