Title 10, Title 10: Utah Municipal Code

10-3-706. Revision of ordinances. (1) The governing body by resolution may authorize and direct the mayor to appoint, with the advice and consent of the governing body, one or more persons to prepare and submit to the governing body a compilation, revision or codification of muni…

10-3-707. Power to codify ordinances. Any municipality is hereby empowered to revise, codify and compile from time to time and to publish in book, pamphlet or looseleaf form all ordinances of the municipality of a general and permanent character and to make such changes, alterati…

10-3-708. Arrangement of ordinances. The ordinances in the revision, codification and compilation shall be arranged in such order as the governing body may decide and may exclude the titles, enacting clauses, signatures of a mayor or mayor pro tempore of the governing board, atte…

10-3-709. Repeal of conflicting provisions -- Title. (1) Such revision shall be by one ordinance embracing all ordinances of a general and permanent character preserved as changed or added to and perfected by the revision, codification and compilation and shall be a repeal of all…

10-3-710. Publication in book, pamphlet, or looseleaf form -- State statutes. (1) Ordinances revised, codified, compiled and published in book, pamphlet or looseleaf form by authority of the governing body need not be printed or published in any other manner, except that the ordi…

10-3-711. Publication and posting of ordinances. (1) Before an ordinance may take effect, the legislative body of each municipality adopting an ordinance, except an ordinance enacted under Section,,,, or, shall: 10-3-706 10-3-707 10-3-708 10-3-709 10-3-710 deposit a copy of the o…

10-3-712. Effective date. Ordinances shall become effective 20 days after publication or posting or 30 days after final passage by the governing body, whichever is closer to the date of final passage, but ordinances may become effective at an earlier or later date after publicati…

10-3-713. Recording, numbering, and certification of passage. (1) The municipal recorder shall record, in a book used exclusively for that purpose, all ordinances passed by the governing body. (2) The recorder shall give each ordinance a number, if the governing body has not alre…

10-3-714. Contents, dates, publication proved under seal. The contents of all municipal ordinances, the dates of passage, and the date of publication or posting may be proved by the certification of the municipal recorder under the seal of the municipality.

10-3-715. Municipal ordinances received in evidence. Whenever municipal ordinances are printed in book, pamphlet or looseleaf form and purport to be published by the authority of the governing body, the book, pamphlet or looseleaf shall be prima facie evidence of the contents, pa…

10-3-716. Fines and forfeitures -- Disposition. (1) All fines, penalties, and forfeitures for the violation of any ordinance, when collected, shall be paid in accordance with Section. 51-4-2 (2) A violation of this section constitutes a class C misdemeanor. (3) The retention or u…

10-3-717. Purpose of resolutions. Unless otherwise required by law, the governing body may: (1) exercise all administrative powers by resolution including: establishing water and sewer rates; establishing charges for garbage collection and fees charged for municipal services; est…

10-3-718. Form of resolution. Any resolution passed by the governing body of each municipality shall be in a form and contain sections substantially similar to that prescribed for ordinances.

10-3-719. Resolutions need no publication effective date. Resolutions may become effective without publication or posting and may take effect on passage or at a later date as the governing body may determine, but resolutions may not become effective more than three months from th…

10-3-801. Administrative powers in cities of the first class. The executive and administrative powers, authority and duties in cities of the first class shall be divided into and among five departments as follows: (1) Department of Public Affairs and Finance; (2) Department of Wa…

10-3-803. Officers limited to one office -- Exceptions. In cities of the first class, the mayor, commissioners, recorder and treasurer shall administer only one office under the city government, except that the offices of city recorder and auditor may be held by one person.

10-3-805. Administrative powers in cities of the second class. The administrative powers, authority and duties in cities of the second class shall be divided into five departments which shall be: (1) Department of Public Affairs and Finances. (2) Department of Water and Waterwork…

10-3-818. Salaries in municipalities -- Notice. (1) The elective and statutory officers of municipalities shall receive the compensation for their services that the governing body fixes by ordinance adopting compensation or compensation schedules enacted after public hearing. (2)…

10-3-826. Official neglect and misconduct class A misdemeanor -- Removal from office. In case any municipal officer shall at any time wilfully omit to perform any duty, or wilfully and corruptly be guilty of oppression, malconduct, misfeasance, or malfeasance in office, the perso…

10-3-827. Oaths. All officers of any municipality, whether elected or appointed, before entering on the duties of their respective offices shall take, subscribe and file the constitutional oath of office.

10-3-828. Oath -- Filing. (1) The oath of office required under this part shall be administered by any judge, notary public, or by the recorder of the municipality. (2) Elected officials shall take their oath of office at 12:00 noon on the first Monday in January following their …

10-3-829. Acts of officials not voided. No official act of any municipal officer shall be invalid for the reason that the officer failed to take the oath of office.

10-3-831. Crime insurance. (1) As used in this section, "municipal officer" means: the mayor; each member of the municipal legislative body; the municipal treasurer; and an individual whom the municipal legislative body requires to obtain crime insurance. (2) Except as provided i…

10-3-902. City engineer required to be licensed. Each person appointed as city engineer shall be a registered professional engineer under.

10-3-903. City engineer -- Custodian of records of public improvements. (1) The city engineer's office in cities of the first and the second class shall be an office of record for all maps, plans, plats, profiles, drawings, final estimates, specifications and contracts which in a…

10-3-904. Books and supplies -- Recording, filing, and inspection. and inspection -- Filing -- Inspection. (1) The city engineer's office shall be supplied with all necessary books, cases and supplies for recording and filing as required. (2) The city engineer shall record and fi…

10-3-905. Fees to be paid in advance. The city engineer may not record any drawings or instruments, or file any papers or notices, or furnish any copies, or render any service connected with his office, until the fees for the same are paid or tendered as prescribed by law or ordi…

10-3-906. Seal. The city engineer shall be provided with a seal by the city for the city engineer's use, containing the words "____City, Utah, Engineering Department." The seal shall be affixed to every certification approval.

10-3-907. Recordation not to interfere with other recordation. The recording or filing of any drawing or instrument in the city engineer's office may not interfere or conflict in any way with the recording or filing of the same in other offices of record.

10-3-908. Noncompliance a misdemeanor. Any city engineer who fails to comply with Sectionsthroughis guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

10-3-909. Police and fire departments in cities of the first and second class. Each city of the first or the second class shall provide police services and may create, support, maintain, and control a fire department in the city.

10-3-910. Heads of departments and subordinate officers. (1) The administration of the police and fire departments shall consist of a chief of each department and other officers, members, employees and agents as provided by ordinance or statute. (2) The heads of the police and fi…

10-3-912. Chief of department may suspend subordinates. (1) The chief of each department may at any time suspend any subordinate officers, members, employees, or agents employed therein when in his judgment the good of the service demands it, and during the time of suspension, th…

10-3-913. Authority of chief of police -- Oversight. (1) The chief of police has the same authority as the sheriff within the boundaries of the municipality of appointment. The chief has authority to: suppress riots, disturbances, and breaches of the peace; apprehend all persons …

10-3-914. Police officers -- Authority. (1) Within the boundaries of the municipality, police officers have the same authority as deputy sheriffs, including at all times the authority to preserve the public peace, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders, suppress riots, protec…

10-3-915. Rights to arrest without warrant. The members of the police force shall have the power and authority, without process, to arrest and take into custody any person who shall commit or threaten or attempt to commit in the presence of the officer, or within the officer's vi…

10-3-916. Appointment of recorder and treasurer in a city of third, fourth, or fifth class or a town -- Vacancies in office. (1) In each city of the third, fourth, or fifth class and in each town, the mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, shall appoint a qualifi…

10-3-917. Engineer in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or town. (1) The governing body of a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or a town may by ordinance establish the office of municipal engineer and prescribe the duties and obligations for that office which ar…

10-3-918. Chief of police or marshal in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or town. Subject to Subsection, the chief of police or marshal in each city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or town: (1) shall: exercise and perform the duties that are prescribed by the legi…

10-3-919. Powers, duties, and obligations of police chief, marshal, and their assistants in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or town. The chief of police, marshals, and their assistants in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or town shall have all of the powers…

10-3-928. Attorney duties -- Deputy attorneys. In cities with a city attorney, the city attorney: (1) may prosecute violations of city ordinances; (2) may prosecute, under state law, infractions and misdemeanors occurring within the boundaries of the municipality; (3) has the sam…

10-3b-101. Title. This chapter is known as "Forms of Municipal Government."

10-3b-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Council-mayor form of government" means the form of municipal government that: is provided for in Laws of Utah 1977, Chapter 48; may not be adopted without voter approval; and consists of two separate, independent, and equal b…

10-3b-103. Forms of municipal government -- Form of government for towns -- Former council-manager form. (1) A municipality operating on May 4, 2008, under the council-mayor form of government: shall, on and after May 5, 2008: operate under a council-mayor form of government, as …

10-3b-104. Powers and duties of mayor in six-member council and five-member council forms of government. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, the mayor in a municipality operating under a six-member council form of government or a five-member council form of government: (2) is t…

10-3b-105. Municipal council in six-member council and five-member council forms of government. In a municipality operating under a six-member council form of government or a five-member council form of government, the council: (1) is the legislative body of the municipality and …