Title 10, Title 10: Utah Municipal Code

10-2-608. Contents of notice. The notice required in the preceding section shall contain a summary of: (1) the contents of the resolutions or petitions for consolidation; (2) the consolidation plan; (3) where the resolutions or petitions and consolidation plan can be found; (4) t…

10-2-609. Election on consolidation. The election on consolidation shall be held as nearly as possible in the same manner as a general election.

10-2-610. Canvass of election -- Notice of results -- Filing of notice and plat -- Recording requirements. (1) The legislative body of each county in which a proposed consolidating municipality is located shall canvass the results of the election or elections in the same manner a…

10-2-611. When consolidation effective -- Disincorporation of original municipalities -- Effective date for assessment purposes. (1) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of consolidation under Section: 67-1a-6.5 the consolidation is effective; and the original…

10-2-612. New municipality -- Ownership of property -- Indebtedness of original municipalities. (1) Any consolidated municipality shall be deemed to be a continuation of the merged municipalities, except as herein expressly provided, and shall own all of the assets, property, rec…

10-2-613. Governing body until next election. (1) Until the next regular municipal election, the elected officials of the municipalities consolidated into the consolidated municipality shall constitute the governing body of the municipality. (2) The governing body shall elect one…

10-2-614. Ordinances, resolutions, and orders. (1) All ordinances, resolutions and orders, in force in any of the municipalities when it is consolidated, shall remain in full force and effect within the respective areas of the municipalities which existed prior to consolidation i…

10-2-701. Petition for disincorporation -- Validity -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- District court order for election. (1) Disincorporation of a municipality shall be initiated upon petition. (2) The petition shall bear signatures equal in numbe…

10-2-701.5. Form of petition. A petition for municipal disincorporation shall substantially comply with, and be circulated in, the following form:To the Honorable District Court of ____ County, Utah:We, the undersigned citizens and legal voters of the State of Utah, and residents…

10-2-702. District court to examine petition -- Set date for election. If the court determines that the petition is complete, the court shall set a date for the election to determine the question of dissolution which date shall be at least 60 but not more than 90 days after the p…

10-2-703. Providing notice of election. (1) Immediately after setting the date for the election, the court shall order for notice to be provided of the: petition; and date the election is to be held to determine the question of dissolution. (2) The notice described in Subsections…

10-2-704. Form of ballot. The form of the ballot used to vote on the issue of dissolution shall be separate from any other ballot and shall read substantially as follows:The voters shall mark their ballots with a cross (x) opposite the word "yes" or "no".

10-2-705. Judgment -- Determination of claims. (1) The vote shall be taken and canvassed in the same manner as in other municipal elections, and return thereof made to the district court. (2) If the district court finds that a majority of the votes cast favored dissolution, a jud…

10-2-706. Taxes to meet municipal obligations. (1) The court shall have power to wind down the affairs of the municipality, to dispose of its property as provided by law, and to make provisions for the payment of all indebtedness thereof and for the performance of its contracts a…

10-2-707. Disposition of records. (1) The books, documents, records, papers, and seal of any dissolved municipality shall be deposited with the county clerk for safekeeping and reference. (2) All court records of justice court judges shall be deposited with a justice court judge …

10-2-708. Notice of disincorporation. When a municipality has been dissolved, the clerk of the court shall provide notice of the dissolution for the county, as a class B notice under Section, for at least four weeks.

10-2-709. Expenses of election. The expenses of the election, of winding down the affairs and of dissolving the municipality, shall be the obligation of the municipality and shall be paid by it.

10-2-710. Limitation on jurisdiction of court to consider disincorporation petition. A court may not consider a petition seeking disincorporation of a municipality or to order an election based upon the submission of such a petition if: (1) the disincorporation petition is filed …

10-2-711. Dissolution by the county legislative body. (1) A municipality having fewer than 50 residents may be dissolved on application to the district court by the county legislative body of the county where the municipality is located. The population for each municipality under…

10-2-712. Power of court -- Articles of dissolution -- Notice to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Effective date of dissolution. (1) The district court may: enforce compliance with any order issued to give effect to this part by proceedings for contempt; and appoi…

10-2-801. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Affected area" means an annexed area or area proposed for annexation. (2) "Affected entity" means: a county of the first or second class in whose unincorporated area the area proposed for annexation is located; a county of the thi…

10-2-802. Valuation of private real property -- Determining consent to petition or protest by owners of real property. (1) For purposes of this part and Part 9, Municipal Boundary Adjustments, the value of private real property shall be determined according to the last assessment…

10-2-803. Annexation policy plan. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, before a municipality may annex an unincorporated area: (9) the municipality's planning commission shall prepare and recommend to the legislative body an annexation policy plan, as described in Subsectionsthr…

10-2-804. Annexation -- Limitations. (1) A contiguous, unincorporated area that is contiguous to a municipality may be annexed to the municipality as provided in this part. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a municipality may not annex an unincorporated area unless: the u…

10-2-805. Cross-county annexation -- Requirements. (1) As used in this section: "Affected county" means the county in which an area proposed for cross-county annexation is located. "Affected municipality" means a municipality: located in an affected county; and whose expansion ar…

10-2-806. Annexation petition -- Requirements -- Notice required before filing. (1) Except as provided in Sectionand except for an automatic annexation under Section, the process to annex an unincorporated area to a municipality is initiated by a petition as provided in this sect…

10-2-807. Acceptance or denial of an annexation petition -- Petition certification process -- Modified petition. (1) A municipal legislative body may: subject to Subsection (1)(a)(ii), deny a petition filed under Section; or 10-2-806 accept the petition for further consideration …

10-2-808. Notice of certification -- Providing notice of petition. (1) After the day of certification as described in Subsectionand within the time described in Subsection (1)(b), the municipal legislative body shall provide notice: 10-2-807(3) for the area proposed for annexatio…

10-2-809. Boundary commission -- Creation -- Members -- Terms -- Chair -- Boundary commission quorum -- Municipal selection committee. (1) The legislative body of each county: may create a boundary commission on its own initiative at any time; and shall create a boundary commissi…

10-2-810. Protest to annexation petition -- Planning advisory area planning commission recommendation -- Petition requirements -- Disposition of petition if no protest filed -- Public hearing and notice. (1) A protest to an annexation petition under Sectionmay only be filed by: 1…

10-2-811. Public hearing of protest -- Notice -- Decision -- Municipal legislative action -- Judicial review. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, the boundary commission for each county shall hear and decide, according to the provisions of this part, each protest timely filed u…

10-2-812. Annexation of an island or peninsula without a petition -- Notice -- Hearing. (1) Notwithstanding Subsection, a municipality may annex an unincorporated area under this section without an annexation petition if: 10-2-804(4) for an unincorporated area within the expansio…

10-2-813. Filing of notice and plat -- Recording and notice requirements -- Effective date of annexation or boundary adjustment. (1) An applicable legislative body shall: within 60 days after an annexation action, file with the lieutenant governor: a notice of an impending bounda…

10-2-814. Automatic annexations in counties of the first class and second class -- Notice. (1) As used in this section: "Most populous bordering municipality" means the municipality with the highest population of any municipality that shares a common border with an unincorporated…

10-2-815. Conclusive presumption of annexation. An area annexed to a municipality under this part shall be conclusively presumed to have been validly annexed if: (1) the municipality has levied and the taxpayers within the area have paid property taxes for more than one year afte…

10-2-816. Bonds not affected by annexations -- Payment of property taxes. (1) An annexation under this part may not jeopardize or endanger any general obligation or revenue bond. (2) A bondholder may require the payment of property taxes from any area that: was included in the ta…

10-2-817. Electric utility service in annexed area -- Reimbursement for value of facilities -- Liability -- Arbitration. (1) As used in this section: "Commission" means the Public Service Commission established in Section. 54-1-1 "Current replacement cost" means the cost the tran…

10-2-901. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Affected area" means any area that, as a result of the boundary adjustment, is moved from within the boundary of one municipality to within the boundary of another municipality. (2) "Annexing municipality" means a municipality who…

10-2-902. Valuation of private real property -- Determining consent to petition or protest by owners of real property. (1) For purposes of implementing the provisions of this part, the value of private real property shall be determined according to the provisions of Section. 10-2…

10-2-903. Municipal boundary adjustment -- Notice and hearing -- Protest. (1) The legislative bodies of two or more municipalities having common boundaries may adjust the common boundaries as provided in this section. (2) The legislative body of each municipality intending to adj…

10-2-904. Bonds not affected by municipal boundary adjustment -- Payment of property taxes. (1) A boundary adjustment under this part may not jeopardize or endanger any general obligation or revenue bond. (2) A bondholder may require the payment of property taxes from any area th…

10-2-905. Municipal boundary adjustment effect on local districts and special service districts. Except as provided in Sectionand Subsection 17B-1-502(2), the adjustment of a boundary shared by municipalities does not affect the boundaries of: (1) a local district under Title, Li…

10-2a-102. Definitions. (1) As used in this chapter: "Community council area" means the cumulative areas within the geographic boundary of a community council that is formally recognized by a county of the first class pursuant to county ordinance. "Community council municipality"…

10-2a-103. Incorporation of a contiguous area -- Incorporation of a community council area -- Incorporation involving more than one county. (1) An unincorporated contiguous area of a county not within a municipality may incorporate as a municipality as provided in this chapter. T…

10-2a-104. Elections governed by the Election Code. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each election under this chapter is governed by the provisions of.

10-2a-106. Feasibility request filed before changes to law take effect. (1) If an individual files a feasibility request for incorporation of a city or town before May 14, 2019, the process for incorporating the city or town is not subject toor, and is instead subject to the muni…