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First Substitute H.B. 130

Representative Melvin R. Brown proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AMENDMENTS

             2     
2013 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Melvin R. Brown

             5     
Senate Sponsor: David P. Hinkins

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill enacts provisions related to the adjustment of a property boundary.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    defines terms;
             13          .    prescribes the method by which a property owner may:
             14              .    execute a parcel boundary adjustment; and
             15              .    execute a boundary line agreement; and
             16          .    makes technical corrections.
             17      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          None
             19      Other Special Clauses:
             20          None
             21      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             22      AMENDS:
             23          10-9a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 231
             24          17-27a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 231
             25      ENACTS:


             26          10-9a-523, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             27          10-9a-524, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             28          17-27a-522, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             29          17-27a-523, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             30     
             31      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             32          Section 1. Section 10-9a-103 is amended to read:
             33           10-9a-103. Definitions.
             34          As used in this chapter:
             35          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
             36      district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
             37      cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified
             38      public utility, a property owner, a property owners association, or the Utah Department of
             39      Transportation, if:
             40          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             41      modification because of an intended use of land;
             42          (b) the entity has filed with the municipality a copy of the entity's general or long-range
             43      plan; or
             44          (c) the entity has filed with the municipality a request for notice during the same
             45      calendar year and before the municipality provides notice to an affected entity in compliance
             46      with a requirement imposed under this chapter.
             47          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             48      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             49      variance.
             50          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             51      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             52      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             53          (4) (a) "Charter school" means:
             54          (i) an operating charter school;
             55          (ii) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             56      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; or


             57          (iii) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter
             58      applicant to develop or construct a charter school building.
             59          (b) "Charter school" does not include a therapeutic school.
             60          (5) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             61      potential impact on the municipality, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             62      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             63      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             64          (6) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             65      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             66          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             67          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             68          (7) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             69      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             70      the subject property.
             71          (8) "Development activity" means:
             72          (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
             73      demand and need for public facilities;
             74          (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
             75      for public facilities; or
             76          (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
             77      facilities.
             78          (9) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
             79      or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             80      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             81          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             82      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             83      802.
             84          (10) "Educational facility":
             85          (a) means:
             86          (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
             87      program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12, including


             88      kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
             89          (ii) a structure or facility:
             90          (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i); and
             91          (B) used in support of the use of that building; and
             92          (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
             93      personnel; and
             94          (b) does not include:
             95          (i) land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory storage, equipment
             96      storage, food processing or preparing, vehicle storage or maintenance, or similar use that is:
             97          (A) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i);
             98      and
             99          (B) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i); or
             100          (ii) a therapeutic school.
             101          (11) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             102      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             103      independently.
             104          (12) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             105      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             106      property.
             107          (13) "Flood plain" means land that:
             108          (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency
             109      Management Agency; or
             110          (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
             111      but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
             112      the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
             113      Federal Emergency Management Agency.
             114          (14) "General plan" means a document that a municipality adopts that sets forth general
             115      guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality.
             116          (15) "Geologic hazard" means:
             117          (a) a surface fault rupture;
             118          (b) shallow groundwater;


             119          (c) liquefaction;
             120          (d) a landslide;
             121          (e) a debris flow;
             122          (f) unstable soil;
             123          (g) a rock fall; or
             124          (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
             125          (i) to life;
             126          (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
             127          (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
             128          (16) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line,
             129      meter, or appurtenance that connects to a municipal water, sewer, storm water, power, or other
             130      utility system.
             131          (17) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a municipality that:
             132          (a) are clearly marked as "identical plans";
             133          (b) are substantially identical to building plans that were previously submitted to and
             134      reviewed and approved by the municipality; and
             135          (c) describe a building that:
             136          (i) is located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             137      previously approved plans is located;
             138          (ii) is subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law
             139      as the building described in the previously approved plans;
             140          (iii) has a floor plan identical to the building plan previously submitted to and reviewed
             141      and approved by the municipality; and
             142          (iv) does not require any additional engineering or analysis.
             143          (18) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter 36a,
             144      Impact Fees Act.
             145          (19) "Improvement assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, cash, or other
             146      security:
             147          (a) to guaranty the proper completion of an improvement;
             148          (b) that is required as a condition precedent to:
             149          (i) recording a subdivision plat; or


             150          (ii) beginning development activity; and
             151          (c) that is offered to a land use authority to induce the land use authority, before actual
             152      construction of required improvements, to:
             153          (i) consent to the recording of a subdivision plat; or
             154          (ii) issue a permit for development activity.
             155          (20) "Improvement assurance warranty" means a promise that the materials and
             156      workmanship of improvements:
             157          (a) comport with standards that the municipality has officially adopted; and
             158          (b) will not fail in any material respect within a warranty period.
             159          (21) "Internal lot restriction" means a platted note, platted demarcation, or platted
             160      designation that:
             161          (a) runs with the land; and
             162          (b) (i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on
             163      the plat; or
             164          (ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot
             165      described on the plat.
             166          (22) "Land use application" means an application required by a municipality's land use
             167      ordinance.
             168          (23) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             169      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.
             170          (24) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             171      ordinance of the municipality, but does not include the general plan.
             172          (25) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             173          (26) "Legislative body" means the municipal council.
             174          (27) "Local district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             175      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             176      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state.
             177          (28) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             178      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             179          (29) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             180      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross


             181      income for households of the same size in the county in which the city is located.
             182          (30) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a municipality only for time
             183      spent and expenses incurred in:
             184          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             185          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             186      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             187          (31) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             188          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             189          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             190      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations, which
             191      govern the use of land.
             192          (32) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             193          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             194          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance governing
             195      the land changed; and
             196          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             197      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             198          (33) "Official map" means a map drawn by municipal authorities and recorded in a
             199      county recorder's office that:
             200          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             201      highways and other transportation facilities;
             202          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             203      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             204      the land; and
             205          (c) has been adopted as an element of the municipality's general plan.
             206          (34) "Parcel boundary adjustment" means a recorded agreement between owners of
             207      adjoining properties adjusting their mutual boundary if:
             208          (a) no additional parcel is created; and
             209          (b) each property identified in the agreement is unsubdivided land, including a
             210      remainder of subdivided land.
             211          [(34)] (35) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization,


             212      association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             213          [(35)] (36) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by
             214      a city legislative body that includes:
             215          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             216      city;
             217          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the city for the next five
             218      years as revised biennially;
             219          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             220          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             221      income housing; and
             222          (e) a description of the city's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             223      income housing.
             224          [(36)] (37) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out
             225      and prepared in accordance with Section 10-9a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             226          [(37)] (38) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
             227          (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
             228      relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
             229      hazard; or
             230          (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
             231      presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
             232      a designated geologic hazard area.
             233          [(38)] (39) "Public agency" means:
             234          (a) the federal government;
             235          (b) the state;
             236          (c) a county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other
             237      political subdivision of the state; or
             238          (d) a charter school.
             239          [(39)] (40) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are
             240      provided a reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             241          [(40)] (41) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public
             242      under Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.


             243          [(41)] (42) "Receiving zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality
             244      designates, by ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable
             245      development right.
             246          [(42)] (43) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in
             247      accordance with Section 17-23-17 .
             248          [(43)] (44) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or
             249      multiple-family dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 10-9a-516 , but does not
             250      include a health care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             251          [(44)] (45) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             252          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             253          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             254      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             255          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             256      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             257          [(45)] (46) "Rules of order and procedure" means a set of rules that govern and
             258      prescribe in a public meeting:
             259          (a) parliamentary order and procedure;
             260          (b) ethical behavior; and
             261          (c) civil discourse.
             262          [(46)] (47) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity
             263      with responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             264      wastewater systems.
             265          [(47)] (48) "Sending zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality
             266      designates, by ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable
             267      development right.
             268          [(48)] (49) "Specified public agency" means:
             269          (a) the state;
             270          (b) a school district; or
             271          (c) a charter school.
             272          [(49)] (50) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation,
             273      or telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .


             274          [(50)] (51) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
             275          [(51)] (52) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue,
             276      boulevard, parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement,
             277      or other way.
             278          [(52)] (53) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed
             279      to be divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             280      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             281      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             282          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             283          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             284      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             285          (ii) except as provided in Subsection [(52)] (53)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             286      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             287      industrial purposes.
             288          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             289          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for the purpose of joining one of
             290      the resulting separate parcels to a contiguous parcel of unsubdivided agricultural land, if
             291      neither the resulting combined parcel nor the parcel remaining from the division or partition
             292      violates an applicable land use ordinance;
             293          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining unsubdivided properties
             294      adjusting their mutual boundary if:
             295          (A) no new lot is created; and
             296          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             297          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             298          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             299      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             300          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             301      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             302          (iv) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             303      their mutual boundary if:
             304          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and


             305          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance; [or]
             306          (v) a bona fide division or partition of land by deed or other instrument where the land
             307      use authority expressly approves in writing the division in anticipation of further land use
             308      approvals on the parcel or parcels[.]; or
             309          (vi) a parcel boundary adjustment.
             310          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             311      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection [(52)] (53) as to
             312      the unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the municipality's
             313      subdivision ordinance.
             314          [(53)] (54) "Therapeutic school" means a residential group living facility:
             315          (a) for four or more individuals who are not related to:
             316          (i) the owner of the facility; or
             317          (ii) the primary service provider of the facility;
             318          (b) that serves students who have a history of failing to function:
             319          (i) at home;
             320          (ii) in a public school; or
             321          (iii) in a nonresidential private school; and
             322          (c) that offers:
             323          (i) room and board; and
             324          (ii) an academic education integrated with:
             325          (A) specialized structure and supervision; or
             326          (B) services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a
             327      behavioral development, a familial development, or a social development.
             328          [(54)] (55) "Transferable development right" means a right to develop and use land that
             329      originates by an ordinance that authorizes a land owner in a designated sending zone to transfer
             330      land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone.
             331          [(55)] (56) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a city
             332      or town.
             333          [(56)] (57) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
             334          (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11 ; and
             335          (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:


             336          (i) a contract; or
             337          (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             338          [(57)] (58) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that
             339      depicts land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             340          Section 2. Section 10-9a-523 is enacted to read:
             341          10-9a-523. Parcel boundary adjustment.
             342          (1) A property owner:
             343          (a) may execute a parcel boundary adjustment by quitclaim deed; and
             344          (b) shall record a parcel boundary adjustment in the office of the county recorder.
             345          (2) A parcel boundary adjustment is not subject to the review of a land use authority.
             346          Section 3. Section 10-9a-524 is enacted to read:
             347          10-9a-524. Boundary line agreement.
             348          (1) As used in this section, "boundary line agreement" is an agreement described in
             349      Section 57-1-45 .
             350          (2) A property owner:
             351          (a) may execute a boundary line agreement by quitclaim deed; and
             352          (b) shall record a boundary line agreement in the office of the county recorder.
             353          (3) A boundary line agreement is not subject to the review of a land use authority.
             354          Section 4. Section 17-27a-103 is amended to read:
             355           17-27a-103. Definitions.
             356          As used in this chapter:
             357          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
             358      district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
             359      cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified
             360      property owner, property owners association, public utility, or the Utah Department of
             361      Transportation, if:
             362          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             363      modification because of an intended use of land;
             364          (b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan;
             365      or
             366          (c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar


             367      year and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a
             368      requirement imposed under this chapter.
             369          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             370      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             371      variance.
             372          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             373      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             374      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             375          (4) (a) "Charter school" means:
             376          (i) an operating charter school;
             377          (ii) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             378      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; or
             379          (iii) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter
             380      applicant to develop or construct a charter school building.
             381          (b) "Charter school" does not include a therapeutic school.
             382          (5) "Chief executive officer" means the person or body that exercises the executive
             383      powers of the county.
             384          (6) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             385      potential impact on the county, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             386      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             387      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             388          (7) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             389      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             390          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             391          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             392          (8) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             393      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             394      the subject property.
             395          (9) "Development activity" means:
             396          (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
             397      demand and need for public facilities;


             398          (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
             399      for public facilities; or
             400          (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
             401      facilities.
             402          (10) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
             403      one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             404      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             405          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             406      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             407      802.
             408          (11) "Educational facility":
             409          (a) means:
             410          (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
             411      program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12, including
             412      kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
             413          (ii) a structure or facility:
             414          (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i); and
             415          (B) used in support of the use of that building; and
             416          (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
             417      personnel; and
             418          (b) does not include:
             419          (i) land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory storage, equipment
             420      storage, food processing or preparing, vehicle storage or maintenance, or similar use that is:
             421          (A) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i);
             422      and
             423          (B) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i); or
             424          (ii) a therapeutic school.
             425          (12) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             426      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             427      independently.
             428          (13) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility


             429      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             430      property.
             431          (14) "Flood plain" means land that:
             432          (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency
             433      Management Agency; or
             434          (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
             435      but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
             436      the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
             437      Federal Emergency Management Agency.
             438          (15) "Gas corporation" has the same meaning as defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             439          (16) "General plan" means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general
             440      guidelines for proposed future development of the unincorporated land within the county.
             441          (17) "Geologic hazard" means:
             442          (a) a surface fault rupture;
             443          (b) shallow groundwater;
             444          (c) liquefaction;
             445          (d) a landslide;
             446          (e) a debris flow;
             447          (f) unstable soil;
             448          (g) a rock fall; or
             449          (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
             450          (i) to life;
             451          (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
             452          (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
             453          (18) "Internal lot restriction" means a platted note, platted demarcation, or platted
             454      designation that:
             455          (a) runs with the land; and
             456          (b) (i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on
             457      the plat; or
             458          (ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot
             459      described on the plat.


             460          (19) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line,
             461      meter, or appurtenance to connect to a county water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility
             462      system.
             463          (20) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a county that:
             464          (a) are clearly marked as "identical plans";
             465          (b) are substantially identical building plans that were previously submitted to and
             466      reviewed and approved by the county; and
             467          (c) describe a building that:
             468          (i) is located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             469      previously approved plans is located;
             470          (ii) is subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law
             471      as the building described in the previously approved plans;
             472          (iii) has a floor plan identical to the building plan previously submitted to and reviewed
             473      and approved by the county; and
             474          (iv) does not require any additional engineering or analysis.
             475          (21) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter 36a,
             476      Impact Fees Act.
             477          (22) "Improvement assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, cash, or other
             478      security:
             479          (a) to guaranty the proper completion of an improvement;
             480          (b) that is required as a condition precedent to:
             481          (i) recording a subdivision plat; or
             482          (ii) beginning development activity; and
             483          (c) that is offered to a land use authority to induce the land use authority, before actual
             484      construction of required improvements, to:
             485          (i) consent to the recording of a subdivision plat; or
             486          (ii) issue a permit for development activity.
             487          (23) "Improvement assurance warranty" means a promise that the materials and
             488      workmanship of improvements:
             489          (a) comport with standards that the county has officially adopted; and
             490          (b) will not fail in any material respect within a warranty period.


             491          (24) "Interstate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             492      transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under
             493      the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             494          (25) "Intrastate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             495      transportation that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory
             496      Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             497          (26) "Land use application" means an application required by a county's land use
             498      ordinance.
             499          (27) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             500      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.
             501          (28) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             502      ordinance of the county, but does not include the general plan.
             503          (29) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             504          (30) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body, or for a county that has
             505      adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers.
             506          (31) "Local district" means any entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             507      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             508      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state.
             509          (32) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             510      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             511          (33) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             512      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             513      income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located.
             514          (34) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a county only for time spent
             515      and expenses incurred in:
             516          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             517          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             518      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             519          (35) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             520          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             521          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform


             522      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that govern
             523      the use of land.
             524          (36) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             525          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             526          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation
             527      governing the land changed; and
             528          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             529      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             530          (37) "Official map" means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the
             531      county recorder's office that:
             532          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             533      highways and other transportation facilities;
             534          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             535      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             536      the land; and
             537          (c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan.
             538          (38) "Parcel boundary adjustment" means a recorded agreement between owners of
             539      adjoining properties adjusting their mutual boundary if:
             540          (a) no additional parcel is created; and
             541          (b) each property identified in the agreement is unsubdivided land, including a
             542      remainder of subdivided land.
             543          [(38)] (39) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization,
             544      association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             545          [(39)] (40) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by
             546      a county legislative body that includes:
             547          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             548      county;
             549          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five
             550      years as revised biennially;
             551          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             552          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate


             553      income housing; and
             554          (e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             555      income housing.
             556          [(40)] (41) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out
             557      and prepared in accordance with Section 17-27a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             558          [(41)] (42) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
             559          (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
             560      relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
             561      hazard; or
             562          (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
             563      presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
             564      a designated geologic hazard area.
             565          [(42)] (43) "Public agency" means:
             566          (a) the federal government;
             567          (b) the state;
             568          (c) a county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other
             569      political subdivision of the state; or
             570          (d) a charter school.
             571          [(43)] (44) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are
             572      provided a reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             573          [(44)] (45) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public
             574      under Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             575          [(45)] (46) "Receiving zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county
             576      designates, by ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable
             577      development right.
             578          [(46)] (47) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in
             579      accordance with Section 17-23-17 .
             580          [(47)] (48) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or
             581      multiple-family dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 17-27a-515 , but does not
             582      include a health care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             583          [(48)] (49) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:


             584          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             585          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             586      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             587          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             588      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             589          [(49)] (50) "Rules of order and procedure" means a set of rules that govern and
             590      prescribe in a public meeting:
             591          (a) parliamentary order and procedure;
             592          (b) ethical behavior; and
             593          (c) civil discourse.
             594          [(50)] (51) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity
             595      with responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             596      wastewater systems.
             597          [(51)] (52) "Sending zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county
             598      designates, by ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable
             599      development right.
             600          [(52)] (53) "Specified public agency" means:
             601          (a) the state;
             602          (b) a school district; or
             603          (c) a charter school.
             604          [(53)] (54) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation,
             605      or telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             606          [(54)] (55) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
             607          [(55)] (56) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue,
             608      boulevard, parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement,
             609      or other way.
             610          [(56)] (57) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed
             611      to be divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             612      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             613      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             614          (b) "Subdivision" includes:


             615          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             616      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             617          (ii) except as provided in Subsection [(56)] (57)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             618      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             619      industrial purposes.
             620          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             621          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;
             622          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining properties adjusting their
             623      mutual boundary if:
             624          (A) no new lot is created; and
             625          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             626          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             627          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             628      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             629          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             630      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             631          (iv) a bona fide division or partition of land in a county other than a first class county
             632      for the purpose of siting, on one or more of the resulting separate parcels:
             633          (A) an electrical transmission line or a substation;
             634          (B) a natural gas pipeline or a regulation station; or
             635          (C) an unmanned telecommunications, microwave, fiber optic, electrical, or other
             636      utility service regeneration, transformation, retransmission, or amplification facility;
             637          (v) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             638      their mutual boundary if:
             639          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
             640          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance; [or]
             641          (vi) a bona fide division or partition of land by deed or other instrument where the land
             642      use authority expressly approves in writing the division in anticipation of further land use
             643      approvals on the parcel or parcels[.]; or
             644          (vii) a parcel boundary adjustment.
             645          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has


             646      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection [(56)] (57) as to
             647      the unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the county's
             648      subdivision ordinance.
             649          [(57)] (58) "Therapeutic school" means a residential group living facility:
             650          (a) for four or more individuals who are not related to:
             651          (i) the owner of the facility; or
             652          (ii) the primary service provider of the facility;
             653          (b) that serves students who have a history of failing to function:
             654          (i) at home;
             655          (ii) in a public school; or
             656          (iii) in a nonresidential private school; and
             657          (c) that offers:
             658          (i) room and board; and
             659          (ii) an academic education integrated with:
             660          (A) specialized structure and supervision; or
             661          (B) services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a
             662      behavioral development, a familial development, or a social development.
             663          [(58)] (59) "Township" means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of the
             664      unincorporated area of a county, established under this part or reconstituted or reinstated under
             665      Section 17-27a-306 , with planning and zoning functions as exercised through the township
             666      planning commission, as provided in this chapter, but with no legal or political identity
             667      separate from the county and no taxing authority, except that "township" means a former
             668      township under Laws of Utah 1996, Chapter 308, where the context so indicates.
             669          [(59)] (60) "Transferable development right" means a right to develop and use land that
             670      originates by an ordinance that authorizes a land owner in a designated sending zone to transfer
             671      land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone.
             672          [(60)] (61) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a
             673      municipality.
             674          [(61)] (62) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
             675          (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11 ; and
             676          (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:


             677          (i) a contract; or
             678          (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             679          [(62)] (63) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that
             680      depicts land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             681          Section 5. Section 17-27a-522 is enacted to read:
             682          17-27a-522. Parcel boundary adjustment.
             683          (1) A property owner:
             684          (a) may execute a parcel boundary adjustment by quitclaim deed; and
             685          (b) shall record a parcel boundary adjustment in the office of the county recorder.
             686          (2) A parcel boundary adjustment is not subject to the review of a land use authority.
             687          Section 6. Section 17-27a-523 is enacted to read:
             688          17-27a-523. Boundary line agreement.
             689          (1) As used in this section, "boundary line agreement" is an agreement described in
             690      Section 57-1-45 .
             691          (2) A property owner:
             692          (a) may execute a boundary line agreement by quitclaim deed; and
             693          (b) shall record a boundary line agreement in the office of the county recorder.
             694          (3) A boundary line agreement is not subject to the review of a land use authority.


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