Utah Code -- Title 10 -- Chapter 08 -- Powers and Duties of Municipalities

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Updated: 11 January 2012

10-8-1 Control of finances and property.

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10-8-1.5 Authority to make benefits generally available to employees, their dependents, and an adult designee -- Registry authorized -- Limitations.

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10-8-1.7 Use of incremental tax revenue for relocation expenses of displaced mobile home park residents.

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10-8-2 Appropriations -- Acquisition and disposal of property -- Municipal authority -- Corporate purpose -- Procedure -- Notice of intent to acquire real property.

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10-8-2.5 Prohibition against spending certain transportation funds.

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10-8-3 Tax districts.

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10-8-4 Special taxes and licenses.

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10-8-5 Erection and care of buildings.

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10-8-6 Borrowing power -- Warrants and bonds.

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10-8-7 Refunding bonds -- Purpose of issuance.

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10-8-8 Streets, parks, airports, parking facilities, public grounds, and pedestrian malls.

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10-8-8.6 Widening a street or alley.

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10-8-9 Bathhouses, playgrounds.

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10-8-10 Trees.

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10-8-11 Streets -- Encroachments, lighting, sprinkling, cleaning.

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10-8-13 Conduits, drains, etc.

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10-8-14 Water, sewer, gas, electricity, and public transportation -- Service beyond city limits -- Retainage -- Cable television and public telecommunications services.

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10-8-14.5 Utility easements -- Use for water or sewerage service.

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10-8-15 Waterworks -- Construction -- Extraterritorial jurisdiction.

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10-8-16 Watercourses leading to and within city -- Mill privileges.

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10-8-17 City may act as distributing agent -- Collection of operating costs from users.

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10-8-18 Acquisition of water sources -- Retainage.

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10-8-19 Water supply -- Special tax for increasing supply when city acting as distributing agent.

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10-8-20 Lighting works -- Contracts -- Retainage.

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10-8-21 Lighting facilities -- Sale of gas and electric power -- Erection and removal of poles and wires.

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10-8-22 Water rates.

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10-8-23 Sidewalks -- Regulation and control -- Owners required to remove weeds, litter, snow and ice.

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10-8-24 Litter in streets.

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10-8-25 Crosswalks, curbs and gutters.

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10-8-26 Signs and advertising material.

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10-8-27 Placards and handbills.

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10-8-28 Flags and banners.

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10-8-29 Sales and merchandising on streets.

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10-8-30 Traffic regulations.

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10-8-31 Numbering houses and lots.

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10-8-32 Naming streets and public places.

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10-8-33 Railroads -- Tracks and franchises.

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10-8-34 Change of grade and crossings -- Nonuser as grounds for removal.

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10-8-35 Fences, cattle guards and street crossings -- Duty of railroads.

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10-8-36 Flagmen -- Grade crossings -- Drains along tracks.

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10-8-37 Construction, repair, and maintenance of bridges, viaducts, and tunnels -- Retainage.

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10-8-38 Drainage and sewage systems -- Construction regulation and control -- Retainage -- Mandatory hookup -- Charges for use -- Collection of charges -- Service to tenants -- Failure to pay for service -- Service outside municipality.

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10-8-41 Prostitution, lewd or perverted acts, gambling, and obscene or lewd publications.

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10-8-41.5 Regulation of sexually oriented business.

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10-8-42 Intoxicating liquors -- Prohibitions on manufacture, sale, possession, etc.

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10-8-43 Establishment and regulation of markets -- Sale of meats, poultry, etc.

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10-8-44 Food stuffs -- Regulation and inspection.

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10-8-44.5 Prohibition against regulation of nutritional information dissemination.

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10-8-45 Weights and measures -- Inspection and sealing.

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10-8-46 Plumbing -- Regulation of construction and repair -- Board of examiners.

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10-8-47 Intoxication -- Fights -- Disorderly conduct -- Assault and battery -- Petit larceny -- Riots and disorderly assemblies -- Firearms and fireworks -- False pretenses and embezzlement -- Sale of liquor, narcotics or tobacco to minors -- Possession of controlled substances -- Treatment of alcoholics and narcotics or drug addicts.

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10-8-47.5 Knives regulated by state.

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10-8-49 Vagrants -- Arrest -- Fine -- Putting to work -- Municipal lodging.

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10-8-50 Disturbing the peace -- Public intoxication -- Fighting -- Obscene language -- Disorderly conduct -- Lewd behavior -- Interference with officers -- Trespass.

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10-8-51 Beggars, prostitutes, swindlers -- Punishment.

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10-8-52 Buildings -- Fire limits -- Removal and destruction of buildings violating ordinance.

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10-8-53 Fire escapes -- Construction -- Building exits -- Fire extinguishers.

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10-8-53.5 Regulation of carbon monoxide detectors -- Enforcement against occupant only.

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10-8-54 Regulation of construction and condition of chimneys and heating equipment -- Disposal of ashes.

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10-8-55 Fire departments -- Fire-fighting equipment -- Rules and regulations.

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10-8-55.5 Prohibition of flat response fee.

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10-8-56 Storage of combustibles and explosives -- Use of lights -- Bonfires.

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10-8-57 Inspection of boilers -- Licensing of stationary engineers.

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10-8-58 Jails and workhouses -- Establishment and maintenance.

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10-8-58.5 Contracting for management, maintenance, operation, or construction of jails.

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10-8-59 Cruelty to animals.

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10-8-60 Nuisances.

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10-8-62 Cemeteries -- Purchase and operation.

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10-8-63 Burial of dead -- Vital statistics.

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10-8-65 Dogs -- License and tax -- Destruction, sale or other disposal.

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10-8-66 Offensive businesses -- Regulation of management and construction.

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10-8-67 Pigsties, privies, other offensive establishments -- Prohibiting establishment.

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10-8-68 Census.

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10-8-69 Annoying pastimes in streets.

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10-8-70 Lumberyards and combustible materials.

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10-8-71 Waterworks -- Police and fire signals -- Retainage.

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10-8-72 Libraries and reading rooms -- Establishment and maintenance.

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10-8-73 Processions and demonstrations.

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10-8-74 Burial of indigents.

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10-8-75 Destitute children.

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10-8-76 Noise abatement -- Street performances.

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10-8-77 Untied animals in streets.

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10-8-78 Official bonds and reports.

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10-8-79 Creating offices -- Filling vacancies.

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10-8-81 Social clubs and athletic associations.

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10-8-82 Railroads -- Removal of unused tracks.

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10-8-83 Railroad gates -- Kind and quality -- Installation.

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10-8-84 Ordinances, rules, and regulations -- Passage -- Penalties.

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10-8-85 Prison labor and fines.

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10-8-85.5 "Rental dwelling" defined -- Municipality may require a business license or a regulatory business license and inspections -- Exception.

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10-8-85.6 Definitions -- Electronic payments -- Fee.

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10-8-85.7 Implements of husbandry tracking debris onto municipal roads.

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10-8-85.8 Indemnification of farmers markets.

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10-8-85.9 Preservation of historical areas and sites.

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10-8-86 Organization, operation, maintenance, and funding of system for public transit authorized.

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10-8-89 Damage to abutting property -- Liability of city.

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10-8-90 Ownership and operation of hospitals.

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10-8-91 Levy of tax by cities of the third, fourth, and fifth class and towns.

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10-8-92 Joint board -- Membership -- Powers.

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10-8-93 Control of funds and disbursements -- Auditing of accounts by county auditor -- Transfer of county tax funds to board to cover deficiencies.

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10-8-94 Towns with same authority as cities.

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means this portion of the Utah Code has been modified since the last update on 1 November 2011.