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First Substitute H.B. 68

Representative Patrick Painter proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
DEVELOPMENT EXACTIONS

             2     
2009 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Patrick Painter

             5     
Senate Sponsor: Gregory S. Bell

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies provisions relating to development exactions of counties and
             10      municipalities.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    enacts a definition of "water interest";
             14          .    places limitations and restrictions on the imposition of an exaction for a water
             15      interest by a county, a county's culinary water authority, or a municipality; and
             16          .    requires culinary water authorities to provide the basis for its calculations of
             17      projected water right requirements.
             18      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24          10-9a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 19, 112, 326, and 360
             25          10-9a-508, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 35


             26          17-27a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 112, 250, 326, and 360
             27          17-27a-507, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 35
             28     
             29      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             30          Section 1. Section 10-9a-103 is amended to read:
             31           10-9a-103. Definitions.
             32          As used in this chapter:
             33          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
             34      district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
             35      cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified
             36      public utility, a property owner, a property owners association, or the Utah Department of
             37      Transportation, if:
             38          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             39      modification because of an intended use of land;
             40          (b) the entity has filed with the municipality a copy of the entity's general or long-range
             41      plan; or
             42          (c) the entity has filed with the municipality a request for notice during the same
             43      calendar year and before the municipality provides notice to an affected entity in compliance
             44      with a requirement imposed under this chapter.
             45          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             46      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             47      variance.
             48          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             49      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             50      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             51          (4) "Charter school" includes:
             52          (a) an operating charter school;
             53          (b) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             54      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; and
             55          (c) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant
             56      to develop or construct a charter school building.


             57          (5) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             58      potential impact on the municipality, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             59      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             60      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             61          (6) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             62      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             63          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             64          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             65          (7) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             66      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             67      the subject property.
             68          (8) "Development activity" means:
             69          (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
             70      demand and need for public facilities;
             71          (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
             72      for public facilities; or
             73          (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
             74      facilities.
             75          (9) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
             76      or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             77      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             78          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             79      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             80      802.
             81          (10) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             82      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             83      independently.
             84          (11) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             85      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             86      property.
             87          (12) "Flood plain" means land that:


             88          (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency
             89      Management Agency; or
             90          (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
             91      but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
             92      the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
             93      Federal Emergency Management Agency.
             94          (13) "General plan" means a document that a municipality adopts that sets forth general
             95      guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality.
             96          (14) "Geologic hazard" means:
             97          (a) a surface fault rupture;
             98          (b) shallow groundwater;
             99          (c) liquefaction;
             100          (d) a landslide;
             101          (e) a debris flow;
             102          (f) unstable soil;
             103          (g) a rock fall; or
             104          (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
             105          (i) to life;
             106          (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
             107          (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
             108          (15) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a municipality that are
             109      substantially identical to building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and
             110      approved by the municipality and describe a building that is:
             111          (a) located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             112      previously approved plans is located; and
             113          (b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as
             114      the building described in the previously approved plans.
             115          (16) "Improvement assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, cash, or other
             116      security:
             117          (a) to guaranty the proper completion of an improvement;
             118          (b) that is required as a condition precedent to:


             119          (i) recording a subdivision plat; or
             120          (ii) beginning development activity; and
             121          (c) that is offered to a land use authority to induce the land use authority, before actual
             122      construction of required improvements, to:
             123          (i) consent to the recording of a subdivision plat; or
             124          (ii) issue a permit for development activity.
             125          (17) "Improvement assurance warranty" means a promise that the materials and
             126      workmanship of improvements:
             127          (a) comport with standards that the municipality has officially adopted; and
             128          (b) will not fail in any material respect within a warranty period.
             129          (18) "Land use application" means an application required by a municipality's land use
             130      ordinance.
             131          (19) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             132      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.
             133          (20) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             134      ordinance of the municipality, but does not include the general plan.
             135          (21) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             136          (22) "Legislative body" means the municipal council.
             137          (23) "Local district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             138      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             139      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or unit of the state.
             140          (24) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             141      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             142          (25) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             143      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             144      income for households of the same size in the county in which the city is located.
             145          (26) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a municipality only for time
             146      spent and expenses incurred in:
             147          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             148          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             149      previously reviewed and approved building plans.


             150          (27) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             151          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             152          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             153      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations, which
             154      govern the use of land.
             155          (28) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             156          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             157          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance governing
             158      the land changed; and
             159          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             160      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             161          (29) "Official map" means a map drawn by municipal authorities and recorded in a
             162      county recorder's office that:
             163          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             164      highways and other transportation facilities;
             165          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             166      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             167      the land; and
             168          (c) has been adopted as an element of the municipality's general plan.
             169          (30) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             170      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             171          (31) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a city
             172      legislative body that includes:
             173          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             174      city;
             175          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the city for the next five
             176      years as revised biennially;
             177          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             178          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             179      income housing; and
             180          (e) a description of the city's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate


             181      income housing.
             182          (32) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             183      prepared in accordance with Section 10-9a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             184          (33) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
             185          (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
             186      relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
             187      hazard; or
             188          (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
             189      presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
             190      a designated geologic hazard area.
             191          (34) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             192      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             193          (35) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             194      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             195          (36) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             196      with Section 17-23-17 .
             197          (37) "Receiving zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality's land use
             198      authority designates as an area in which an owner of land may receive transferrable
             199      development rights.
             200          (38) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family
             201      dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 10-9a-516 , but does not include a health
             202      care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             203          (39) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             204          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             205          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             206      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             207          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             208      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             209          (40) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             210      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             211      wastewater systems.


             212          (41) "Sending zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality's land use
             213      authority designates as an area from which an owner of land may transfer transferrable
             214      development rights to an owner of land in a receiving zone.
             215          (42) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             216      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             217          (43) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
             218      parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other
             219      way.
             220          (44) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             221      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             222      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             223      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             224          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             225          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             226      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             227          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (44)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             228      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             229      industrial purposes.
             230          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             231          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for the purpose of joining one of
             232      the resulting separate parcels to a contiguous parcel of unsubdivided agricultural land, if
             233      neither the resulting combined parcel nor the parcel remaining from the division or partition
             234      violates an applicable land use ordinance;
             235          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining unsubdivided properties
             236      adjusting their mutual boundary if:
             237          (A) no new lot is created; and
             238          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             239          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             240          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             241      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             242          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not


             243      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances; or
             244          (iv) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             245      their mutual boundary if:
             246          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
             247          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance.
             248          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             249      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (44) as to the
             250      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the municipality's
             251      subdivision ordinance.
             252          (45) "Transferrable development right" means the entitlement to develop land within a
             253      sending zone that would vest according to the municipality's existing land use ordinances on
             254      the date that a completed land use application is filed seeking the approval of development
             255      activity on the land.
             256          (46) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a city or
             257      town.
             258          (47) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
             259          (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11 ; and
             260          (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
             261          (i) a contract; or
             262          (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             263          [(47)] (48) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that
             264      depicts land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             265          Section 2. Section 10-9a-508 is amended to read:
             266           10-9a-508. Exactions -- Requirement to offer to original owner property acquired
             267      by exaction.
             268          (1) A municipality may impose an exaction or exactions on development proposed in a
             269      land use application, including, subject to Subsection (2), an exaction for a water interest, if:
             270          (a) an essential link exists between a legitimate governmental interest and each
             271      exaction; and
             272          (b) each exaction is roughly proportionate, both in nature and extent, to the impact of
             273      the proposed development.


             274          (2) (a) (i) A municipality shall base any exaction for a water interest on the culinary
             275      water authority's established calculations of projected water right requirements.
             276          (ii) Upon an applicant's request, the culinary water authority shall provide the applicant
             277      with the basis for the culinary water authority's calculations under Subsection (2)(a)(i) on
             278      which an exaction for a water interest is based.
             279          (b) A municipality may not impose an exaction for a water interest if the culinary water
             280      authority's existing water rights exceed the water rights needed to meet the reasonable future
             281      water requirement of the public, as determined under Subsection 73-1-4 (2)(f).
             282          [(2)] (3) (a) If a municipality plans to dispose of surplus real property that was acquired
             283      under this section and has been owned by the municipality for less than 15 years, the
             284      municipality shall first offer to reconvey the property, without receiving additional
             285      consideration, to the person who granted the property to the municipality.
             286          (b) A person to whom a municipality offers to reconvey property under Subsection
             287      [(2)] (3)(a) has 90 days to accept or reject the municipality's offer.
             288          (c) If a person to whom a municipality offers to reconvey property declines the offer,
             289      the municipality may offer the property for sale.
             290          (d) Subsection [(2)] (3)(a) does not apply to the disposal of property acquired by
             291      exaction by a community development [or urban] and renewal agency.
             292          Section 3. Section 17-27a-103 is amended to read:
             293           17-27a-103. Definitions.
             294          As used in this chapter:
             295          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
             296      district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
             297      cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified
             298      property owner, property owners association, public utility, or the Utah Department of
             299      Transportation, if:
             300          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             301      modification because of an intended use of land;
             302          (b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan;
             303      or
             304          (c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar


             305      year and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a
             306      requirement imposed under this chapter.
             307          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             308      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             309      variance.
             310          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             311      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             312      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             313          (4) "Charter school" includes:
             314          (a) an operating charter school;
             315          (b) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             316      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; and
             317          (c) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant
             318      to develop or construct a charter school building.
             319          (5) "Chief executive officer" means the person or body that exercises the executive
             320      powers of the county.
             321          (6) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             322      potential impact on the county, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             323      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             324      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             325          (7) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             326      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             327          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             328          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             329          (8) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             330      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             331      the subject property.
             332          (9) "Development activity" means:
             333          (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
             334      demand and need for public facilities;
             335          (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need


             336      for public facilities; or
             337          (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
             338      facilities.
             339          (10) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
             340      one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             341      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             342          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             343      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             344      802.
             345          (11) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             346      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             347      independently.
             348          (12) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             349      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             350      property.
             351          (13) "Flood plain" means land that:
             352          (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency
             353      Management Agency; or
             354          (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
             355      but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
             356      the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
             357      Federal Emergency Management Agency.
             358          (14) "Gas corporation" has the same meaning as defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             359          (15) "General plan" means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general
             360      guidelines for proposed future development of the unincorporated land within the county.
             361          (16) "Geologic hazard" means:
             362          (a) a surface fault rupture;
             363          (b) shallow groundwater;
             364          (c) liquefaction;
             365          (d) a landslide;
             366          (e) a debris flow;


             367          (f) unstable soil;
             368          (g) a rock fall; or
             369          (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
             370          (i) to life;
             371          (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
             372          (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
             373          (17) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a county that are substantially
             374      identical building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and approved by the
             375      county and describe a building that is:
             376          (a) located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             377      previously approved plans is located; and
             378          (b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as
             379      the building described in the previously approved plans.
             380          (18) "Improvement assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, cash, or other
             381      security:
             382          (a) to guaranty the proper completion of an improvement;
             383          (b) that is required as a condition precedent to:
             384          (i) recording a subdivision plat; or
             385          (ii) beginning development activity; and
             386          (c) that is offered to a land use authority to induce the land use authority, before actual
             387      construction of required improvements, to:
             388          (i) consent to the recording of a subdivision plat; or
             389          (ii) issue a permit for development activity.
             390          (19) "Improvement assurance warranty" means a promise that the materials and
             391      workmanship of improvements:
             392          (a) comport with standards that the county has officially adopted; and
             393          (b) will not fail in any material respect within a warranty period.
             394          (20) "Interstate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             395      transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under
             396      the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             397          (21) "Intrastate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas


             398      transportation that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory
             399      Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             400          (22) "Land use application" means an application required by a county's land use
             401      ordinance.
             402          (23) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             403      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.
             404          (24) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             405      ordinance of the county, but does not include the general plan.
             406          (25) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             407          (26) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body, or for a county that has
             408      adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers.
             409          (27) "Local district" means any entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             410      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             411      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or unit of the state.
             412          (28) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             413      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             414          (29) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             415      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             416      income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located.
             417          (30) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a county only for time spent
             418      and expenses incurred in:
             419          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             420          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             421      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             422          (31) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             423          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             424          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             425      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that govern
             426      the use of land.
             427          (32) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             428          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;


             429          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation
             430      governing the land changed; and
             431          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             432      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             433          (33) "Official map" means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the
             434      county recorder's office that:
             435          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             436      highways and other transportation facilities;
             437          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             438      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             439      the land; and
             440          (c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan.
             441          (34) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             442      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             443          (35) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a
             444      county legislative body that includes:
             445          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             446      county;
             447          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five
             448      years as revised biennially;
             449          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             450          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             451      income housing; and
             452          (e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             453      income housing.
             454          (36) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             455      prepared in accordance with Section 17-27a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             456          (37) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
             457          (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
             458      relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
             459      hazard; or


             460          (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
             461      presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
             462      a designated geologic hazard area.
             463          (38) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             464      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             465          (39) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             466      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             467          (40) "Receiving zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county's land
             468      use authority designates as an area in which an owner of land may receive transferrable
             469      development rights.
             470          (41) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             471      with Section 17-23-17 .
             472          (42) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family
             473      dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 17-27a-515 , but does not include a health
             474      care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             475          (43) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             476          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             477          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             478      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             479          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             480      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             481          (44) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             482      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             483      wastewater systems.
             484          (45) "Sending zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county's land
             485      use authority designates as an area from which an owner of land may transfer transferrable
             486      development rights to an owner of land in a receiving zone.
             487          (46) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             488      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             489          (47) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
             490      parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other


             491      way.
             492          (48) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             493      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             494      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             495      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             496          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             497          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             498      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             499          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (48)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             500      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             501      industrial purposes.
             502          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             503          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;
             504          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining properties adjusting their
             505      mutual boundary if:
             506          (A) no new lot is created; and
             507          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             508          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             509          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             510      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             511          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             512      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             513          (iv) a bona fide division or partition of land in a county other than a first class county
             514      for the purpose of siting, on one or more of the resulting separate parcels:
             515          (A) an unmanned facility appurtenant to a pipeline owned or operated by a gas
             516      corporation, interstate pipeline company, or intrastate pipeline company; or
             517          (B) an unmanned telecommunications, microwave, fiber optic, electrical, or other
             518      utility service regeneration, transformation, retransmission, or amplification facility; or
             519          (v) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             520      their mutual boundary if:
             521          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and


             522          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance.
             523          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             524      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (48) as to the
             525      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the county's subdivision
             526      ordinance.
             527          (49) "Township" means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of the
             528      unincorporated area of a county, established under this part or reconstituted or reinstated under
             529      Section 17-27a-306 , with planning and zoning functions as exercised through the township
             530      planning commission, as provided in this chapter, but with no legal or political identity
             531      separate from the county and no taxing authority, except that "township" means a former
             532      township under Laws of Utah 1996, Chapter 308, where the context so indicates.
             533          (50) "Transferrable development right" means the entitlement to develop land within a
             534      sending zone that would vest according to the county's existing land use ordinances on the date
             535      that a completed land use application is filed seeking the approval of development activity on
             536      the land.
             537          (51) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a
             538      municipality.
             539          (52) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
             540          (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11 ; and
             541          (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
             542          (i) a contract; or
             543          (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             544          [(52)] (53) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that
             545      depicts land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             546          Section 4. Section 17-27a-507 is amended to read:
             547           17-27a-507. Exactions -- Requirement to offer to original owner property
             548      acquired by exaction.
             549          (1) A county may impose an exaction or exactions on development proposed in a land
             550      use application [provided that], including, subject to Subsection (2), an exaction for a water
             551      interest, if:
             552          (a) an essential link exists between a legitimate governmental interest and each


             553      exaction; and
             554          (b) each exaction is roughly proportionate, both in nature and extent, to the impact of
             555      the proposed development.
             556          (2) (a) (i) A county or, if applicable, the county's culinary water authority shall base any
             557      exaction for a water interest on the culinary water authority's established calculations of
             558      projected water right requirements.
             559          (ii) Upon an applicant's request, the culinary water authority shall provide the applicant
             560      with the basis for the culinary water authority's calculations under Subsection (2)(a)(i) on
             561      which an exaction for a water interest is based.
             562          (b) A county or its culinary water authority may not impose an exaction for a water
             563      interest if the culinary water authority's existing water rights exceed the water rights needed to
             564      meet the reasonable future water requirement of the public, as determined under Subsection
             565      73-1-4 (2)(f).
             566          [(2)] (3) (a) If a county plans to dispose of surplus real property under Section
             567      17-50-312 that was acquired under this section and has been owned by the county for less than
             568      15 years, the county shall first offer to reconvey the property, without receiving additional
             569      consideration, to the person who granted the property to the county.
             570          (b) A person to whom a county offers to reconvey property under Subsection [(2)]
             571      (3)(a) has 90 days to accept or reject the county's offer.
             572          (c) If a person to whom a county offers to reconvey property declines the offer, the
             573      county may offer the property for sale.
             574          (d) Subsection [(2)] (3)(a) does not apply to the disposal of property acquired by
             575      exaction by a community development or urban renewal agency.


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