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First Substitute H.B. 282

This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:24 AM by jeyring. --> This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:40 PM by Jwade. -->

Representative Stephen E. Sandstrom proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS

             2     
2010 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Stephen E. Sandstrom

             5     
Senate Sponsor: John L. Valentine

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends the definition of "educational facility."
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    amends the definition of "educational facility"; and
             13          .    makes technical corrections.
             14      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             15          None
             16      Other Special Clauses:
             17          None
             18      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             19      AMENDS:
             20          10-9a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters 163, 181, and 286
             21          10-9a-305, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters 181 and 286
             22          17-27a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters 163, 181, and 286
             23          17-27a-305, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters 181 and 286
             24     
             25      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:


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


             57          (6) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             58      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             59          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             60          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             61          (7) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             62      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             63      the subject property.
             64          (8) "Development activity" means:
             65          (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
             66      demand and need for public facilities;
             67          (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
             68      for public facilities; or
             69          (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
             70      facilities.
             71          (9) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
             72      or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             73      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             74          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             75      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             76      802.
             77          (10) "Educational facility":
             78          (a) means:
             79          (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
             80      program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12, including
             81      kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
             82          (ii) a structure or facility:
             83          (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i); and
             84          (B) used in support of the use of that building; and
             85          (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
             86      personnel; and
             87          (b) does not include land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory


             88      storage, equipment storage, food processing or preparing, H. [ or ] .H vehicle storage or
             88a      maintenance, H. or similar use .H
             89      [or other use in support of providing instruction to pupils,] that is:
             90          (i) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i);
             91      and
             92          (ii) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i).
             93          (11) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             94      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             95      independently.
             96          (12) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             97      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             98      property.
             99          (13) "Flood plain" means land that:
             100          (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency
             101      Management Agency; or
             102          (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
             103      but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
             104      the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
             105      Federal Emergency Management Agency.
             106          (14) "General plan" means a document that a municipality adopts that sets forth general
             107      guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality.
             108          (15) "Geologic hazard" means:
             109          (a) a surface fault rupture;
             110          (b) shallow groundwater;
             111          (c) liquefaction;
             112          (d) a landslide;
             113          (e) a debris flow;
             114          (f) unstable soil;
             115          (g) a rock fall; or
             116          (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
             117          (i) to life;
             118          (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or


             119          (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
             120          (16) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line,
             121      meter, or appurtenance that connects to a municipal water, sewer, storm water, power, or other
             122      utility system.
             123          (17) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a municipality that are
             124      substantially identical to building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and
             125      approved by the municipality and describe a building that is:
             126          (a) located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             127      previously approved plans is located; and
             128          (b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as
             129      the building described in the previously approved plans.
             130          (18) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter 36,
             131      Impact Fees Act.
             132          (19) "Improvement assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, cash, or other
             133      security:
             134          (a) to guaranty the proper completion of an improvement;
             135          (b) that is required as a condition precedent to:
             136          (i) recording a subdivision plat; or
             137          (ii) beginning development activity; and
             138          (c) that is offered to a land use authority to induce the land use authority, before actual
             139      construction of required improvements, to:
             140          (i) consent to the recording of a subdivision plat; or
             141          (ii) issue a permit for development activity.
             142          (20) "Improvement assurance warranty" means a promise that the materials and
             143      workmanship of improvements:
             144          (a) comport with standards that the municipality has officially adopted; and
             145          (b) will not fail in any material respect within a warranty period.
             146          (21) "Land use application" means an application required by a municipality's land use
             147      ordinance.
             148          (22) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             149      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.


             150          (23) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             151      ordinance of the municipality, but does not include the general plan.
             152          (24) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             153          (25) "Legislative body" means the municipal council.
             154          (26) "Local district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             155      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             156      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state.
             157          (27) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             158      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             159          (28) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             160      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             161      income for households of the same size in the county in which the city is located.
             162          (29) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a municipality only for time
             163      spent and expenses incurred in:
             164          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             165          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             166      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             167          (30) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             168          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             169          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             170      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations, which
             171      govern the use of land.
             172          (31) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             173          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             174          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance governing
             175      the land changed; and
             176          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             177      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             178          (32) "Official map" means a map drawn by municipal authorities and recorded in a
             179      county recorder's office that:
             180          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for


             181      highways and other transportation facilities;
             182          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             183      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             184      the land; and
             185          (c) has been adopted as an element of the municipality's general plan.
             186          (33) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             187      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             188          (34) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a city
             189      legislative body that includes:
             190          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             191      city;
             192          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the city for the next five
             193      years as revised biennially;
             194          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             195          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             196      income housing; and
             197          (e) a description of the city's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             198      income housing.
             199          (35) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             200      prepared in accordance with Section 10-9a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             201          (36) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
             202          (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
             203      relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
             204      hazard; or
             205          (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
             206      presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
             207      a designated geologic hazard area.
             208          (37) "Public agency" means:
             209          (a) the federal government;
             210          (b) the state;
             211          (c) a county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other


             212      political subdivision of the state; or
             213          (d) a charter school.
             214          (38) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             215      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             216          (39) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             217      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             218          (40) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             219      with Section 17-23-17 .
             220          (41) "Receiving zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality's land use
             221      authority designates as an area in which an owner of land may receive transferrable
             222      development rights.
             223          (42) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family
             224      dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 10-9a-516 , but does not include a health
             225      care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             226          (43) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             227          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             228          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             229      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             230          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             231      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             232          (44) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             233      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             234      wastewater systems.
             235          (45) "Sending zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality's land use
             236      authority designates as an area from which an owner of land may transfer transferrable
             237      development rights to an owner of land in a receiving zone.
             238          (46) "Specified public agency" means:
             239          (a) the state;
             240          (b) a school district; or
             241          (c) a charter school.
             242          (47) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or


             243      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             244          (48) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
             245          (49) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
             246      parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other
             247      way.
             248          (50) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             249      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             250      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             251      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             252          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             253          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             254      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             255          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (50)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             256      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             257      industrial purposes.
             258          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             259          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for the purpose of joining one of
             260      the resulting separate parcels to a contiguous parcel of unsubdivided agricultural land, if
             261      neither the resulting combined parcel nor the parcel remaining from the division or partition
             262      violates an applicable land use ordinance;
             263          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining unsubdivided properties
             264      adjusting their mutual boundary if:
             265          (A) no new lot is created; and
             266          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             267          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             268          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             269      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             270          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             271      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances; or
             272          (iv) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             273      their mutual boundary if:


             274          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
             275          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance.
             276          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             277      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (50) as to the
             278      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the municipality's
             279      subdivision ordinance.
             280          (51) "Transferrable development right" means the entitlement to develop land within a
             281      sending zone that would vest according to the municipality's existing land use ordinances on
             282      the date that a completed land use application is filed seeking the approval of development
             283      activity on the land.
             284          (52) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a city or
             285      town.
             286          (53) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
             287          (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11 ; and
             288          (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
             289          (i) a contract; or
             290          (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             291          (54) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts
             292      land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             293          Section 2. Section 10-9a-305 is amended to read:
             294           10-9a-305. Other entities required to conform to municipality's land use
             295      ordinances -- Exceptions -- School districts and charter schools -- Submission of
             296      development plan and schedule.
             297          (1) (a) Each county, municipality, school district, charter school, local district, special
             298      service district, and political subdivision of the state shall conform to any applicable land use
             299      ordinance of any municipality when installing, constructing, operating, or otherwise using any
             300      area, land, or building situated within that municipality.
             301          (b) In addition to any other remedies provided by law, when a municipality's land use
             302      ordinance is violated or about to be violated by another political subdivision, that municipality
             303      may institute an injunction, mandamus, abatement, or other appropriate action or proceeding to
             304      prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove the improper installation, improvement, or use.


             305          (2) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a public transit district under Title 17B,
             306      Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, is not required to conform to any applicable
             307      land use ordinance of a municipality located within the boundaries of a county of the first class
             308      when constructing a:
             309          (i) rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across two or more counties;
             310      or
             311          (ii) structure that serves a rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across
             312      two or more counties, including:
             313          (A) platforms;
             314          (B) passenger terminals or stations;
             315          (C) park and ride facilities;
             316          (D) maintenance facilities;
             317          (E) all related utility lines, roadways, and other facilities serving the public transit
             318      facility; or
             319          (F) other auxiliary facilities.
             320          (b) The exemption from municipal land use ordinances under this Subsection (2) does
             321      not extend to any property not necessary for the construction or operation of a rail fixed
             322      guideway public transit facility.
             323          (c) A municipality located within the boundaries of a county of the first class may not,
             324      through an agreement under Title 11, Chapter 3, Interlocal Cooperation Act, require a public
             325      transit district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, to obtain
             326      approval from the municipality prior to constructing a:
             327          (i) rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across two or more counties;
             328      or
             329          (ii) structure that serves a rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across
             330      two or more counties, including:
             331          (A) platforms;
             332          (B) passenger terminals or stations;
             333          (C) park and ride facilities;
             334          (D) maintenance facilities;
             335          (E) all related utility lines, roadways, and other facilities serving the public transit


             336      facility; or
             337          (F) other auxiliary facilities.
             338          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a school district or charter school is
             339      subject to a municipality's land use ordinances.
             340          (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (4), a municipality may:
             341          (A) subject a charter school to standards within each zone pertaining to setback, height,
             342      bulk and massing regulations, off-site parking, curb cut, traffic circulation, and construction
             343      staging; and
             344          (B) impose regulations upon the location of a project that are necessary to avoid
             345      unreasonable risks to health or safety, as provided in Subsection (4)(f).
             346          (ii) The standards to which a municipality may subject a charter school under
             347      Subsection (3)(b)(i) shall be objective standards only and may not be subjective.
             348          (iii) Except as provided in Subsection (8)(d), the only basis upon which a municipality
             349      may deny or withhold approval of a charter school's land use application is the charter school's
             350      failure to comply with a standard imposed under Subsection (3)(b)(i).
             351          (iv) Nothing in Subsection (3)(b)(iii) may be construed to relieve a charter school of an
             352      obligation to comply with a requirement of an applicable building or safety code to which it is
             353      otherwise obligated to comply.
             354          (4) A municipality may not:
             355          (a) impose requirements for landscaping, fencing, aesthetic considerations,
             356      construction methods or materials, additional building inspections, municipal building codes,
             357      building use for educational purposes, or the placement or use of temporary classroom facilities
             358      on school property;
             359          (b) except as otherwise provided in this section, require a school district or charter
             360      school to participate in the cost of any roadway or sidewalk, or a study on the impact of a
             361      school on a roadway or sidewalk, that is not reasonably necessary for the safety of school
             362      children and not located on or contiguous to school property, unless the roadway or sidewalk is
             363      required to connect an otherwise isolated school site to an existing roadway;
             364          (c) require a district or charter school to pay fees not authorized by this section;
             365          (d) provide for inspection of school construction or assess a fee or other charges for
             366      inspection, unless the school district or charter school is unable to provide for inspection by an


             367      inspector, other than the project architect or contractor, who is qualified under criteria
             368      established by the state superintendent;
             369          (e) require a school district or charter school to pay any impact fee for an improvement
             370      project unless the impact fee is imposed as provided in Title 11, Chapter 36, Impact Fees Act;
             371      [or]
             372          (f) impose regulations upon the location of an educational facility except as necessary
             373      to avoid unreasonable risks to health or safety[.]; or
             374          (g) for a land use or a structure owned H. or operated .H by a school district or
             374a      charter school that is not
             375      an educational facility but is used in support of providing instruction to pupils, impose a
             376      regulation that:
             377          (i) is not imposed on a similar land use or structure in the zone in which the land use or
             378      structure is approved; or
             379          (ii) uses the tax exempt status of the school district or charter school as criteria for
             380      prohibiting or regulating the land use or location of the structure.
             381          (5) Subject to Section 53A-20-108 , a school district or charter school shall coordinate
             382      the siting of a new school with the municipality in which the school is to be located, to:
             383          (a) avoid or mitigate existing and potential traffic hazards, including consideration of
             384      the impacts between the new school and future highways; and
             385          (b) maximize school, student, and site safety.
             386          (6) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(d), a municipality may, at its discretion:
             387          (a) provide a walk-through of school construction at no cost and at a time convenient to
             388      the district or charter school; and
             389          (b) provide recommendations based upon the walk-through.
             390          (7) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(d), a school district or charter school shall use:
             391          (i) a municipal building inspector;
             392          (ii) (A) for a school district, a school district building inspector from that school
             393      district; or
             394          (B) for a charter school, a school district building inspector from the school district in
             395      which the charter school is located; or
             396          (iii) an independent, certified building inspector who is:
             397          (A) not an employee of the contractor;


             398          (B) approved by:
             399          (I) a municipal building inspector; or
             400          (II) (Aa) for a school district, a school district building inspector from that school
             401      district; or
             402          (Bb) for a charter school, a school district building inspector from the school district in
             403      which the charter school is located; and
             404          (C) licensed to perform the inspection that the inspector is requested to perform.
             405          (b) The approval under Subsection (7)(a)(iii)(B) may not be unreasonably withheld.
             406          (c) If a school district or charter school uses a school district or independent building
             407      inspector under Subsection (7)(a)(ii) or (iii), the school district or charter school shall submit to
             408      the state superintendent of public instruction and municipal building official, on a monthly
             409      basis during construction of the school building, a copy of each inspection certificate regarding
             410      the school building.
             411          (8) (a) A charter school shall be considered a permitted use in all zoning districts
             412      within a municipality.
             413          (b) Each land use application for any approval required for a charter school, including
             414      an application for a building permit, shall be processed on a first priority basis.
             415          (c) Parking requirements for a charter school may not exceed the minimum parking
             416      requirements for schools or other institutional public uses throughout the municipality.
             417          (d) If a municipality has designated zones for a sexually oriented business, or a
             418      business which sells alcohol, a charter school may be prohibited from a location which would
             419      otherwise defeat the purpose for the zone unless the charter school provides a waiver.
             420          (e) (i) A school district or a charter school may seek a certificate authorizing permanent
             421      occupancy of a school building from:
             422          (A) the state superintendent of public instruction, as provided in Subsection
             423      53A-20-104 (3), if the school district or charter school used an independent building inspector
             424      for inspection of the school building; or
             425          (B) a municipal official with authority to issue the certificate, if the school district or
             426      charter school used a municipal building inspector for inspection of the school building.
             427          (ii) A school district may issue its own certificate authorizing permanent occupancy of
             428      a school building if it used its own building inspector for inspection of the school building,


             429      subject to the notification requirement of Subsection 53A-20-104 (3)(a)(ii).
             430          (iii) A charter school may seek a certificate authorizing permanent occupancy of a
             431      school building from a school district official with authority to issue the certificate, if the
             432      charter school used a school district building inspector for inspection of the school building.
             433          (iv) A certificate authorizing permanent occupancy issued by the state superintendent
             434      of public instruction under Subsection 53A-20-104 (3) or a school district official with authority
             435      to issue the certificate shall be considered to satisfy any municipal requirement for an
             436      inspection or a certificate of occupancy.
             437          (9) (a) A specified public agency intending to develop its land shall submit to the land
             438      use authority a development plan and schedule:
             439          (i) as early as practicable in the development process, but no later than the
             440      commencement of construction; and
             441          (ii) with sufficient detail to enable the land use authority to assess:
             442          (A) the specified public agency's compliance with applicable land use ordinances;
             443          (B) the demand for public facilities listed in Subsections 11-36-102 (13)(a), (b), (c), (d),
             444      (e), and (g) caused by the development;
             445          (C) the amount of any applicable fee listed in Subsection 10-9a-510 (5);
             446          (D) any credit against an impact fee; and
             447          (E) the potential for waiving an impact fee.
             448          (b) The land use authority shall respond to a specified public agency's submission
             449      under Subsection (9)(a) with reasonable promptness in order to allow the specified public
             450      agency to consider information the municipality provides under Subsection (9)(a)(ii) in the
             451      process of preparing the budget for the development.
             452          (10) Nothing in this section may be construed to modify or supersede Section
             453      10-9a-304 .
             454          Section 3. Section 17-27a-103 is amended to read:
             455           17-27a-103. Definitions.
             456          As used in this chapter:
             457          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
             458      district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
             459      cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified


             460      property owner, property owners association, public utility, or the Utah Department of
             461      Transportation, if:
             462          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             463      modification because of an intended use of land;
             464          (b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan;
             465      or
             466          (c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar
             467      year and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a
             468      requirement imposed under this chapter.
             469          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             470      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             471      variance.
             472          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             473      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             474      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             475          (4) "Charter school" includes:
             476          (a) an operating charter school;
             477          (b) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             478      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; and
             479          (c) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant
             480      to develop or construct a charter school building.
             481          (5) "Chief executive officer" means the person or body that exercises the executive
             482      powers of the county.
             483          (6) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             484      potential impact on the county, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             485      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             486      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             487          (7) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             488      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             489          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             490          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.


             491          (8) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             492      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             493      the subject property.
             494          (9) "Development activity" means:
             495          (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
             496      demand and need for public facilities;
             497          (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
             498      for public facilities; or
             499          (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
             500      facilities.
             501          (10) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
             502      one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             503      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             504          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             505      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             506      802.
             507          (11) "Educational facility":
             508          (a) means:
             509          (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
             510      program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12, including
             511      kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
             512          (ii) a structure or facility:
             513          (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i); and
             514          (B) used in support of the use of that building; and
             515          (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
             516      personnel; and
             517          (b) does not include land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory
             518      storage, equipment storage, food processing or preparing, H. [ or ] .H vehicle storage or
             518a      maintenance, H. or similar use .H
             519      [or other use in support of providing instruction to pupils,] that is:
             520          (i) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i);
             521      and


             522          (ii) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i).
             523          (12) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             524      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             525      independently.
             526          (13) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             527      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             528      property.
             529          (14) "Flood plain" means land that:
             530          (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency
             531      Management Agency; or
             532          (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
             533      but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
             534      the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
             535      Federal Emergency Management Agency.
             536          (15) "Gas corporation" has the same meaning as defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             537          (16) "General plan" means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general
             538      guidelines for proposed future development of the unincorporated land within the county.
             539          (17) "Geologic hazard" means:
             540          (a) a surface fault rupture;
             541          (b) shallow groundwater;
             542          (c) liquefaction;
             543          (d) a landslide;
             544          (e) a debris flow;
             545          (f) unstable soil;
             546          (g) a rock fall; or
             547          (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
             548          (i) to life;
             549          (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
             550          (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
             551          (18) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line,
             552      meter, or appurtenance to connect to a county water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility


             553      system.
             554          (19) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a county that are substantially
             555      identical building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and approved by the
             556      county and describe a building that is:
             557          (a) located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             558      previously approved plans is located; and
             559          (b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as
             560      the building described in the previously approved plans.
             561          (20) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter 36,
             562      Impact Fees Act.
             563          (21) "Improvement assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, cash, or other
             564      security:
             565          (a) to guaranty the proper completion of an improvement;
             566          (b) that is required as a condition precedent to:
             567          (i) recording a subdivision plat; or
             568          (ii) beginning development activity; and
             569          (c) that is offered to a land use authority to induce the land use authority, before actual
             570      construction of required improvements, to:
             571          (i) consent to the recording of a subdivision plat; or
             572          (ii) issue a permit for development activity.
             573          (22) "Improvement assurance warranty" means a promise that the materials and
             574      workmanship of improvements:
             575          (a) comport with standards that the county has officially adopted; and
             576          (b) will not fail in any material respect within a warranty period.
             577          (23) "Interstate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             578      transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under
             579      the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             580          (24) "Intrastate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             581      transportation that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory
             582      Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             583          (25) "Land use application" means an application required by a county's land use


             584      ordinance.
             585          (26) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             586      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.
             587          (27) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             588      ordinance of the county, but does not include the general plan.
             589          (28) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             590          (29) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body, or for a county that has
             591      adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers.
             592          (30) "Local district" means any entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             593      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             594      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state.
             595          (31) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             596      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             597          (32) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             598      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             599      income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located.
             600          (33) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a county only for time spent
             601      and expenses incurred in:
             602          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             603          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             604      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             605          (34) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             606          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             607          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             608      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that govern
             609      the use of land.
             610          (35) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             611          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             612          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation
             613      governing the land changed; and
             614          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform


             615      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             616          (36) "Official map" means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the
             617      county recorder's office that:
             618          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             619      highways and other transportation facilities;
             620          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             621      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             622      the land; and
             623          (c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan.
             624          (37) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             625      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             626          (38) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a
             627      county legislative body that includes:
             628          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             629      county;
             630          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five
             631      years as revised biennially;
             632          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             633          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             634      income housing; and
             635          (e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             636      income housing.
             637          (39) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             638      prepared in accordance with Section 17-27a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             639          (40) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
             640          (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
             641      relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
             642      hazard; or
             643          (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
             644      presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
             645      a designated geologic hazard area.


             646          (41) "Public agency" means:
             647          (a) the federal government;
             648          (b) the state;
             649          (c) a county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other
             650      political subdivision of the state; or
             651          (d) a charter school.
             652          (42) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             653      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             654          (43) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             655      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             656          (44) "Receiving zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county's land
             657      use authority designates as an area in which an owner of land may receive transferrable
             658      development rights.
             659          (45) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             660      with Section 17-23-17 .
             661          (46) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family
             662      dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 17-27a-515 , but does not include a health
             663      care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             664          (47) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             665          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             666          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             667      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             668          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             669      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             670          (48) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             671      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             672      wastewater systems.
             673          (49) "Sending zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county's land
             674      use authority designates as an area from which an owner of land may transfer transferrable
             675      development rights to an owner of land in a receiving zone.
             676          (50) "Specified public agency" means:


             677          (a) the state;
             678          (b) a school district; or
             679          (c) a charter school.
             680          (51) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             681      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             682          (52) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
             683          (53) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
             684      parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other
             685      way.
             686          (54) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             687      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             688      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             689      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             690          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             691          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             692      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             693          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (54)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             694      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             695      industrial purposes.
             696          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             697          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;
             698          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining properties adjusting their
             699      mutual boundary if:
             700          (A) no new lot is created; and
             701          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             702          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             703          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             704      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             705          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             706      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             707          (iv) a bona fide division or partition of land in a county other than a first class county


             708      for the purpose of siting, on one or more of the resulting separate parcels:
             709          (A) an unmanned facility appurtenant to a pipeline owned or operated by a gas
             710      corporation, interstate pipeline company, or intrastate pipeline company; or
             711          (B) an unmanned telecommunications, microwave, fiber optic, electrical, or other
             712      utility service regeneration, transformation, retransmission, or amplification facility; or
             713          (v) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             714      their mutual boundary if:
             715          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
             716          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance.
             717          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             718      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (54) as to the
             719      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the county's subdivision
             720      ordinance.
             721          (55) "Township" means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of the
             722      unincorporated area of a county, established under this part or reconstituted or reinstated under
             723      Section 17-27a-306 , with planning and zoning functions as exercised through the township
             724      planning commission, as provided in this chapter, but with no legal or political identity
             725      separate from the county and no taxing authority, except that "township" means a former
             726      township under Laws of Utah 1996, Chapter 308, where the context so indicates.
             727          (56) "Transferrable development right" means the entitlement to develop land within a
             728      sending zone that would vest according to the county's existing land use ordinances on the date
             729      that a completed land use application is filed seeking the approval of development activity on
             730      the land.
             731          (57) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a
             732      municipality.
             733          (58) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
             734          (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11 ; and
             735          (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
             736          (i) a contract; or
             737          (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             738          (59) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts


             739      land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             740          Section 4. Section 17-27a-305 is amended to read:
             741           17-27a-305. Other entities required to conform to county's land use ordinances --
             742      Exceptions -- School districts and charter schools -- Submission of development plan and
             743      schedule.
             744          (1) (a) Each county, municipality, school district, charter school, local district, special
             745      service district, and political subdivision of the state shall conform to any applicable land use
             746      ordinance of any county when installing, constructing, operating, or otherwise using any area,
             747      land, or building situated within the unincorporated portion of the county.
             748          (b) In addition to any other remedies provided by law, when a county's land use
             749      ordinance is violated or about to be violated by another political subdivision, that county may
             750      institute an injunction, mandamus, abatement, or other appropriate action or proceeding to
             751      prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove the improper installation, improvement, or use.
             752          (2) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a public transit district under Title 17B,
             753      Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, is not required to conform to any applicable
             754      land use ordinance of a county of the first class when constructing a:
             755          (i) rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across two or more counties;
             756      or
             757          (ii) structure that serves a rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across
             758      two or more counties, including:
             759          (A) platforms;
             760          (B) passenger terminals or stations;
             761          (C) park and ride facilities;
             762          (D) maintenance facilities;
             763          (E) all related utility lines, roadways, and other facilities serving the public transit
             764      facility; or
             765          (F) other auxiliary facilities.
             766          (b) The exemption from county land use ordinances under this Subsection (2) does not
             767      extend to any property not necessary for the construction or operation of a rail fixed guideway
             768      public transit facility.
             769          (c) A county of the first class may not, through an agreement under Title 11, Chapter


             770      13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, require a public transit district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a,
             771      Part 8, Public Transit District Act, to obtain approval from the county prior to constructing a:
             772          (i) rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across two or more counties;
             773      or
             774          (ii) structure that serves a rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across
             775      two or more counties, including:
             776          (A) platforms;
             777          (B) passenger terminals or stations;
             778          (C) park and ride facilities;
             779          (D) maintenance facilities;
             780          (E) all related utility lines, roadways, and other facilities serving the public transit
             781      facility; or
             782          (F) other auxiliary facilities.
             783          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a school district or charter school is
             784      subject to a county's land use ordinances.
             785          (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (4), a county may:
             786          (A) subject a charter school to standards within each zone pertaining to setback, height,
             787      bulk and massing regulations, off-site parking, curb cut, traffic circulation, and construction
             788      staging; and
             789          (B) impose regulations upon the location of a project that are necessary to avoid
             790      unreasonable risks to health or safety, as provided in Subsection (4)(f).
             791          (ii) The standards to which a county may subject a charter school under Subsection
             792      (3)(b)(i) shall be objective standards only and may not be subjective.
             793          (iii) Except as provided in Subsection (8)(d), the only basis upon which a county may
             794      deny or withhold approval of a charter school's land use application is the charter school's
             795      failure to comply with a standard imposed under Subsection (3)(b)(i).
             796          (iv) Nothing in Subsection (3)(b)(iii) may be construed to relieve a charter school of an
             797      obligation to comply with a requirement of an applicable building or safety code to which it is
             798      otherwise obligated to comply.
             799          (4) A county may not:
             800          (a) impose requirements for landscaping, fencing, aesthetic considerations,


             801      construction methods or materials, additional building inspections, county building codes,
             802      building use for educational purposes, or the placement or use of temporary classroom facilities
             803      on school property;
             804          (b) except as otherwise provided in this section, require a school district or charter
             805      school to participate in the cost of any roadway or sidewalk, or a study on the impact of a
             806      school on a roadway or sidewalk, that is not reasonably necessary for the safety of school
             807      children and not located on or contiguous to school property, unless the roadway or sidewalk is
             808      required to connect an otherwise isolated school site to an existing roadway;
             809          (c) require a district or charter school to pay fees not authorized by this section;
             810          (d) provide for inspection of school construction or assess a fee or other charges for
             811      inspection, unless the school district or charter school is unable to provide for inspection by an
             812      inspector, other than the project architect or contractor, who is qualified under criteria
             813      established by the state superintendent;
             814          (e) require a school district or charter school to pay any impact fee for an improvement
             815      project unless the impact fee is imposed as provided in Title 11, Chapter 36, Impact Fees Act;
             816      [or]
             817          (f) impose regulations upon the location of an educational facility except as necessary
             818      to avoid unreasonable risks to health or safety[.]; or
             819          (g) for a land use or a structure owned H. or operated .H by a school district or charter
             819a      school that is not
             820      an educational facility but is used in support of providing instruction to pupils, impose a
             821      regulation that:
             822          (i) is not imposed on a similar land use or structure in the zone in which the land use or
             823      structure is approved; or
             824          (ii) uses the tax exempt status of the school district or charter school as criteria for
             825      prohibiting or regulating the land use or location of the structure.
             826          (5) Subject to Section 53A-20-108 , a school district or charter school shall coordinate
             827      the siting of a new school with the county in which the school is to be located, to:
             828          (a) avoid or mitigate existing and potential traffic hazards, including consideration of
             829      the impacts between the new school and future highways; and
             830          (b) maximize school, student, and site safety.
             831          (6) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(d), a county may, at its discretion:


             832          (a) provide a walk-through of school construction at no cost and at a time convenient to
             833      the district or charter school; and
             834          (b) provide recommendations based upon the walk-through.
             835          (7) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(d), a school district or charter school shall use:
             836          (i) a county building inspector;
             837          (ii) (A) for a school district, a school district building inspector from that school
             838      district; or
             839          (B) for a charter school, a school district building inspector from the school district in
             840      which the charter school is located; or
             841          (iii) an independent, certified building inspector who is:
             842          (A) not an employee of the contractor;
             843          (B) approved by:
             844          (I) a county building inspector; or
             845          (II) (Aa) for a school district, a school district building inspector from that school
             846      district; or
             847          (Bb) for a charter school, a school district building inspector from the school district in
             848      which the charter school is located; and
             849          (C) licensed to perform the inspection that the inspector is requested to perform.
             850          (b) The approval under Subsection (7)(a)(iii)(B) may not be unreasonably withheld.
             851          (c) If a school district or charter school uses a school district or independent building
             852      inspector under Subsection (7)(a)(ii) or (iii), the school district or charter school shall submit to
             853      the state superintendent of public instruction and county building official, on a monthly basis
             854      during construction of the school building, a copy of each inspection certificate regarding the
             855      school building.
             856          (8) (a) A charter school shall be considered a permitted use in all zoning districts
             857      within a county.
             858          (b) Each land use application for any approval required for a charter school, including
             859      an application for a building permit, shall be processed on a first priority basis.
             860          (c) Parking requirements for a charter school may not exceed the minimum parking
             861      requirements for schools or other institutional public uses throughout the county.
             862          (d) If a county has designated zones for a sexually oriented business, or a business


             863      which sells alcohol, a charter school may be prohibited from a location which would otherwise
             864      defeat the purpose for the zone unless the charter school provides a waiver.
             865          (e) (i) A school district or a charter school may seek a certificate authorizing permanent
             866      occupancy of a school building from:
             867          (A) the state superintendent of public instruction, as provided in Subsection
             868      53A-20-104 (3), if the school district or charter school used an independent building inspector
             869      for inspection of the school building; or
             870          (B) a county official with authority to issue the certificate, if the school district or
             871      charter school used a county building inspector for inspection of the school building.
             872          (ii) A school district may issue its own certificate authorizing permanent occupancy of
             873      a school building if it used its own building inspector for inspection of the school building,
             874      subject to the notification requirement of Subsection 53A-20-104 (3)(a)(ii).
             875          (iii) A charter school may seek a certificate authorizing permanent occupancy of a
             876      school building from a school district official with authority to issue the certificate, if the
             877      charter school used a school district building inspector for inspection of the school building.
             878          (iv) A certificate authorizing permanent occupancy issued by the state superintendent
             879      of public instruction under Subsection 53A-20-104 (3) or a school district official with authority
             880      to issue the certificate shall be considered to satisfy any county requirement for an inspection or
             881      a certificate of occupancy.
             882          (9) (a) A specified public agency intending to develop its land shall submit to the land
             883      use authority a development plan and schedule:
             884          (i) as early as practicable in the development process, but no later than the
             885      commencement of construction; and
             886          (ii) with sufficient detail to enable the land use authority to assess:
             887          (A) the specified public agency's compliance with applicable land use ordinances;
             888          (B) the demand for public facilities listed in Subsections 11-36-102 (13)(a), (b), (c), (d),
             889      (e), and (g) caused by the development;
             890          (C) the amount of any applicable fee listed in Subsection 17-27a-509 (5);
             891          (D) any credit against an impact fee; and
             892          (E) the potential for waiving an impact fee.
             893          (b) The land use authority shall respond to a specified public agency's submission


             894      under Subsection (9)(a) with reasonable promptness in order to allow the specified public
             895      agency to consider information the municipality provides under Subsection (9)(a)(ii) in the
             896      process of preparing the budget for the development.
             897          (10) Nothing in this section may be construed to modify or supersede Section
             898      17-27a-304 .


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