H.B. 220 Enrolled

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LAND USE AMENDMENTS

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2014 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Gage Froerer

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Senate Sponsor: J. Stuart Adams

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends provisions related to land use.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    clarifies the definition of land use authority;
             13          .    allows a land use applicant a substantive review of the application in certain
             14      circumstances;
             15          .    requires the land use authority to provide notice of a petition to vacate or amend a
             16      plat to each entity that provides a service to an owner of record of the portion of the
             17      plat that is being vacated or amended at least 10 calendar days before the land use
             18      authority may approve the vacation or amendment of the plat;
             19          .    provides that a recorded, amended plat vacates a previously recorded plat;
             20          .    provides that a recorded vacating ordinance replaces a previously recorded plat
             21      described in the vacating ordinance;
             22          .    requires that an amended plat be signed by the land use authority; and
             23          .    makes technical corrections.
             24      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             25          None
             26      Other Special Clauses:
             27          None
             28      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             29      AMENDS:


             30           10-9a-103 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapters 309 and 334
             31           10-9a-509 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 216
             32           10-9a-608 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 269 and 381
             33           10-9a-609 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 381
             34           17-27a-103 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapters 309, 334, and 476
             35           17-27a-508 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 216
             36           17-27a-608 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 269 and 381
             37           17-27a-609 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 381
             38     
             39      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             40          Section 1. Section 10-9a-103 is amended to read:
             41           10-9a-103. Definitions.
             42          As used in this chapter:
             43          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
             44      district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
             45      cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified
             46      public utility, property owner, property owners association, or the Utah Department of
             47      Transportation, if:
             48          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             49      modification because of an intended use of land;
             50          (b) the entity has filed with the municipality a copy of the entity's general or long-range
             51      plan; or
             52          (c) the entity has filed with the municipality a request for notice during the same
             53      calendar year and before the municipality provides notice to an affected entity in compliance
             54      with a requirement imposed under this chapter.
             55          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             56      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             57      variance.


             58          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             59      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             60      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             61          (4) (a) "Charter school" means:
             62          (i) an operating charter school;
             63          (ii) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             64      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; or
             65          (iii) an entity that is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter
             66      applicant to develop or construct a charter school building.
             67          (b) "Charter school" does not include a therapeutic school.
             68          (5) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             69      potential impact on the municipality, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             70      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             71      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             72          (6) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             73      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             74          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             75          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             76          (7) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             77      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             78      the subject property.
             79          (8) "Development activity" means:
             80          (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
             81      demand and need for public facilities;
             82          (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
             83      for public facilities; or
             84          (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
             85      facilities.


             86          (9) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
             87      or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             88      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             89          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             90      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             91      802.
             92          (10) "Educational facility":
             93          (a) means:
             94          (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
             95      program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12, including
             96      kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
             97          (ii) a structure or facility:
             98          (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i); and
             99          (B) used in support of the use of that building; and
             100          (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
             101      personnel; and
             102          (b) does not include:
             103          (i) land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory storage, equipment
             104      storage, food processing or preparing, vehicle storage or maintenance, or similar use that is:
             105          (A) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i);
             106      and
             107          (B) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i); or
             108          (ii) a therapeutic school.
             109          (11) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             110      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             111      property.
             112          (12) "Flood plain" means land that:
             113          (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency


             114      Management Agency; or
             115          (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
             116      but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
             117      the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
             118      Federal Emergency Management Agency.
             119          (13) "General plan" means a document that a municipality adopts that sets forth general
             120      guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality.
             121          (14) "Geologic hazard" means:
             122          (a) a surface fault rupture;
             123          (b) shallow groundwater;
             124          (c) liquefaction;
             125          (d) a landslide;
             126          (e) a debris flow;
             127          (f) unstable soil;
             128          (g) a rock fall; or
             129          (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
             130          (i) to life;
             131          (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
             132          (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
             133          (15) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line,
             134      meter, or appurtenance that connects to a municipal water, sewer, storm water, power, or other
             135      utility system.
             136          (16) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a municipality that:
             137          (a) are clearly marked as "identical plans";
             138          (b) are substantially identical to building plans that were previously submitted to and
             139      reviewed and approved by the municipality; and
             140          (c) describe a building that:
             141          (i) is located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the


             142      previously approved plans is located;
             143          (ii) is subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law
             144      as the building described in the previously approved plans;
             145          (iii) has a floor plan identical to the building plan previously submitted to and reviewed
             146      and approved by the municipality; and
             147          (iv) does not require any additional engineering or analysis.
             148          (17) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter 36a,
             149      Impact Fees Act.
             150          (18) "Improvement completion assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, cash,
             151      or other security required by a municipality to guaranty the proper completion of landscaping
             152      or infrastructure that the land use authority has required as a condition precedent to:
             153          (a) recording a subdivision plat; or
             154          (b) beginning development activity.
             155          (19) "Improvement warranty" means an applicant's unconditional warranty that the
             156      accepted landscaping or infrastructure:
             157          (a) complies with the municipality's written standards for design, materials, and
             158      workmanship; and
             159          (b) will not fail in any material respect, as a result of poor workmanship or materials,
             160      within the improvement warranty period.
             161          (20) "Improvement warranty period" means a period:
             162          (a) no later than one year after a municipality's acceptance of required landscaping; or
             163          (b) no later than one year after a municipality's acceptance of required infrastructure,
             164      unless the municipality:
             165          (i) determines for good cause that a one-year period would be inadequate to protect the
             166      public health, safety, and welfare; and
             167          (ii) has substantial evidence, on record:
             168          (A) of prior poor performance by the applicant; or
             169          (B) that the area upon which the infrastructure will be constructed contains suspect soil


             170      and the municipality has not otherwise required the applicant to mitigate the suspect soil.
             171          (21) "Internal lot restriction" means a platted note, platted demarcation, or platted
             172      designation that:
             173          (a) runs with the land; and
             174          (b) (i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on
             175      the plat; or
             176          (ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot
             177      described on the plat.
             178          (22) "Land use application" means an application required by a municipality's land use
             179      ordinance.
             180          (23) "Land use authority" means:
             181          (a) a person, board, commission, agency, or [other] body, including the local legislative
             182      body, designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application[.]; or
             183          (b) if the local legislative body has not designated a person, board, commission,
             184      agency, or body, the local legislative body.
             185          (24) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             186      ordinance of the municipality, but does not include the general plan.
             187          (25) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             188          (26) "Legislative body" means the municipal council.
             189          (27) "Local district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             190      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             191      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state.
             192          (28) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             193      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             194          (29) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             195      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             196      income for households of the same size in the county in which the city is located.
             197          (30) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a municipality only for time


             198      spent and expenses incurred in:
             199          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             200          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             201      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             202          (31) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             203          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             204          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             205      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations, which
             206      govern the use of land.
             207          (32) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             208          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             209          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance governing
             210      the land changed; and
             211          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             212      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             213          (33) "Official map" means a map drawn by municipal authorities and recorded in a
             214      county recorder's office that:
             215          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             216      highways and other transportation facilities;
             217          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             218      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             219      the land; and
             220          (c) has been adopted as an element of the municipality's general plan.
             221          (34) "Parcel boundary adjustment" means a recorded agreement between owners of
             222      adjoining properties adjusting their mutual boundary if:
             223          (a) no additional parcel is created; and
             224          (b) each property identified in the agreement is unsubdivided land, including a
             225      remainder of subdivided land.


             226          (35) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             227      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             228          (36) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a city
             229      legislative body that includes:
             230          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             231      city;
             232          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the city for the next five
             233      years as revised biennially;
             234          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             235          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             236      income housing; and
             237          (e) a description of the city's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             238      income housing.
             239          (37) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             240      prepared in accordance with Section 10-9a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             241          (38) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
             242          (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
             243      relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
             244      hazard; or
             245          (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
             246      presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
             247      a designated geologic hazard area.
             248          (39) "Public agency" means:
             249          (a) the federal government;
             250          (b) the state;
             251          (c) a county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other
             252      political subdivision of the state; or
             253          (d) a charter school.


             254          (40) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             255      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             256          (41) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             257      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             258          (42) "Receiving zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality
             259      designates, by ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable
             260      development right.
             261          (43) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             262      with Section 17-23-17 .
             263          (44) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             264          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             265          (b) (i) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title
             266      62A, Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             267          (ii) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter
             268      21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             269          (45) "Rules of order and procedure" means a set of rules that govern and prescribe in a
             270      public meeting:
             271          (a) parliamentary order and procedure;
             272          (b) ethical behavior; and
             273          (c) civil discourse.
             274          (46) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             275      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             276      wastewater systems.
             277          (47) "Sending zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality designates,
             278      by ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable development
             279      right.
             280          (48) "Specified public agency" means:
             281          (a) the state;


             282          (b) a school district; or
             283          (c) a charter school.
             284          (49) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             285      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             286          (50) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
             287          (51) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
             288      parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other
             289      way.
             290          (52) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             291      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             292      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             293      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             294          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             295          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             296      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             297          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (52)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             298      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             299      industrial purposes.
             300          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             301          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for the purpose of joining one of
             302      the resulting separate parcels to a contiguous parcel of unsubdivided agricultural land, if
             303      neither the resulting combined parcel nor the parcel remaining from the division or partition
             304      violates an applicable land use ordinance;
             305          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining unsubdivided properties
             306      adjusting their mutual boundary if:
             307          (A) no new lot is created; and
             308          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             309          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:


             310          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             311      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             312          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             313      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             314          (iv) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             315      their mutual boundary if:
             316          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
             317          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance;
             318          (v) a bona fide division or partition of land by deed or other instrument where the land
             319      use authority expressly approves in writing the division in anticipation of further land use
             320      approvals on the parcel or parcels; or
             321          (vi) a parcel boundary adjustment.
             322          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             323      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (52) as to the
             324      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the municipality's
             325      subdivision ordinance.
             326          (53) "Suspect soil" means soil that has:
             327          (a) a high susceptibility for volumetric change, typically clay rich, having more than a
             328      3% swell potential;
             329          (b) bedrock units with high shrink or swell susceptibility; or
             330          (c) gypsiferous silt and clay, gypsum, or bedrock units containing abundant gypsum
             331      commonly associated with dissolution and collapse features.
             332          (54) "Therapeutic school" means a residential group living facility:
             333          (a) for four or more individuals who are not related to:
             334          (i) the owner of the facility; or
             335          (ii) the primary service provider of the facility;
             336          (b) that serves students who have a history of failing to function:
             337          (i) at home;


             338          (ii) in a public school; or
             339          (iii) in a nonresidential private school; and
             340          (c) that offers:
             341          (i) room and board; and
             342          (ii) an academic education integrated with:
             343          (A) specialized structure and supervision; or
             344          (B) services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a
             345      behavioral development, a familial development, or a social development.
             346          (55) "Transferable development right" means a right to develop and use land that
             347      originates by an ordinance that authorizes a land owner in a designated sending zone to transfer
             348      land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone.
             349          (56) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a city or
             350      town.
             351          (57) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
             352          (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11 ; and
             353          (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
             354          (i) a contract; or
             355          (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             356          (58) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts
             357      land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             358          Section 2. Section 10-9a-509 is amended to read:
             359           10-9a-509. Applicant's entitlement to land use application approval -- Exceptions
             360      -- Application relating to land in a high priority transportation corridor -- Municipality's
             361      requirements and limitations -- Vesting upon submission of development plan and
             362      schedule.
             363          (1) (a) (i) An applicant who has filed a complete land use application, including the
             364      payment of all application fees, is entitled to substantive land use review of the land use
             365      application under the land use laws in effect on the date that the application is complete and as


             366      further provided in this section.
             367          (ii) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), an applicant is entitled to approval of a
             368      land use application if the application conforms to the requirements of the municipality's land
             369      use maps, zoning map, a municipal specification for public improvements applicable to a
             370      subdivision or development, and an applicable land use ordinance in effect when a complete
             371      application is submitted and all application fees have been paid, unless:
             372          [(i)] (A) the land use authority, on the record, finds that a compelling, countervailing
             373      public interest would be jeopardized by approving the application; or
             374          [(ii)] (B) in the manner provided by local ordinance and before the application is
             375      submitted, the municipality has formally initiated proceedings to amend its ordinances in a
             376      manner that would prohibit approval of the application as submitted.
             377          (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c), an applicant is not entitled to approval
             378      of a land use application until the requirements of this Subsection (1)(b) have been met if the
             379      land use application relates to land located within the boundaries of a high priority
             380      transportation corridor designated in accordance with Section 72-5-403 .
             381          (ii) (A) A municipality shall notify the executive director of the Department of
             382      Transportation of any land use applications that relate to land located within the boundaries of
             383      a high priority transportation corridor.
             384          (B) The notification under Subsection (1)(b)(ii)(A) shall be in writing and mailed by
             385      certified or registered mail to the executive director of the Department of Transportation.
             386          (iii) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c), a municipality may not approve a land
             387      use application that relates to land located within the boundaries of a high priority
             388      transportation corridor until:
             389          (A) 30 days after the notification under Subsection (1)(b)(ii)(A) is received by the
             390      Department of Transportation if the land use application is for a building permit; or
             391          (B) 45 days after the notification under Subsection (1)(b)(ii)(A) is received by the
             392      Department of Transportation if the land use application is for any land use other than a
             393      building permit.


             394          (iv) (A) If an application is an application for a subdivision approval, including any
             395      land, subject to Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(C), located within 100 feet of the center line of a canal,
             396      the land use authority shall:
             397          (I) within 30 days after the day on which the application is filed, notify the canal
             398      company or canal operator responsible for the canal, if the canal company or canal operator has
             399      provided information under Section 10-9a-211 ; and
             400          (II) wait at least 10 days after the day on which the land use authority notifies a canal
             401      company or canal operator under Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(A)(I) to approve or reject the
             402      subdivision application described in Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(A).
             403          (B) The notification under Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(A) shall be in writing and mailed by
             404      certified or registered mail to the canal company or canal operator contact described in Section
             405      10-9a-211 .
             406          (C) The location of land described in Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(A) shall be:
             407          (I) provided by a canal company or canal operator to the land use authority; and
             408          (II) (Aa) determined by use of mapping-grade global positioning satellite units; or
             409          (Bb) digitized from the most recent aerial photo available to the canal company or
             410      canal operator.
             411          (c) (i) A land use application is exempt from the requirements of Subsections (1)(b)(i)
             412      and (ii) if:
             413          (A) the land use application relates to land that was the subject of a previous land use
             414      application; and
             415          (B) the previous land use application described under Subsection (1)(c)(i)(A) complied
             416      with the requirements of Subsections (1)(b)(i) and (ii).
             417          (ii) A municipality may approve a land use application without making the required
             418      notifications under Subsection (1)(b)(ii)(A) if:
             419          (A) the land use application relates to land that was the subject of a previous land use
             420      application; and
             421          (B) the previous land use application described under Subsection (1)(c)(ii)(A)


             422      complied with the requirements of Subsections (1)(b)(i) and (ii).
             423          (d) After a municipality has complied with the requirements of Subsection (1)(b) for a
             424      land use application, the municipality may not withhold approval of the land use application for
             425      which the applicant is otherwise entitled under Subsection (1)(a).
             426          (e) The municipality shall process an application without regard to proceedings
             427      initiated to amend the municipality's ordinances as provided in Subsection (1)(a)(ii)(B) if:
             428          (i) 180 days have passed since the proceedings were initiated; and
             429          (ii) the proceedings have not resulted in an enactment that prohibits approval of the
             430      application as submitted.
             431          (f) An application for a land use approval is considered submitted and complete when
             432      the application is provided in a form that complies with the requirements of applicable
             433      ordinances and all applicable fees have been paid.
             434          (g) The continuing validity of an approval of a land use application is conditioned upon
             435      the applicant proceeding after approval to implement the approval with reasonable diligence.
             436          (h) A municipality may not impose on an applicant who has submitted a complete
             437      application for preliminary subdivision approval a requirement that is not expressed in:
             438          (i) this chapter;
             439          (ii) a municipal ordinance; or
             440          (iii) a municipal specification for public improvements applicable to a subdivision or
             441      development that is in effect on the date that the applicant submits an application.
             442          (i) A municipality may not impose on a holder of an issued land use permit or a final,
             443      unexpired subdivision plat a requirement that is not expressed:
             444          (i) in a land use permit;
             445          (ii) on the subdivision plat;
             446          (iii) in a document on which the land use permit or subdivision plat is based;
             447          (iv) in the written record evidencing approval of the land use permit or subdivision
             448      plat;
             449          (v) in this chapter; or


             450          (vi) in a municipal ordinance.
             451          (j) A municipality may not withhold issuance of a certificate of occupancy or
             452      acceptance of subdivision improvements because of an applicant's failure to comply with a
             453      requirement that is not expressed:
             454          (i) in the building permit or subdivision plat, documents on which the building permit
             455      or subdivision plat is based, or the written record evidencing approval of the land use permit or
             456      subdivision plat; or
             457          (ii) in this chapter or the municipality's ordinances.
             458          (2) A municipality is bound by the terms and standards of applicable land use
             459      ordinances and shall comply with mandatory provisions of those ordinances.
             460          (3) A municipality may not, as a condition of land use application approval, require a
             461      person filing a land use application to obtain documentation regarding a school district's
             462      willingness, capacity, or ability to serve the development proposed in the land use application.
             463          (4) Upon a specified public agency's submission of a development plan and schedule as
             464      required in Subsection 10-9a-305 (8) that complies with the requirements of that subsection, the
             465      specified public agency vests in the municipality's applicable land use maps, zoning map,
             466      hookup fees, impact fees, other applicable development fees, and land use ordinances in effect
             467      on the date of submission.
             468          Section 3. Section 10-9a-608 is amended to read:
             469           10-9a-608. Vacating, altering, or amending a subdivision plat.
             470          (1) (a) A fee owner of land, as shown on the last county assessment roll, in a
             471      subdivision that has been laid out and platted as provided in this part may file a written petition
             472      with the land use authority to have some or all of the plat vacated or amended.
             473          (b) If a petition is filed under Subsection (1)(a), the land use authority shall provide
             474      notice of the petition by mail, email, or other effective means to each affected entity that
             475      provides a service to an owner of record of the portion of the plat that is being vacated or
             476      amended at least 10 calendar days before the land use authority may approve the vacation or
             477      amendment of the plat.


             478          [(b)] (c) If a petition is filed under Subsection (1)(a), the land use authority shall hold a
             479      public hearing within 45 days after the day on which the petition is filed if:
             480          (i) any owner within the plat notifies the municipality of the owner's objection in
             481      writing within 10 days of mailed notification; or
             482          (ii) a public hearing is required because all of the owners in the subdivision have not
             483      signed the revised plat.
             484          (2) Unless a local ordinance provides otherwise, the public hearing requirement of
             485      Subsection (1)[(b)](c) does not apply and a land use authority may consider at a public meeting
             486      an owner's petition to vacate or amend a subdivision plat if:
             487          (a) the petition seeks to:
             488          (i) join two or more of the petitioner fee owner's contiguous lots;
             489          (ii) subdivide one or more of the petitioning fee owner's lots, if the subdivision will not
             490      result in a violation of a land use ordinance or a development condition;
             491          (iii) adjust the lot lines of adjoining lots or parcels if the fee owners of each of the
             492      adjoining lots or parcels join in the petition, regardless of whether the lots or parcels are located
             493      in the same subdivision;
             494          (iv) on a lot owned by the petitioning fee owner, adjust an internal lot restriction
             495      imposed by the local political subdivision; or
             496          (v) alter the plat in a manner that does not change existing boundaries or other
             497      attributes of lots within the subdivision that are not:
             498          (A) owned by the petitioner; or
             499          (B) designated as a common area; and
             500          (b) notice has been given to adjacent property owners in accordance with any
             501      applicable local ordinance.
             502          (3) Each request to vacate or amend a plat that contains a request to vacate or amend a
             503      public street, right-of-way, or easement is also subject to Section 10-9a-609.5 .
             504          (4) Each petition to vacate or amend an entire plat or a portion of a plat shall include:
             505          (a) the name and address of each owner of record of the land contained in the entire


             506      plat or on that portion of the plat described in the petition; and
             507          (b) the signature of each owner described in Subsection (4)(a) who consents to the
             508      petition.
             509          (5) (a) The owners of record of adjacent parcels that are described by either a metes
             510      and bounds description or by a recorded plat may exchange title to portions of those parcels if
             511      the exchange of title is approved by the land use authority in accordance with Subsection
             512      (5)(b).
             513          (b) The land use authority shall approve an exchange of title under Subsection (5)(a) if
             514      the exchange of title will not result in a violation of any land use ordinance.
             515          (c) If an exchange of title is approved under Subsection (5)(b):
             516          (i) a notice of approval shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder which:
             517          (A) is executed by each owner included in the exchange and by the land use authority;
             518          (B) contains an acknowledgment for each party executing the notice in accordance with
             519      the provisions of Title 57, Chapter 2a, Recognition of Acknowledgments Act; and
             520          (C) recites the descriptions of both the original parcels and the parcels created by the
             521      exchange of title; and
             522          (ii) a document of conveyance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
             523          (d) A notice of approval recorded under this Subsection (5) does not act as a
             524      conveyance of title to real property and is not required in order to record a document conveying
             525      title to real property.
             526          (6) (a) The name of a recorded subdivision may be changed by recording an amended
             527      plat making that change, as provided in this section and subject to Subsection (6)(c).
             528          (b) The surveyor preparing the amended plat shall certify that the surveyor:
             529          (i) holds a license in accordance with Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and
             530      Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act;
             531          (ii) has completed a survey of the property described on the plat in accordance with
             532      Section 17-23-17 and has verified all measurements; and
             533          (iii) has placed monuments as represented on the plat.


             534          (c) An owner of land may not submit for recording an amended plat that gives the
             535      subdivision described in the amended plat the same name as a subdivision in a plat already
             536      recorded in the county recorder's office.
             537          (d) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(a), the recording of a declaration or other
             538      document that purports to change the name of a recorded plat is void.
             539          Section 4. Section 10-9a-609 is amended to read:
             540           10-9a-609. Land use authority approval of vacation or amendment of plat --
             541      Recording the amended plat.
             542          (1) The land use authority may approve the vacation or amendment of a plat by signing
             543      an amended plat showing the vacation or amendment if the land use authority finds that:
             544          (a) there is good cause for the vacation or amendment; and
             545          (b) no public street, right-of-way, or easement has been vacated or amended.
             546          (2) (a) The land use authority shall ensure that the amended plat showing the vacation
             547      or amendment is recorded in the office of the county recorder in which the land is located.
             548          (b) If the amended plat is approved and recorded in accordance with this section, the
             549      recorded plat shall vacate, supersede, and replace any contrary provision in a previously
             550      recorded plat of the same land.
             551          (3) (a) A legislative body may vacate a subdivision or a portion of a subdivision by
             552      recording in the county recorder's office an ordinance describing the subdivision or the portion
             553      being vacated.
             554          (b) The recorded vacating ordinance shall replace a previously recorded plat described
             555      in the vacating ordinance.
             556          (4) An amended plat may not be submitted to the county recorder for recording unless
             557      it is [signed, acknowledged, and dedicated by each owner of record of the portion of the plat
             558      that is amended.]:
             559          (a) signed by the land use authority; and
             560          (b) signed, acknowledged, and dedicated by each owner of record of the portion of the
             561      plat that is amended.


             562          (5) A management committee may sign and dedicate an amended plat as provided in
             563      Title 57, Chapter 8, Condominium Ownership Act.
             564          (6) A plat may be corrected as provided in Section 57-3-106 .
             565          Section 5. Section 17-27a-103 is amended to read:
             566           17-27a-103. Definitions.
             567          As used in this chapter:
             568          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
             569      district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
             570      cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified
             571      property owner, property owners association, public utility, or the Utah Department of
             572      Transportation, if:
             573          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             574      modification because of an intended use of land;
             575          (b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan;
             576      or
             577          (c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar
             578      year and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a
             579      requirement imposed under this chapter.
             580          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             581      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             582      variance.
             583          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             584      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             585      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             586          (4) (a) "Charter school" means:
             587          (i) an operating charter school;
             588          (ii) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             589      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; or


             590          (iii) an entity that is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter
             591      applicant to develop or construct a charter school building.
             592          (b) "Charter school" does not include a therapeutic school.
             593          (5) "Chief executive officer" means the person or body that exercises the executive
             594      powers of the county.
             595          (6) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             596      potential impact on the county, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             597      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             598      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             599          (7) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             600      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             601          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             602          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             603          (8) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             604      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             605      the subject property.
             606          (9) "Development activity" means:
             607          (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
             608      demand and need for public facilities;
             609          (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
             610      for public facilities; or
             611          (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
             612      facilities.
             613          (10) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
             614      one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             615      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             616          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             617      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.


             618      802.
             619          (11) "Educational facility":
             620          (a) means:
             621          (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
             622      program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12, including
             623      kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
             624          (ii) a structure or facility:
             625          (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i); and
             626          (B) used in support of the use of that building; and
             627          (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
             628      personnel; and
             629          (b) does not include:
             630          (i) land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory storage, equipment
             631      storage, food processing or preparing, vehicle storage or maintenance, or similar use that is:
             632          (A) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i);
             633      and
             634          (B) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i); or
             635          (ii) a therapeutic school.
             636          (12) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             637      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             638      property.
             639          (13) "Flood plain" means land that:
             640          (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency
             641      Management Agency; or
             642          (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
             643      but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
             644      the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
             645      Federal Emergency Management Agency.


             646          (14) "Gas corporation" has the same meaning as defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             647          (15) "General plan" means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general
             648      guidelines for proposed future development of the unincorporated land within the county.
             649          (16) "Geologic hazard" means:
             650          (a) a surface fault rupture;
             651          (b) shallow groundwater;
             652          (c) liquefaction;
             653          (d) a landslide;
             654          (e) a debris flow;
             655          (f) unstable soil;
             656          (g) a rock fall; or
             657          (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
             658          (i) to life;
             659          (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
             660          (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
             661          [(18)] (17) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe,
             662      line, meter, or appurtenance to connect to a county water, sewer, storm water, power, or other
             663      utility system.
             664          [(19)] (18) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a county that:
             665          (a) are clearly marked as "identical plans";
             666          (b) are substantially identical building plans that were previously submitted to and
             667      reviewed and approved by the county; and
             668          (c) describe a building that:
             669          (i) is located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             670      previously approved plans is located;
             671          (ii) is subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law
             672      as the building described in the previously approved plans;
             673          (iii) has a floor plan identical to the building plan previously submitted to and reviewed


             674      and approved by the county; and
             675          (iv) does not require any additional engineering or analysis.
             676          [(20)] (19) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter
             677      36a, Impact Fees Act.
             678          [(21)] (20) "Improvement completion assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit,
             679      cash, or other security required by a county to guaranty the proper completion of landscaping or
             680      infrastructure that the land use authority has required as a condition precedent to:
             681          (a) recording a subdivision plat; or
             682          (b) beginning development activity.
             683          [(22)] (21) "Improvement warranty" means an applicant's unconditional warranty that
             684      the accepted landscaping or infrastructure:
             685          (a) complies with the county's written standards for design, materials, and
             686      workmanship; and
             687          (b) will not fail in any material respect, as a result of poor workmanship or materials,
             688      within the improvement warranty period.
             689          [(23)] (22) "Improvement warranty period" means a period:
             690          (a) no later than one year after a county's acceptance of required landscaping; or
             691          (b) no later than one year after a county's acceptance of required infrastructure, unless
             692      the county:
             693          (i) determines for good cause that a one-year period would be inadequate to protect the
             694      public health, safety, and welfare; and
             695          (ii) has substantial evidence, on record:
             696          (A) of prior poor performance by the applicant; or
             697          (B) that the area upon which the infrastructure will be constructed contains suspect soil
             698      and the county has not otherwise required the applicant to mitigate the suspect soil.
             699          [(17)] (23) "Internal lot restriction" means a platted note, platted demarcation, or
             700      platted designation that:
             701          (a) runs with the land; and


             702          (b) (i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on
             703      the plat; or
             704          (ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot
             705      described on the plat.
             706          (24) "Interstate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             707      transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under
             708      the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             709          (25) "Intrastate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             710      transportation that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory
             711      Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             712          (26) "Land use application" means an application required by a county's land use
             713      ordinance.
             714          (27) "Land use authority" means:
             715          (a) a person, board, commission, agency, or [other] body, including the local legislative
             716      body, designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application[.]; or
             717          (b) if the local legislative body has not designated a person, board, commission,
             718      agency, or body, the local legislative body.
             719          (28) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             720      ordinance of the county, but does not include the general plan.
             721          (29) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             722          (30) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body, or for a county that has
             723      adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers.
             724          (31) "Local district" means any entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             725      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             726      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state.
             727          (32) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             728      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             729          (33) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy


             730      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             731      income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located.
             732          (34) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a county only for time spent
             733      and expenses incurred in:
             734          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             735          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             736      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             737          (35) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             738          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             739          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             740      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that govern
             741      the use of land.
             742          (36) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             743          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             744          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation
             745      governing the land changed; and
             746          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             747      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             748          (37) "Official map" means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the
             749      county recorder's office that:
             750          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             751      highways and other transportation facilities;
             752          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             753      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             754      the land; and
             755          (c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan.
             756          (38) "Parcel boundary adjustment" means a recorded agreement between owners of
             757      adjoining properties adjusting their mutual boundary if:


             758          (a) no additional parcel is created; and
             759          (b) each property identified in the agreement is unsubdivided land, including a
             760      remainder of subdivided land.
             761          (39) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             762      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             763          (40) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a
             764      county legislative body that includes:
             765          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             766      county;
             767          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five
             768      years as revised biennially;
             769          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             770          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             771      income housing; and
             772          (e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             773      income housing.
             774          (41) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             775      prepared in accordance with Section 17-27a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             776          (42) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
             777          (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
             778      relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
             779      hazard; or
             780          (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
             781      presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
             782      a designated geologic hazard area.
             783          (43) "Public agency" means:
             784          (a) the federal government;
             785          (b) the state;


             786          (c) a county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other
             787      political subdivision of the state; or
             788          (d) a charter school.
             789          (44) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             790      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             791          (45) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             792      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             793          (46) "Receiving zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county
             794      designates, by ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable
             795      development right.
             796          (47) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             797      with Section 17-23-17 .
             798          (48) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             799          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             800          (b) (i) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title
             801      62A, Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             802          (ii) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter
             803      21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             804          (49) "Rules of order and procedure" means a set of rules that govern and prescribe in a
             805      public meeting:
             806          (a) parliamentary order and procedure;
             807          (b) ethical behavior; and
             808          (c) civil discourse.
             809          (50) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             810      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             811      wastewater systems.
             812          (51) "Sending zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county
             813      designates, by ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable


             814      development right.
             815          (52) "Site plan" means a document or map that may be required by a county during a
             816      preliminary review preceding the issuance of a building permit to demonstrate that an owner's
             817      or developer's proposed development activity meets a land use requirement.
             818          (53) "Specified public agency" means:
             819          (a) the state;
             820          (b) a school district; or
             821          (c) a charter school.
             822          (54) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             823      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             824          (55) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
             825          (56) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
             826      parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other
             827      way.
             828          (57) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             829      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             830      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             831      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             832          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             833          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             834      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             835          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (57)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             836      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             837      industrial purposes.
             838          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             839          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;
             840          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining properties adjusting their
             841      mutual boundary if:


             842          (A) no new lot is created; and
             843          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             844          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             845          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             846      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             847          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             848      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             849          (iv) a bona fide division or partition of land in a county other than a first class county
             850      for the purpose of siting, on one or more of the resulting separate parcels:
             851          (A) an electrical transmission line or a substation;
             852          (B) a natural gas pipeline or a regulation station; or
             853          (C) an unmanned telecommunications, microwave, fiber optic, electrical, or other
             854      utility service regeneration, transformation, retransmission, or amplification facility;
             855          (v) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             856      their mutual boundary if:
             857          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
             858          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance;
             859          (vi) a bona fide division or partition of land by deed or other instrument where the land
             860      use authority expressly approves in writing the division in anticipation of further land use
             861      approvals on the parcel or parcels; or
             862          (vii) a parcel boundary adjustment.
             863          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             864      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (57) as to the
             865      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the county's subdivision
             866      ordinance.
             867          (58) "Suspect soil" means soil that has:
             868          (a) a high susceptibility for volumetric change, typically clay rich, having more than a
             869      3% swell potential;


             870          (b) bedrock units with high shrink or swell susceptibility; or
             871          (c) gypsiferous silt and clay, gypsum, or bedrock units containing abundant gypsum
             872      commonly associated with dissolution and collapse features.
             873          (59) "Therapeutic school" means a residential group living facility:
             874          (a) for four or more individuals who are not related to:
             875          (i) the owner of the facility; or
             876          (ii) the primary service provider of the facility;
             877          (b) that serves students who have a history of failing to function:
             878          (i) at home;
             879          (ii) in a public school; or
             880          (iii) in a nonresidential private school; and
             881          (c) that offers:
             882          (i) room and board; and
             883          (ii) an academic education integrated with:
             884          (A) specialized structure and supervision; or
             885          (B) services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a
             886      behavioral development, a familial development, or a social development.
             887          (60) "Township" means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of the
             888      unincorporated area of a county, established under this part or reconstituted or reinstated under
             889      Section 17-27a-306 , with planning and zoning functions as exercised through the township
             890      planning commission, as provided in this chapter, but with no legal or political identity
             891      separate from the county and no taxing authority, except that "township" means a former
             892      township under Laws of Utah 1996, Chapter 308, where the context so indicates.
             893          (61) "Transferable development right" means a right to develop and use land that
             894      originates by an ordinance that authorizes a land owner in a designated sending zone to transfer
             895      land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone.
             896          (62) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a
             897      municipality.


             898          (63) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
             899          (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11 ; and
             900          (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
             901          (i) a contract; or
             902          (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             903          (64) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts
             904      land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             905          Section 6. Section 17-27a-508 is amended to read:
             906           17-27a-508. Applicant's entitlement to land use application approval --
             907      Exceptions -- Application relating to land in a high priority transportation corridor --
             908      County's requirements and limitations -- Vesting upon submission of development plan
             909      and schedule.
             910          (1) (a) (i) An applicant who has filed a complete land use application, including the
             911      payment of all application fees, is entitled to substantive land use review of the land use
             912      application under the land use laws in effect on the date that the application is complete and as
             913      further provided in this section.
             914          (ii) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), an applicant is entitled to approval of a
             915      land use application if the application conforms to the requirements of the county's land use
             916      maps, zoning map, and applicable land use ordinance in effect when a complete application is
             917      submitted and all application fees have been paid, unless:
             918          [(i)] (A) the land use authority, on the record, finds that a compelling, countervailing
             919      public interest would be jeopardized by approving the application; or
             920          [(ii)] (B) in the manner provided by local ordinance and before the application is
             921      submitted, the county has formally initiated proceedings to amend its ordinances in a manner
             922      that would prohibit approval of the application as submitted.
             923          (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c), an applicant is not entitled to approval
             924      of a land use application until the requirements of this Subsection (1)(b)(i) and Subsection
             925      (1)(b)(ii) have been met if the land use application relates to land located within the boundaries


             926      of a high priority transportation corridor designated in accordance with Section 72-5-403 .
             927          (ii) (A) A county shall notify the executive director of the Department of
             928      Transportation of any land use applications that relate to land located within the boundaries of
             929      a high priority transportation corridor.
             930          (B) The notification under Subsection (1)(b)(ii)(A) shall be in writing and mailed by
             931      certified or registered mail to the executive director of the Department of Transportation.
             932          (iii) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c), a county may not approve a land use
             933      application that relates to land located within the boundaries of a high priority transportation
             934      corridor until:
             935          (A) 30 days after the notification under Subsection (1)(b)(ii)(A) is received by the
             936      Department of Transportation if the land use application is for a building permit; or
             937          (B) 45 days after the notification under Subsection (1)(b)(ii)(A) is received by the
             938      Department of Transportation if the land use application is for any land use other than a
             939      building permit.
             940          (iv) (A) If an application is an application for a subdivision approval, including any
             941      land, subject to Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(C), located within 100 feet of the center line of a canal,
             942      the land use authority shall:
             943          (I) within 30 days after the day on which the application is filed, notify the canal
             944      company or canal operator responsible for the canal, if the canal company or canal owner has
             945      provided information under Section 17-27a-211 ; and
             946          (II) wait at least 10 days after the day on which the land use authority notifies a canal
             947      company or canal operator under Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(A)(I) to approve or reject the
             948      subdivision application described in Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(A).
             949          (B) The notification under Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(A) shall be in writing and mailed by
             950      certified or registered mail to the canal company or canal operator contact described in Section
             951      17-27a-211 .
             952          (C) The location of land described in Subsection (1)(b)(iv)(A) shall be:
             953          (I) provided by a canal company or canal operator to the land use authority; and


             954          (II) (Aa) determined by use of mapping-grade global positioning satellite units; or
             955          (Bb) digitized from the most recent aerial photo available to the canal company or
             956      canal operator.
             957          (c) (i) A land use application is exempt from the requirements of Subsection (1)(b)(i)
             958      if:
             959          (A) the land use application relates to land that was the subject of a previous land use
             960      application; and
             961          (B) the previous land use application described under Subsection (1)(c)(i)(A) complied
             962      with the requirements of Subsections (1)(b)(i) and (ii).
             963          (ii) A county may approve a land use application without making the required
             964      notifications under Subsections (1)(b)(i) and (ii) if:
             965          (A) the land use application relates to land that was the subject of a previous land use
             966      application; and
             967          (B) the previous land use application described under Subsection (1)(c)(ii)(A)
             968      complied with the requirements of Subsections (1)(b)(i) and (ii).
             969          (d) After a county has complied with the requirements of Subsection (1)(b) for a land
             970      use application, the county may not withhold approval of the land use application for which the
             971      applicant is otherwise entitled under Subsection (1)(a).
             972          (e) The county shall process an application without regard to proceedings initiated to
             973      amend the county's ordinances as provided in Subsection (1)(a)(ii)(B) if:
             974          (i) 180 days have passed since the proceedings were initiated; and
             975          (ii) the proceedings have not resulted in an enactment that prohibits approval of the
             976      application as submitted.
             977          (f) An application for a land use approval is considered submitted and complete when
             978      the application is provided in a form that complies with the requirements of applicable
             979      ordinances and all applicable fees have been paid.
             980          (g) The continuing validity of an approval of a land use application is conditioned upon
             981      the applicant proceeding after approval to implement the approval with reasonable diligence.


             982          (h) A county may not impose on an applicant who has submitted a complete
             983      application for preliminary subdivision approval a requirement that is not expressed:
             984          (i) in this chapter;
             985          (ii) in a county ordinance; or
             986          (iii) in a county specification for public improvements applicable to a subdivision or
             987      development that is in effect on the date that the applicant submits an application.
             988          (i) A county may not impose on a holder of an issued land use permit or a final,
             989      unexpired subdivision plat a requirement that is not expressed:
             990          (i) in a land use permit;
             991          (ii) on the subdivision plat;
             992          (iii) in a document on which the land use permit or subdivision plat is based;
             993          (iv) in the written record evidencing approval of the land use permit or subdivision
             994      plat;
             995          (v) in this chapter; or
             996          (vi) in a county ordinance.
             997          (j) A county may not withhold issuance of a certificate of occupancy or acceptance of
             998      subdivision improvements because of an applicant's failure to comply with a requirement that
             999      is not expressed:
             1000          (i) in the building permit or subdivision plat, documents on which the building permit
             1001      or subdivision plat is based, or the written record evidencing approval of the building permit or
             1002      subdivision plat; or
             1003          (ii) in this chapter or the county's ordinances.
             1004          (2) A county is bound by the terms and standards of applicable land use ordinances and
             1005      shall comply with mandatory provisions of those ordinances.
             1006          (3) A county may not, as a condition of land use application approval, require a person
             1007      filing a land use application to obtain documentation regarding a school district's willingness,
             1008      capacity, or ability to serve the development proposed in the land use application.
             1009          (4) Upon a specified public agency's submission of a development plan and schedule as


             1010      required in Subsection 17-27a-305 (8) that complies with the requirements of that subsection,
             1011      the specified public agency vests in the county's applicable land use maps, zoning map, hookup
             1012      fees, impact fees, other applicable development fees, and land use ordinances in effect on the
             1013      date of submission.
             1014          Section 7. Section 17-27a-608 is amended to read:
             1015           17-27a-608. Vacating or amending a subdivision plat.
             1016          (1) (a) A fee owner of land, as shown on the last county assessment roll, in a
             1017      subdivision that has been laid out and platted as provided in this part may file a written petition
             1018      with the land use authority to have some or all of the plat vacated or amended.
             1019          (b) If a petition is filed under Subsection (1)(a), the land use authority shall provide
             1020      notice of the petition by mail, email, or other effective means to each affected entity that
             1021      provides a service to an owner of record of the portion of the plat that is being vacated or
             1022      amended at least 10 calendar days before the land use authority may approve the vacation or
             1023      amendment of the plat.
             1024          [(b)] (c) If a petition is filed under Subsection (1)(a), the land use authority shall hold a
             1025      public hearing within 45 days after the day on which the petition is filed if:
             1026          (i) any owner within the plat notifies the county of the owner's objection in writing
             1027      within 10 days of mailed notification; or
             1028          (ii) a public hearing is required because all of the owners in the subdivision have not
             1029      signed the revised plat.
             1030          (2) Unless a local ordinance provides otherwise, the public hearing requirement of
             1031      Subsection (1)[(b)](c) does not apply and a land use authority may consider at a public meeting
             1032      an owner's petition to vacate or amend a subdivision plat if:
             1033          (a) the petition seeks to:
             1034          (i) join two or more of the petitioning fee owner's contiguous lots;
             1035          (ii) subdivide one or more of the petitioning fee owner's lots, if the subdivision will not
             1036      result in a violation of a land use ordinance or a development condition;
             1037          (iii) adjust the lot lines of adjoining lots or parcels if the fee owners of each of the


             1038      adjoining lots or parcels join the petition, regardless of whether the lots or parcels are located in
             1039      the same subdivision;
             1040          (iv) on a lot owned by the petitioning fee owner, adjust an internal lot restriction
             1041      imposed by the local political subdivision; or
             1042          (v) alter the plat in a manner that does not change existing boundaries or other
             1043      attributes of lots within the subdivision that are not:
             1044          (A) owned by the petitioner; or
             1045          (B) designated as a common area; and
             1046          (b) notice has been given to adjacent property owners in accordance with any
             1047      applicable local ordinance.
             1048          (3) Each request to vacate or amend a plat that contains a request to vacate or amend a
             1049      public street, right-of-way, or easement is also subject to Section 17-27a-609.5 .
             1050          (4) Each petition to vacate or amend an entire plat or a portion of a plat shall include:
             1051          (a) the name and address of each owner of record of the land contained in:
             1052          (i) the entire plat; or
             1053          (ii) that portion of the plan described in the petition; and
             1054          (b) the signature of each owner who consents to the petition.
             1055          (5) (a) The owners of record of adjacent parcels that are described by either a metes
             1056      and bounds description or by a recorded plat may exchange title to portions of those parcels if
             1057      the exchange of title is approved by the land use authority in accordance with Subsection
             1058      (5)(b).
             1059          (b) The land use authority shall approve an exchange of title under Subsection (5)(a) if
             1060      the exchange of title will not result in a violation of any land use ordinance.
             1061          (c) If an exchange of title is approved under Subsection (5)(b):
             1062          (i) a notice of approval shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder which:
             1063          (A) is executed by each owner included in the exchange and by the land use authority;
             1064          (B) contains an acknowledgment for each party executing the notice in accordance with
             1065      the provisions of Title 57, Chapter 2a, Recognition of Acknowledgments Act; and


             1066          (C) recites the descriptions of both the original parcels and the parcels created by the
             1067      exchange of title; and
             1068          (ii) a document of conveyance of title reflecting the approved change shall be recorded
             1069      in the office of the county recorder.
             1070          (d) A notice of approval recorded under this Subsection (5) does not act as a
             1071      conveyance of title to real property and is not required to record a document conveying title to
             1072      real property.
             1073          (6) (a) The name of a recorded subdivision may be changed by recording an amended
             1074      plat making that change, as provided in this section and subject to Subsection (6)(c).
             1075          (b) The surveyor preparing the amended plat shall certify that the surveyor:
             1076          (i) holds a license in accordance with Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and
             1077      Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act;
             1078          (ii) has completed a survey of the property described on the plat in accordance with
             1079      Section 17-23-17 and has verified all measurements; and
             1080          (iii) has placed monuments as represented on the plat.
             1081          (c) An owner of land may not submit for recording an amended plat that gives the
             1082      subdivision described in the amended plat the same name as a subdivision recorded in the
             1083      county recorder's office.
             1084          (d) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(a), the recording of a declaration or other
             1085      document that purports to change the name of a recorded plat is void.
             1086          Section 8. Section 17-27a-609 is amended to read:
             1087           17-27a-609. Land use authority approval of vacation or amendment of plat --
             1088      Recording the amended plat.
             1089          (1) The land use authority may approve the vacation or amendment of a plat by signing
             1090      an amended plat showing the vacation or amendment if the land use authority finds that:
             1091          (a) there is good cause for the vacation or amendment; and
             1092          (b) no public street, right-of-way, or easement has been vacated or amended.
             1093          (2) (a) The land use authority shall ensure that the amended plat showing the vacation


             1094      or amendment is recorded in the office of the county recorder in which the land is located.
             1095          (b) If the amended plat is approved and recorded in accordance with this section, the
             1096      recorded plat shall vacate, supersede, and replace any contrary provision in a previously
             1097      recorded plat of the same land.
             1098          (3) (a) A legislative body may vacate a subdivision or a portion of a subdivision by
             1099      recording in the county recorder's office an ordinance describing the subdivision or the portion
             1100      being vacated.
             1101          (b) The recorded vacating ordinance shall replace a previously recorded plat described
             1102      in the vacating ordinance.
             1103          (4) An amended plat may not be submitted to the county recorder for recording unless
             1104      it is [signed, acknowledged, and dedicated by each owner of record of the portion of the plat
             1105      that is amended.]:
             1106          (a) signed by the land use authority; and
             1107          (b) signed, acknowledged, and dedicated by each owner of record of the portion of the
             1108      plat that is amended.
             1109          (5) A management committee may sign and dedicate an amended plat as provided in
             1110      Title 57, Chapter 8, Condominium Ownership Act.
             1111          (6) A plat may be corrected as provided in Section 57-3-106 .


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