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HISTORIC DISTRICT AMENDMENTS

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2015 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Todd Weiler

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House Sponsor: Daniel McCay

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies the Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     modifies provisions related to a legislative body's authority to designate a local
13     historic district or area; and
14          ▸     makes technical corrections.
15     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16          None
17     Other Special Clauses:
18          None
19     Utah Code Sections Affected:
20     AMENDS:
21          10-9a-503, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 195
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23     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24          Section 1. Section 10-9a-503 is amended to read:
25          10-9a-503. Land use ordinance or zoning map amendments -- Limited
26     prohibition on designation of historic district or area.
27          (1) The legislative body may amend:
28          (a) the number, shape, boundaries, or area of any zoning district;
29          (b) any regulation of or within the zoning district; or
30          (c) any other provision of a land use ordinance.
31          (2) The legislative body may not make any amendment authorized by this section
32     unless the amendment was proposed by the planning commission or was first submitted to the
33     planning commission for its recommendation.
34          (3) The legislative body shall comply with the procedure specified in Section
35     10-9a-502 in preparing and adopting an amendment to a land use ordinance or a zoning map.
36          [(4) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), on or after May 10, 2011, and before May 14,
37     2013, within an area designated on the National Register of Historic Places that has on or
38     before March 1, 2011, a land use application pending to designate the area as a local historic
39     district or area, the legislative body of a city of the first class in a county of the first class may
40     not:]
41          [(i) establish the local historic district or area;]
42          [(ii) adopt or amend a land use ordinance affecting the area except as provided in
43     Subsection (4)(c); and]
44          [(iii) authorize a demolition permit for more than 75% of the above grade area of any
45     structure on property located within the area.]
46          [(b) A land use application in an area subject to Subsection (4)(a):]
47          [(i) shall be stayed from any further proceedings conducted by the municipality before
48     May 15, 2013; and]
49          [(ii) is not subject to Section 10-9a-509 or 10-9a-509.5.]
50          [(c) The provisions of this Subsection (4) do not apply to an adopted or amended land
51     use ordinance applicable generally throughout a municipality unless the ordinance is enacted to
52     contravene the purpose of this Subsection (4)(a).]
53          (4) (a) As used in this Subsection (4), "local historic district or area" means a
54     geographically or thematically definable area that contains any combination of buildings,
55     structures, sites, objects, landscape features, archeological sites, or works of art that contribute
56     to the historic preservation goals of the legislative body.
57          (b) The legislative body may not establish a local historic district or area unless the
58     requirements of this Subsection (4) are met.
59          (c) If the legislative body, a property owner, or other person initiates a proposal or
60     petition to designate a local historic district or area, the local historic district or area may not be
61     considered by the legislative body unless 75% of the property owners within the boundary of
62     the proposed local historic district or area support in writing the designation of the proposed
63     local historic district or area.




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     as of 3-2-15 11:36 AM

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