Senator Lincoln Fillmore proposes the following substitute bill:


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NUISANCE ORDINANCES FOR MUNICIPALITIES

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2019 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Lincoln Fillmore

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House Sponsor: ____________

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends provisions related to and imposes limitations on enforcement of
10     municipal ordinances.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     defines terms;
14          ▸     for each municipal ordinance that restricts the use of an individual's property,
15     requires a municipality to identify in the ordinance the negative impact that the
16     ordinance intends to abate;
17          ▸     requires municipalities to revise the existing ordinances to comply with this bill;
18          ▸     prohibits enforcement of an ordinance that restricts the use of an individual's
19     property unless the violation of the ordinance causes the identified negative impact
20     that the ordinance intends to abate; and
21          ▸     makes technical and conforming changes.
22     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
23          None
24     Other Special Clauses:
25          None
26     Utah Code Sections Affected:
27     AMENDS:
28          10-8-60, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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30     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
31          Section 1. Section 10-8-60 is amended to read:
32          10-8-60. Nuisances -- Restrictive ordinances required to identify negative
33     impacts.
34          (1) [They] A municipality may:
35          (a) declare what [shall be] constitutes a nuisance[, and];
36          (b) abate [the same,] nuisances; and
37          (c) impose fines upon [persons] any person who [may create, continue] creates or
38     continues a nuisance or [suffer nuisances] suffers a nuisance to exist.
39          (2) (a) If a municipality enacts an ordinance that restricts an individual's use of the
40     individual's primary residence, the municipality shall ensure that the ordinance identifies the
41     negative impact of the restricted use that the ordinance intends to abate.
42          (b) Before July 1, 2020, a municipality shall review and revise the municipality's
43     existing ordinances to ensure that any ordinance that restricts an individual's use of a primary
44     residence complies with Subsection (2)(a).
45          (3) A municipality may not enforce an ordinance described in Subsection (2) unless the
46     use of the individual's property that constitutes a violation of the ordinance causes a nuisance or
47     the negative impact that the ordinance identifies as the effect the ordinance intends to abate.