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TEMPORARY LAND USE REGULATION AMENDMENTS

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2019 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Ralph Okerlund

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House Sponsor: Phil Lyman

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends provisions regarding a county legislative body's ability to enact a
10     temporary land use regulation.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     adds a certain water study to the circumstances that allow a county legislative body
14     to enact a temporary land use regulation that prohibits certain development;
15          ▸     allows the county legislative body to extend the temporary land use regulation on
16     the body's own motion; and
17          ▸     makes technical changes.
18     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19          None
20     Other Special Clauses:
21          None
22     Utah Code Sections Affected:
23     AMENDS:
24          17-27a-504, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 254
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26     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27          Section 1. Section 17-27a-504 is amended to read:

28          17-27a-504. Temporary land use regulations.
29          (1) (a) A county legislative body may, without prior consideration of or
30     recommendation from the planning commission, enact an ordinance establishing a temporary
31     land use regulation for any part or all of the area within the county if:
32          (i) the legislative body makes a finding of compelling, countervailing public interest;
33     or
34          (ii) the area is unregulated.
35          (b) A temporary land use regulation under Subsection (1)(a) may prohibit or regulate
36     the erection, construction, reconstruction, or alteration of any building or structure or any
37     subdivision approval.
38          (c) A temporary land use regulation under Subsection (1)(a) may not impose an impact
39     fee or other financial requirement on building or development.
40          (2) The legislative body shall establish a period of limited effect for the ordinance not
41     to exceed six months.
42          (3) (a) A legislative body may, without prior planning commission consideration or
43     recommendation, enact an ordinance establishing a temporary land use regulation prohibiting
44     construction, subdivision approval, and other development activities within an area that is the
45     subject of an Environmental Impact Statement [or], a Major Investment Study examining the
46     area as a proposed highway or transportation corridor, or a study of water availability, capacity,
47     or quality that the Division of Water Quality conducts.
48          (b) A regulation under Subsection (3)(a):
49          (i) may not exceed six months in duration;
50          (ii) may be renewed, if requested by the Transportation Commission created under
51     Section 72-1-301 or by the legislative body on the body's own motion, for up to two additional
52     six-month periods by ordinance enacted before the expiration of the previous regulation; and
53          (iii) notwithstanding Subsections (3)(b)(i) and (ii), is effective only as long as the
54     [Environmental Impact Statement or Major Investment Study is in progress] circumstance
55     giving rise to the regulation remains in existence.