(1) In order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, each municipality shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-range general plan for: (a) present and future needs of the municipality; and (b) growth and development of all or any part of the land within the municipality.

(a) present and future needs of the municipality; and

(b) growth and development of all or any part of the land within the municipality.

(2) The general plan may provide for: (a) health, general welfare, safety, energy conservation, transportation, prosperity, civic activities, aesthetics, and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities; (b) the reduction of the waste of physical, financial, or human resources that result from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population; (c) the efficient and economical use, conservation, and production of the supply of: (i) food and water; and (ii) drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources; (d) the use of energy conservation and solar and renewable energy resources; (e) the protection of urban development; (f) if the municipality is a town, the protection or promotion of moderate income housing; (g) the protection and promotion of air quality; (h) historic preservation; (i) identifying future uses of land that are likely to require an expansion or significant modification of services or facilities provided by each affected entity; and (j) an official map.

(a) health, general welfare, safety, energy conservation, transportation, prosperity, civic activities, aesthetics, and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities;

(b) the reduction of the waste of physical, financial, or human resources that result from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population;

(c) the efficient and economical use, conservation, and production of the supply of: (i) food and water; and (ii) drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources;

(i) food and water; and

(ii) drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources;

(d) the use of energy conservation and solar and renewable energy resources;

(e) the protection of urban development;

(f) if the municipality is a town, the protection or promotion of moderate income housing;

(g) the protection and promotion of air quality;

(h) historic preservation;

(i) identifying future uses of land that are likely to require an expansion or significant modification of services or facilities provided by each affected entity; and

(j) an official map.

(3) (a) The general plan of a municipality, other than a town, shall plan for moderate income housing growth. (b) On or before December 1, 2019, each of the following that have a general plan that does not comply with Subsection (3)(a) shall amend the general plan to comply with Subsection (3)(a): (i) a city of the first, second, third, or fourth class; (ii) a city of the fifth class with a population of 5,000 or more, if the city is located within a county of the first, second, or third class; and (iii) a metro township with a population of 5,000 or more. (c) The population figures described in Subsections (3)(b)(ii) and (iii) shall be derived from: (i) the most recent official census or census estimate of the United States Census Bureau; or (ii) if a population figure is not available under Subsection (3)(c)(i), an estimate of the Utah Population Committee.

(a) The general plan of a municipality, other than a town, shall plan for moderate income housing growth.

(b) On or before December 1, 2019, each of the following that have a general plan that does not comply with Subsection (3)(a) shall amend the general plan to comply with Subsection (3)(a): (i) a city of the first, second, third, or fourth class; (ii) a city of the fifth class with a population of 5,000 or more, if the city is located within a county of the first, second, or third class; and (iii) a metro township with a population of 5,000 or more.

(i) a city of the first, second, third, or fourth class;

(ii) a city of the fifth class with a population of 5,000 or more, if the city is located within a county of the first, second, or third class; and

(iii) a metro township with a population of 5,000 or more.

(c) The population figures described in Subsections (3)(b)(ii) and (iii) shall be derived from: (i) the most recent official census or census estimate of the United States Census Bureau; or (ii) if a population figure is not available under Subsection (3)(c)(i), an estimate of the Utah Population Committee.

(i) the most recent official census or census estimate of the United States Census Bureau; or

(ii) if a population figure is not available under Subsection (3)(c)(i), an estimate of the Utah Population Committee.

(4) Subject to Subsection 10-9a-403(2), the municipality may determine the comprehensiveness, extent, and format of the general plan.