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Section 501 - Enactment of land use regulation.

UT Code § 17-27a-501 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) Only a legislative body, as the body authorized to weigh policy considerations, may enact a land use regulation.

(2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a legislative body may enact a land use regulation only by ordinance. (b) A legislative body may, by ordinance or resolution, enact a land use regulation that imposes a fee.

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a legislative body may enact a land use regulation only by ordinance.

(b) A legislative body may, by ordinance or resolution, enact a land use regulation that imposes a fee.

(3) A land use regulation shall be consistent with the purposes set forth in this chapter.

(4) (a) A legislative body shall adopt a land use regulation to: (i) create or amend a zoning district under Subsection 17-27a-503(1)(a); and (ii) designate general uses allowed in each zoning district. (b) A land use authority may establish or modify other restrictions or requirements other than those described in Subsection (4)(a), including the configuration or modification of uses or density, through a land use decision that applies criteria or policy elements that a land use regulation establishes or describes.

(a) A legislative body shall adopt a land use regulation to: (i) create or amend a zoning district under Subsection 17-27a-503(1)(a); and (ii) designate general uses allowed in each zoning district.

(i) create or amend a zoning district under Subsection 17-27a-503(1)(a); and

(ii) designate general uses allowed in each zoning district.

(b) A land use authority may establish or modify other restrictions or requirements other than those described in Subsection (4)(a), including the configuration or modification of uses or density, through a land use decision that applies criteria or policy elements that a land use regulation establishes or describes.

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Section 501 - Enactment of land use regulation.