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A municipality may not block allowable features in the rear setback of a residential building lot or parcel, except in a historic district.
A municipality may not impose stricter sound restrictions or block an eligible digital asset mining business from operating in industrial-zoned areas.
A municipality’s legislative body may not regulate a model home or open house differently from a residential use.
A municipality may regulate a structure’s habitable stories and overall height. For certain commercial lodging applications approved on or before September 1, 2025, a land use authority may not limit above-ground habitable stories within the approved maximum height if conflicting regulations apply.
This section defines several terms used in the part, including commercial quantities, contiguous land, critical infrastructure materials, critical infrastructure materials use, critical infrastructure materials operator, existing legal use, new land, and vested critical infrastructure materials use.
A vested critical infrastructure materials use is presumed if it meets the section’s definition. A challenger must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that it was not established. The use runs with the land, may be changed without losing vested status, and the operator must file a recorded declaration with a legal
Rights of a critical infrastructure materials operator with a vested critical infrastructure materials use. Notwithstanding a political subdivision's prohibition, restriction, or other limitation on a critical infrastructure materials use
A critical infrastructure materials operator may abandon a vested use only under this section, and must file a written declaration of abandonment with the county recorder where the use is located.
A municipality’s legislative body may require subdivision plats to comply with local ordinances and this part before filing, recording, or lot sales.
A planning commission must review proposed subdivision ordinances, give notice, and hold a public hearing before its final recommendation. A legislative body may then adopt, modify, revise, or reject the ordinance, and may treat an untimely recommendation as a negative one if an ordinance allows it.
When land is subdivided, the owner must submit an accurate plat to the municipality, and the municipality must approve it only if the listed conditions are met.
Subdivision plat approval procedure -- Effect of not complying. A person may not submit a subdivision plat to the county recorder's office for recording unless: the person has complied with the requirements of Subsection 10-20-803(6)(a) ;
This section sets subdivision-review rules for municipalities, including who may act as the administrative land use authority, when meetings must be scheduled, what must be provided at pre-application meetings, and when preliminary and final subdivision applications must be approved.
Review of subdivision applications and subdivision improvement plans. As used in this section: "Review cycle" means the occurrence of: the applicant's submittal of a complete subdivision application; the municipality's review of that
This section regulates when an applicant may record a plat or do development work before required landscaping or infrastructure is finished, and it limits what a municipality may require for completion assurances and warranties.
Exemptions from plat requirement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a plat is not required if: a municipality establishes a process to approve an administrative land use decision for a subdivision of 10 or fewer parcels without a
This section limits separate ownership, conveyance, or modification of common area parcels on a plat, but allows certain approved changes and a condemnation-related conveyance exception.
A properly signed, dedicated, acknowledged, approved, and recorded plat dedicates the public streets and other public places shown on it and vests title in the municipality for the public uses stated or intended in the plat.
A qualifying fee owner may ask the land use authority to approve a subdivision amendment, but the authority must give notice, may need to hold a hearing, and cannot approve unless required easements are preserved.
A land use authority may approve a plat vacation or amendment if it finds good cause and no relevant street or utility easement has been vacated or amended; the amended plat must then be recorded.
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