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Utah Code § 10-20-101

Purposes -- General land use authority. The purposes of this chapter are to: provide for the health, safety, and welfare; promote the prosperity; improve the morals, peace, good order, comfort, co…

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Jurisdiction: United States — Utah
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Purposes -- General land use authority.

Section 10-20-101

Subsection 10-20-101(1)(h)

protect and ensure access to sunlight for solar energy devices;

Section 10-20-101(1)(h)

Subsection 10-20-101(2)(d)

structures;

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Subsection 10-20-101(2)(m)

public facilities;

Section 10-20-101(2)(m)

Subsection 10-20-101(3)(b)(iii)

does not interfere with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5 .

Section 10-20-101(3)(b)(iii)

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§ 10-20-101Purposes -- General land use authority.Provision

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Purposes -- General land use authority. The purposes of this chapter are to: provide for the health, safety, and welfare; promote the prosperity; improve the morals, peace, good order, comfort, convenience, and aesthetics of each municipality and each municipality's present and future inhabitants and businesses; protect the tax base; secure economy in governmental expenditures; foster the state's agricultural and other industries; protect both urban and nonurban development; protect and ensure access to sunlight for solar energy devices; provide fundamental fairness in land use regulation; facilitate orderly growth, allow growth in a variety of housing types, and contribute toward housing affordability; and protect property values. To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a municipality may enact all ordinances, resolutions, and rules and may enter into other forms of land use controls and development agreements that the municipality considers necessary or appropriate for the use and development of land within the municipality, including ordinances, resolutions, rules, restrictive covenants, easements, and development agreements governing: uses; density; open spaces; structures; buildings; energy efficiency; light and air; air quality; transportation and public or alternative transportation; infrastructure; street and building orientation; width requirements; public facilities; fundamental fairness in land use regulation; and considerations of surrounding land uses to balance the foregoing purposes with a landowner's private property interests and associated statutory and constitutional protections. Any ordinance, resolution, or rule enacted by a municipality in accordance with its authority under this chapter shall comply with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5 . A municipality may enact an ordinance, resolution, or rule that regulates surface activity incident to an oil and gas activity if the municipality demonstrates that the regulation: is necessary for the purposes of this chapter; does not effectively or unduly limit, ban, or prohibit an oil and gas activity; and does not interfere with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5 .

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§ 10-20-101(1)Subsection 10-20-101(1)Provision

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The purposes of this chapter are to: provide for the health, safety, and welfare; promote the prosperity; improve the morals, peace, good order, comfort, convenience, and aesthetics of each municipality and each municipality's present and future inhabitants and businesses; protect the tax base; secure economy in governmental expenditures; foster the state's agricultural and other industries; protect both urban and nonurban development; protect and ensure access to sunlight for solar energy devices; provide fundamental fairness in land use regulation; facilitate orderly growth, allow growth in a variety of housing types, and contribute toward housing affordability; and protect property values.

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§ 10-20-101(1)(a)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(a)Provision

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provide for the health, safety, and welfare;

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§ 10-20-101(1)(b)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(b)Provision

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promote the prosperity;

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§ 10-20-101(1)(c)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(c)Provision

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improve the morals, peace, good order, comfort, convenience, and aesthetics of each municipality and each municipality's present and future inhabitants and businesses;

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§ 10-20-101(1)(d)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(d)Provision

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protect the tax base;

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§ 10-20-101(1)(e)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(e)Provision

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secure economy in governmental expenditures;

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§ 10-20-101(1)(f)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(f)Provision

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foster the state's agricultural and other industries;

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§ 10-20-101(1)(g)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(g)Provision

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protect both urban and nonurban development;

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§ 10-20-101(1)(h)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(h)Provision

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protect and ensure access to sunlight for solar energy devices;

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§ 10-20-101(1)(i)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(i)Provision

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provide fundamental fairness in land use regulation;

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§ 10-20-101(1)(j)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(j)Provision

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facilitate orderly growth, allow growth in a variety of housing types, and contribute toward housing affordability; and

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§ 10-20-101(1)(k)Subsection 10-20-101(1)(k)Provision

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protect property values.

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§ 10-20-101(2)Subsection 10-20-101(2)Provision

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A municipality may adopt land-use ordinances, resolutions, rules, and related development controls and agreements for the chapter’s purposes.

To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a municipality may enact all ordinances, resolutions, and rules and may enter into other forms of land use controls and development agreements that the municipality considers necessary or appropriate for the use and development of land within the municipality, including ordinances, resolutions, rules, restrictive covenants, easements, and development agreements governing: uses; density; open spaces; structures; buildings; energy efficiency; light and air; air quality; transportation and public or alternative transportation; infrastructure; street and building orientation; width requirements; public facilities; fundamental fairness in land use regulation; and considerations of surrounding land uses to balance the foregoing purposes with a landowner's private property interests and associated statutory and constitutional protections.

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§ 10-20-101(2)(a)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(a)Provision

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uses;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(b)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(b)Provision

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density;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(c)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(c)Provision

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open spaces;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(d)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(d)Provision

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structures;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(e)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(e)Provision

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buildings;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(f)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(f)Provision

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energy efficiency;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(g)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(g)Provision

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light and air;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(h)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(h)Provision

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air quality;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(i)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(i)Provision

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transportation and public or alternative transportation;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(j)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(j)Provision

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infrastructure;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(k)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(k)Provision

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street and building orientation;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(l)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(l)Provision

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width requirements;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(m)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(m)Provision

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public facilities;

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§ 10-20-101(2)(n)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(n)Provision

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fundamental fairness in land use regulation; and

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§ 10-20-101(2)(o)Subsection 10-20-101(2)(o)Provision

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considerations of surrounding land uses to balance the foregoing purposes with a landowner's private property interests and associated statutory and constitutional protections.

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§ 10-20-101(3)Subsection 10-20-101(3)Provision

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Municipal ordinances, resolutions, and rules must comply with the state’s exclusive jurisdiction over oil and gas activity. A municipality may regulate surface activity tied to oil and gas only if it meets the stated conditions.

Any ordinance, resolution, or rule enacted by a municipality in accordance with its authority under this chapter shall comply with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5 . A municipality may enact an ordinance, resolution, or rule that regulates surface activity incident to an oil and gas activity if the municipality demonstrates that the regulation: is necessary for the purposes of this chapter; does not effectively or unduly limit, ban, or prohibit an oil and gas activity; and does not interfere with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5 .

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§ 10-20-101(3)(a)Subsection 10-20-101(3)(a)Provision

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§ 10-20-101(3)(b)Subsection 10-20-101(3)(b)Provision

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A municipality may adopt an ordinance, resolution, or rule regulating surface activity tied to oil and gas activity if it meets three conditions.

A municipality may enact an ordinance, resolution, or rule that regulates surface activity incident to an oil and gas activity if the municipality demonstrates that the regulation: is necessary for the purposes of this chapter; does not effectively or unduly limit, ban, or prohibit an oil and gas activity; and does not interfere with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5 .

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§ 10-20-101(3)(b)(i)Subsection 10-20-101(3)(b)(i)Provision

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is necessary for the purposes of this chapter;

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§ 10-20-101(3)(b)(ii)Subsection 10-20-101(3)(b)(ii)Provision

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does not effectively or unduly limit, ban, or prohibit an oil and gas activity; and

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§ 10-20-101(3)(b)(iii)Subsection 10-20-101(3)(b)(iii)Provision

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does not interfere with the state's exclusive jurisdiction to regulate oil and gas activity, as described in Section 40-6-2.5 .

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