Title 10 Chapter 9a Section 302

Utah Municipal Code
Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act
Section 302
Planning commission powers and duties.

            

10-9a-302.   Planning commission powers and duties.

            The planning commission shall make a recommendation to the legislative body for:

            (1) a general plan and amendments to the general plan;

            (2) land use ordinances, zoning maps, official maps, and amendments;

            (3) an appropriate delegation of power to at least one designated land use authority to hear and act on a land use application;

            (4) an appropriate delegation of power to at least one appeal authority to hear and act on an appeal from a decision of the land use authority; and

            (5) application processes that:

            (a) may include a designation of routine land use matters that, upon application and proper notice, will receive informal streamlined review and action if the application is uncontested; and

            (b) shall protect the right of each:

            (i) applicant and third party to require formal consideration of any application by a land use authority;

            (ii) applicant, adversely affected party, or municipal officer or employee to appeal a land use authority's decision to a separate appeal authority; and

            (iii) participant to be heard in each public hearing on a contested application.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session