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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a 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.
(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 clean 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 an affected entity; and
(j) an official map.
(3)(a) The general plan of a specified municipality, as defined in Section 10-9a-408, shall include a moderate income housing element that meets the requirements of Subsection 10-9a-403(2)(a)(iii).
(b)(i) This Subsection (3)(b) applies to a municipality that is not a specified municipality as of January 1, 2023.
(ii) As of January 1, if a municipality described in Subsection (3)(b)(i) changes from one class to another or grows in population to qualify as a specified municipality as defined in Section 10-9a-408, the municipality shall amend the municipality's general plan to comply with Subsection (3)(a) on or before August 1 of the first calendar year beginning on January 1 in which the municipality qualifies as a specified municipality.
(4) Subject to Subsection 10-9a-403(2), the municipality may determine the comprehensiveness, extent, and format of the general plan.
(5) Except for a city of the fifth class or a town, on or before December 31, 2025, a municipality that has a general plan that does not include a water use and preservation element that complies with Section 10-9a-403 shall amend the municipality's general plan to comply with Section 10-9a-403.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 10. Utah Municipal Code § 10-9a-401. General plan required--Content - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-10-utah-municipal-code/ut-code-sect-10-9a-401/
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