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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1)(a) A municipality or an adversely affected party may, in addition to other remedies provided by law, institute:
(i) injunctions, mandamus, abatement, or any other appropriate actions; or
(ii) proceedings to prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove the unlawful building, use, or act.
(b) A municipality need only establish the violation to obtain the injunction.
(2)(a) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (4), a municipality may enforce the municipality's ordinance by withholding a building permit.
(b) It is an infraction to erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, or change the use of any building or other structure within a municipality without approval of a building permit.
(c) A municipality may not issue a building permit unless the plans of and for the proposed erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, or use fully conform to all regulations then in effect.
(d) A municipality may not deny an applicant a building permit or certificate of occupancy because the applicant has not completed an infrastructure improvement:
(i) that is not essential to meet the requirements for the issuance of a building permit or certificate of occupancy under the building code and fire code; and
(ii) for which the municipality has accepted an improvement completion assurance for a public landscaping improvement, as defined in Section 10-9a-604.5, or an infrastructure improvement for the development.
(3) A municipality may not deny an applicant a building permit or certificate of occupancy based on the lack of completion of a landscaping improvement that is not a public landscaping improvement, as defined in Section 10-9a-604.5.
(4) A municipality may not withhold a building permit based on the lack of completion of a portion of a public sidewalk to be constructed within a public right-of-way serving a lot where a single-family or two-family residence or town home is proposed in a building permit application if an improvement completion assurance has been posted for the incomplete portion of the public sidewalk.
(5) A municipality may not prohibit the construction of a single-family or two-family residence or town home, withhold recording a plat, or withhold acceptance of a public landscaping improvement, as defined in Section 10-9a-604.5, or an infrastructure improvement based on the lack of installation of a public sidewalk if an improvement completion assurance has been posted for the public sidewalk.
(6) A municipality may not redeem an improvement completion assurance securing the installation of a public sidewalk sooner than 18 months after the date the improvement completion assurance is posted.
(7) A municipality shall allow an applicant to post an improvement completion assurance for a public sidewalk separate from an improvement completion assurance for:
(a) another infrastructure improvement; or
(b) a public landscaping improvement, as defined in Section 10-9a-604.5.
(8) A municipality may withhold a certificate of occupancy for a single-family or two-family residence or town home until the portion of the public sidewalk to be constructed within a public right-of-way and located immediately adjacent to the single-family or two-family residence or town home is completed and accepted by the municipality.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 10. Utah Municipal Code § 10-9a-802. Enforcement - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-10-utah-municipal-code/ut-code-sect-10-9a-802/
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