Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 15A > Chapter 4 - Local Amendments Incorporated as Part of State Construction Code

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Authority: means the Utah Inland Port Authority, created in Section 11-58-201. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Authority jurisdictional land: means land within the authority boundary delineated:
       (2)(a) in the electronic shapefile that is the electronic component of H. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Base taxable value: means :
       (3)(a)

            (3)(a)(i) except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), for a project area that consists of the authority jurisdictional land, the taxable value of authority jurisdictional land in calendar year 2018; and

            (3)(a)(ii) for an area described in Section Utah Code 11-58-102
• Board: means the Water Quality Board created in Section 19-1-106. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Board: means the authority's governing body, created in Section 11-58-301. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Business plan: means a plan designed to facilitate, encourage, and bring about development of the authority jurisdictional land to achieve the goals and objectives described in Subsection 11-58-203(1), including the development and establishment of an inland port. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• Development: means :
       (7)(a) the demolition, construction, reconstruction, modification, expansion, or improvement of a building, utility, infrastructure, landscape, parking lot, park, trail, recreational amenity, or other facility, including public infrastructure and improvements; and
       (7)(b) the planning of, arranging for, or participation in any of the activities listed in Subsection (7)(a). See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Development project: means a project for the development of land within a project area. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Director: means the director of the Division of Water Quality or, for purposes of groundwater quality at a facility licensed by and under the jurisdiction of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, the director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Discharge: means the addition of a pollutant to waters of the state. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Discharge permit: means a permit issued to a person who:
       (8)(a) discharges or whose activities would probably result in a discharge of pollutants into the waters of the state; or
       (8)(b) generates or manages sewage sludge. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Disposal system: means a system for disposing of wastes and includes sewerage systems and treatment works. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Division: means the Division of Water Quality, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(e). See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Effluent limitations: means restrictions, requirements, or prohibitions, including schedules of compliance established under this chapter, that apply to discharges. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed pursuant to Section 19-1-104. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• General differential: means property tax differential generated by a property tax levied:
       (1)(a) on property that is not part of the authority jurisdictional land or within a remediation project area; and
       (1)(b) by all taxing entities. See Utah Code 11-58-600.5
• Intermodal facility: means a facility for transferring containerized cargo between rail, truck, air, or other transportation modes. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Nonmunicipal differential: means property tax differential generated from a property tax imposed:
       (2)(a) on property that is part of the authority jurisdictional land; and
       (2)(b) by all taxing entities other than the primary municipality. See Utah Code 11-58-600.5
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, trust, firm, estate, company, corporation, partnership, association, state, state or federal agency or entity, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• pollutant: means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Pollution: means a man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, or radiological integrity of waters of the state, unless the alteration is necessary for the public health and safety. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Primary municipality: means the municipality that has more authority jurisdictional land within the municipality's boundary than is included within the boundary of any other municipality. See Utah Code 11-58-600.5
• Project area: means :
       (16)(a) the authority jurisdictional land, subject to Section 11-58-605; or
       (16)(b) land outside the authority jurisdictional land, whether consisting of a single contiguous area or multiple noncontiguous areas, described in a project area plan or draft project area plan, where the development project set forth in the project area plan or draft project area plan takes place or is proposed to take place. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Project area budget: means a multiyear projection of annual or cumulative revenues and expenses and other fiscal matters pertaining to the project area. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Project area plan: means a written plan that, after its effective date, guides and controls the development within a project area. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Property tax: includes a privilege tax and each levy on an ad valorem basis on tangible or intangible personal or real property. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public infrastructure and improvements: includes :
            (22)(b)(i) facilities, lines, or systems that provide:

                 (22)(b)(i)(A) water, chilled water, or steam; or

                 (22)(b)(i)(B) sewer, storm drainage, natural gas, electricity, energy storage, clean energy, microgrids, or telecommunications service;
            (22)(b)(ii) streets, roads, curb, gutter, sidewalk, walkways, solid waste facilities, parking facilities, rail lines, intermodal facilities, multimodal facilities, and public transportation facilities;
            (22)(b)(iii) an inland port; and
            (22)(b)(iv) infrastructure, improvements, facilities, or buildings that are developed as part of a remediation project. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Publicly owned treatment works: means a facility for the treatment of pollutants owned by the state, its political subdivisions, or other public entity. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Reduced area: means the authority jurisdictional land that is within a primary municipality, excluding:
       (6)(a) an area described in Subsection 11-58-600. See Utah Code 11-58-600.5
• Remediation: includes :
       (23)(a) activities for the cleanup, rehabilitation, and development of contaminated land; and
       (23)(b) acquiring an interest in land within a remediation project area. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Remediation project: means a project for the remediation of contaminated land that:
       (25)(a) is owned by:

            (25)(a)(i) the state or a department, division, or other instrumentality of the state;

            (25)(a)(ii) an independent entity, as defined in Section 63E-1-102; or

            (25)(a)(iii) a political subdivision of the state; and
       (25)(b) became contaminated land before the owner described in Subsection (24)(a) obtained ownership of the land. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Remediation project area: means a project area consisting of contaminated land that is or is expected to become the subject of a remediation project. See Utah Code 11-58-102
• Sewage sludge: means solid, semisolid, or liquid residue removed during the treatment of municipal wastewater or domestic sewage. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Treatment works: means a plant, disposal field, lagoon, dam, pumping station, incinerator, or other works used for the purpose of treating, stabilizing, or holding wastes. See Utah Code 19-5-102
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.