(1) To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a municipality shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-range general plan for:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 10-9a-401

  • Affected entity: means a county, municipality, special district, special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified public utility, property owner, property owners association, or the Department of Transportation, if:
         (3)(a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant modification because of an intended use of land;
         (3)(b) the entity has filed with the municipality a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan; or
         (3)(c) the entity has filed with the municipality a request for notice during the same calendar year and before the municipality provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a requirement imposed under this chapter. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
  • City: means a municipality that is classified by population as a city of the first class, a city of the second class, a city of the third class, a city of the fourth class, or a city of the fifth class, under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104
  • General plan: means a document that a municipality adopts that sets forth general guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
  • Land: includes :
         (18)(a) land;
         (18)(b) a tenement;
         (18)(c) a hereditament;
         (18)(d) a water right;
         (18)(e) a possessory right; and
         (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Moderate income housing: means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross income for households of the same size in the county in which the city is located. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
  • Municipality: means :
         (5)(a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;
         (5)(b) a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or
         (5)(c) a preliminary municipality incorporated under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Incorporation of a Preliminary Municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
  • Official map: means a map drawn by municipal authorities and recorded in a county recorder's office that:
         (46)(a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for highways and other transportation facilities;
         (46)(b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve the land; and
         (46)(c) has been adopted as an element of the municipality's general plan. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
  • Town: means a municipality classified by population as a town under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104
     (1)(a) present and future needs of the municipality; and
     (1)(b) growth and development of all or any part of the land within the municipality.
(2) The general plan may provide for:

     (2)(a) health, general welfare, safety, energy conservation, transportation, prosperity, civic activities, aesthetics, and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities;
     (2)(b) the reduction of the waste of physical, financial, or human resources that result from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population;
     (2)(c) the efficient and economical use, conservation, and production of the supply of:

          (2)(c)(i) food and water; and
          (2)(c)(ii) drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources;
     (2)(d) the use of energy conservation and solar and clean energy resources;
     (2)(e) the protection of urban development;
     (2)(f) if the municipality is a town, the protection or promotion of moderate income housing;
     (2)(g) the protection and promotion of air quality;
     (2)(h) historic preservation;
     (2)(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
     (2)(j) an official map.
(3)

     (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).
     (3)(b)

          (3)(b)(i) This Subsection (3)(b) applies to a municipality that is not a specified municipality as of January 1, 2023.
          (3)(b)(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.

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