(1) Under the authority of Utah Constitution, Article XI, Section 8, there is created the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District.
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Terms Used In Utah Code 11-70-201

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Development: means :
         (5)(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
         (5)(b) the planning of, arranging for, or participation in any of the activities listed in Subsection (5)(a). See Utah Code 11-70-101
  • Fair park authority: means the State Fair Park Authority created in Section 11-68-201. See Utah Code 11-70-101
  • Fair park land: means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-68-101. See Utah Code 11-70-101
  • Fairpark district: means the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District, created in Section 11-70-201. See Utah Code 11-70-101
  • Fairpark district boundary: means a line or set of lines that:
         (12)(a) defines the geographic boundary of the fairpark district, consisting of the interior space within each polygon described by the line or set of lines; and
         (12)(b) is delineated in the electronic shapefile that is the electronic component of H. See Utah Code 11-70-101
  • 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
  • Major league sports team: means a team:
         (18)(a) consisting of professional athletes;
         (18)(b) that is part of a professional sports league; and
         (18)(c) that is engaged in the business of presenting live sporting events before primarily a paying audience. See Utah Code 11-70-101
  • Qualified stadium: includes parking structures or facilities, lighting facilities, plazas, and open space associated with a stadium described in Subsection (31)(a). See Utah Code 11-70-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) The fairpark district is:

     (2)(a) an independent, nonprofit, separate body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession;
     (2)(b) a political subdivision of the state; and
     (2)(c) a public corporation, as defined in Section 63E-1-102.
(3)

     (3)(a) The purpose of the fairpark district is to fulfill the statewide public purpose of encouraging and facilitating development within the fairpark district boundary to provide economic and other benefits to the area within the fairpark district boundary, surrounding areas, the region, and the state, including:

          (3)(a)(i) the development and construction of a qualified stadium and related facilities for a major league sports team;
          (3)(a)(ii) the development and construction of infrastructure to support a qualified stadium, associated uses, and recreational uses on land within the fairpark district boundary;
          (3)(a)(iii) the improvement and restoration of areas along the Jordan River within the fairpark district boundary for aesthetic and recreational purposes;
          (3)(a)(iv) coordinating with and supporting the fair park authority in the fair park authority’s use of fair park land; and
          (3)(a)(v) other development on land within the fairpark district boundary.
     (3)(b) The duties and responsibilities of the fairpark district under this chapter are matters of regional and statewide concern, importance, interest, and impact.
     (3)(c) The fairpark district is the mechanism the state chooses to focus resources and efforts on behalf of the state, to oversee and manage development activities within the fairpark district boundary, and to ensure that the regional and statewide interests, concerns, and purposes described in this Subsection (3) are properly addressed from more of a statewide perspective than any municipality can provide.
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