Terms Used In Utah Code 17-27a-505

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Flood plain: means land that:
       (18)(a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; or
       (18)(b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
• Geologic hazard: means :
       (21)(a) a surface fault rupture;
       (21)(b) shallow groundwater;
       (21)(c) liquefaction;
       (21)(d) a landslide;
       (21)(e) a debris flow;
       (21)(f) unstable soil;
       (21)(g) a rock fall; or
       (21)(h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:

            (21)(h)(i) to life;

            (21)(h)(ii) of substantial loss of real property; or

            (21)(h)(iii) of substantial damage to real property. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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
• Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:
       (3)(a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and
       (3)(b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
• Legislative body: means the county legislative body, or for a county that has adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Subdivision: includes :
            (73)(b)(i) the division or development of land, whether by deed, metes and bounds description, devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument, regardless of whether the division includes all or a portion of a parcel or lot; and
            (73)(b)(ii) except as provided in Subsection (73)(c), divisions of land for residential and nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and industrial purposes. See Utah Code 17-27a-103