(1) An agency shall comply with the provisions of this section before the agency may use eminent domain to acquire property under Chapter 1, Part 9, Eminent Domain.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 17C-5-402

  • Development impediment: means a condition of an area that meets the requirements described in Section 17C-2-303 for an urban renewal project area or Section 17C-5-405 for a community reinvestment project area. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Development impediment hearing: means a public hearing regarding whether a development impediment exists within a proposed:
         (21)(a) urban renewal project area under Subsection 17C-2-102(1)(a)(i)(C) and Section 17C-2-302; or
         (21)(b) community reinvestment project area under Section 17C-5-404. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • 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.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Survey area: means a geographic area designated for study by a survey area resolution to determine whether:
         (58)(a) one or more project areas within the survey area are feasible; or
         (58)(b) a development impediment exists within the survey area. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
(2) An agency shall, after adopting a survey area resolution as described in Section 17C-5-103:

     (2)(a) cause a development impediment study to be conducted within the survey area in accordance with Section 17C-5-403;
     (2)(b) provide notice and hold a development impediment hearing in accordance with Chapter 1, Part 8, Hearing and Notice Requirements; and
     (2)(c) after the development impediment hearing, at the same or at a subsequent meeting:

          (2)(c)(i) consider the evidence and information relating to the existence or nonexistence of a development impediment; and
          (2)(c)(ii) by resolution, make a determination regarding whether a development impediment exists in all or part of the survey area.