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Terms Used In Utah Code 10-2a-103

  • Community council area: means the cumulative areas within the geographic boundary of a community council that is formally recognized by a county of the first class pursuant to county ordinance. See Utah Code 10-2a-102
  • Contiguous: means , except as provided in Subsection (1)(d)(ii), the same as that term is defined in Section 10-1-104. See Utah Code 10-2a-102
  • Feasibility request: means a request, described in Section 10-2a-202, for a feasibility study for the proposed incorporation of a municipality. See Utah Code 10-2a-102
  • 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
  • Unincorporated: means not within a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
     (1)(a) An unincorporated contiguous area of a county not within a municipality may incorporate as a municipality as provided in this chapter.
     (1)(b) Two or more unincorporated islands, as defined in Section 10-2-429, that are not contiguous with each other may incorporate as a municipality, as provided in this chapter, if:

          (1)(b)(i) those unincorporated islands are part of a community council area; and
          (1)(b)(ii) a feasibility request for the proposed incorporation of the community council area is submitted under Section 10-2a-202 no later than May 1, 2025.
(2) If a proposed incorporation relates to an area in more than one county:

     (2)(a) the individual who files the feasibility request shall file the request with each county containing a portion of the area proposed for incorporation; and
     (2)(b) the counties shall work together, in accordance with direction given by the lieutenant governor, to complete the actions required by this chapter.