Utah Code 11-46a-102. Limitations on animal enterprise and working animal regulations
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(1) Subject to Subsection (2), a political subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or other regulation that prohibits or effectively prohibits:
Terms Used In Utah Code 11-46a-102
- Animal: means any nonhuman vertebrate life form. See Utah Code 11-46a-101
- Animal enterprise: includes an animal competition, exposition, fair, rodeo, farm, feedlot, furrier, ranch, or event intended to exhibit or advance agricultural arts and sciences. See Utah Code 11-46a-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
- Political subdivision: means :
(4)(a) a city or town; or(4)(b) a county, as it relates to the licensing and regulation of an animal enterprise or working animal in the unincorporated area of the county. See Utah Code 11-46a-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
- Working animal: means an animal used for performing a specific duty or function in commerce, including an animal used for entertainment, herding, transportation, education, or exhibition. See Utah Code 11-46a-101
(1)(a) the operation of an animal enterprise;(1)(b) the use of a working animal; or(1)(c) domestic dogs from:(1)(c)(i) actively participating in an exposition or rodeo; or(1)(c)(ii) performing a specific duty as a working animal.(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an ordinance or other regulation that a political subdivision adopts or enforces if the ordinance or other regulation:(2)(a) enforces a state or federal law;(2)(b) is a land use regulation as that term is defined in Section 10-9a-103; or - Political subdivision: means :