Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 10 > Chapter 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act

• Accessory dwelling unit: means a habitable living unit added to, created within, or detached from a primary single-family dwelling and contained on one lot. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Adjudicative proceeding: means :
       (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
       (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Adversely affected party: means a person other than a land use applicant who:
       (2)(a) owns real property adjoining the property that is the subject of a land use application or land use decision; or
       (2)(b) will suffer a damage different in kind than, or an injury distinct from, that of the general community as a result of the land use decision. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Advertisement: means any written, oral, or graphic statement or representation made by a supplier in connection with the solicitation of business. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Affected entity: means a county, municipality, special district, special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified public utility, property owner, property owners association, or the Department of Transportation, if:
       (3)(a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant modification because of an intended use of land;
       (3)(b) the entity has filed with the municipality a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan; or
       (3)(c) the entity has filed with the municipality a request for notice during the same calendar year and before the municipality provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a requirement imposed under this chapter. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Affected entity: means :
            (1)(a)(i) a county of the first or second class in whose unincorporated area the area proposed for annexation is located;
            (1)(a)(ii) a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class in whose unincorporated area the area proposed for annexation is located, if the area includes residents or commercial or industrial development;
            (1)(a)(iii) a special district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, or special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, whose boundary includes any part of an area proposed for annexation;
            (1)(a)(iv) a school district whose boundary includes any part of an area proposed for annexation, if the boundary is proposed to be adjusted as a result of the annexation; and
            (1)(a)(v) a municipality whose boundaries are within 1/2 mile of an area proposed for annexation. See Utah Code 10-2-401
• Affected municipality: means an incorporated city or town:
       (2)(a) that is located in the notice area; and
       (2)(b)

            (2)(b)(i) within which a franchisor is proposing a new or relocated dealership that is within the relevant market area of an existing dealership of the same line-make owned by another franchisee; or

            (2)(b)(ii) within which an existing dealership is located and a franchisor is proposing a new or relocated dealership within the relevant market area of that existing dealership of the same line-make. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Affected owner: means the owner of real property that is:
       (4)(a) a single project;
       (4)(b) the subject of a land use approval that sponsors of a referendum timely challenged in accordance with Subsection 20A-7-601(6); and
       (4)(c) determined to be legally referable under Section Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Affiliate: has the meaning set forth in Section 16-10a-102. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Affordable housing: means housing offered for sale at 80% or less of the median county home price for housing of that type. See Utah Code 10-9a-1001
• Aftermarket product: means any product or service not included in the franchisor's suggested retail price of the new motor vehicle, as that price appears on the label required by Utah Code 13-14-102
• Agency: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. See Utah Code 10-9a-1001
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Annexation petition: means a petition under Section 10-2-403 proposing the annexation to a municipality of a contiguous, unincorporated area that is contiguous to the municipality. See Utah Code 10-2-401
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appeal authority: means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a variance. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Armed forces: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• ASHA: means the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Association: means the Utah Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Audiologist: means a person who practices audiology or who holds himself out to the public directly or indirectly by any means, act, title, identification, performance, method, or procedure as one who nonmedically examines, measures, tests, interprets, evaluates, assesses, diagnoses, directs, instructs, treats, counsels, prescribes, and recommends for persons affected by or suspected of having disorders of or conditions of hearing loss, or assists persons in achieving the reception, communication, and perception of sound and determines the range, nature, and degree of hearing function related to communication needs, or provides audiology services and uses audio electronic equipment and provides audiology services and consultation regarding noise control and hearing conservation, conducts tests and interpretation of vestibular function and nystagmus, prepares ear impressions and provides ear molds, aids, accessories, prescriptions, and prostheses for hearing, evaluates sound environment and equipment, and calibrates instruments used in testing and supplementing auditory function. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Audiology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures, and measuring, testing, examining, interpreting, diagnosing, predicting, evaluating, prescribing, consulting, treating, instructing, and researching, which is related to hearing, vestibular function, and the disorders of hearing, to related language and speech disorders and to aberrant behavior related to hearing loss or vestibular function, for the purpose of preventing and modifying disorders related to hearing loss or vestibular function, and planning, directing, managing, conducting, and participating in hearing conservation, evoked potentials evaluation, nonmedical tinnitus evaluation or treatment, noise control, habilitation, and rehabilitation programs, including hearing aid evaluation, assistive listening device evaluation, prescription, preparation, and dispensing, and auditory training and lip reading. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Audiology aide: means an individual who:
       (5)(a) meets the minimum qualifications established by the board for audiology aides. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Audiovisual recording function: means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part of the motion picture by means of any technology. See Utah Code 13-10b-102
• Audit: means a review by a supplier of a dealer's warranty claims records. See Utah Code 13-14b-102
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Base taxable value: means a property's taxable value as shown upon the assessment roll last equalized during the base year. See Utah Code 10-9a-1001
• Base year: means , for a proposed home ownership promotion zone area, a year beginning the first day of the calendar quarter determined by the last equalized tax roll before the adoption of the home ownership promotion zone. See Utah Code 10-9a-1001
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Billboard: means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product, or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Board: means the Speech-language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Board created under Section 58-41-6. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• board: means the Utah Motor Vehicle Franchise Advisory Board created in Section 13-14-103. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Business opportunity: means an arrangement under which a person:
            (1)(a)(i) sells or leases a product, equipment, a supply, or a service:

                 (1)(a)(i)(A) upon payment of initial required consideration of at least $500; and

                 (1)(a)(i)(B) for the purpose of enabling the buyer or lessee to start a business; and
            (1)(a)(ii) represents to the buyer or lessee that:

                 (1)(a)(ii)(A) the person will provide a location or assist the buyer or lessee find a location for the use or operation of a vending machine, rack, display case, or other similar device, or a currency-operated amusement machine or device, on premises neither owned nor leased by the person nor the buyer or lessee;

                 (1)(a)(ii)(B) the person will purchase a product the buyer or lessee makes, produces, fabricates, grows, or modifies, using in whole or in part the product, equipment, supply, or service the buyer or lessee buys or leases from the person;

                 (1)(a)(ii)(C) the person will provide the buyer or lessee with a guarantee that the buyer or lessee will receive income from the product, equipment, supply, or service the buyer or lessee buys or leases from the person that exceeds the amount the buyer or lessee pays to buy or lease the product, equipment, supply, or service, and if not the person will repurchase the product, equipment, supply, or service, if the buyer or lessee is dissatisfied; or

                 (1)(a)(ii)(D) the buyer or lessee will or may derive income from the business described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) that exceeds the amount the buyer or lessee pays to buy or lease the product, equipment, supply, or service. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• Buyer: means an individual who is solicited to purchase or who purchases the services of a credit services organization. See Utah Code 13-21-2
• Carrier: means an infected individual or animal who harbors a specific infectious agent in the absence of discernible clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection for man. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• CCC: means the certificate of clinical competence awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Chapter: means a chapter, branch, area, office, or similar affiliate of a charitable organization. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Charitable organization: includes a chapter or a person who solicits contributions within the state for a charitable organization. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Charitable purpose: means any benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, religious, eleemosynary, social welfare or advocacy, public health, environmental, conservation, civic, or other charitable objective or for the benefit of a public safety, law enforcement, or firefighter fraternal association. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Charitable solicitation: means any request directly or indirectly for money, credit, property, financial assistance, or any other thing of value on the plea or representation that it will be used for a charitable purpose. See Utah Code 13-11-3
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• Charter school: means :
            (7)(a)(i) an operating charter school;
            (7)(a)(ii) a charter school applicant that a charter school authorizer approves in accordance with Title 53G, Chapter 5, Part 3, Charter School Authorization; or
            (7)(a)(iii) an entity that is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant to develop or construct a charter school building. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• City: means a municipality that is classified by population as a city of the first class, a city of the second class, a city of the third class, a city of the fourth class, or a city of the fifth class, under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• clearly and conspicuously disclose: means :
       (2)(a) in the print media:

            (2)(a)(i) to state in typeface that is sufficiently bold to be obviously seen;

            (2)(a)(ii) to state in type size of at least 10 point type for a 14" x 23" document, and, in larger documents, of a type size of proportionately the same size; and

            (2)(a)(iii) to place in the text so as to be obviously seen;
       (2)(b) in radio advertising, to verbally state in the same volume as that used in the advertisement;
       (2)(c) in television advertising, the method for print media or radio advertising is acceptable unless contrary to other governing laws. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Commercial co-venturer: means a person who for profit is regularly and primarily engaged in trade or commerce other than in connection with soliciting for a charitable organization or purpose. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Commission: means a boundary commission established under Section 10-2-409 for the county in which the property that is proposed for annexation is located. See Utah Code 10-2-401
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Communicable disease: means illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly, as from an infected individual or animal, or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conditional use: means a land use that, because of the unique characteristics or potential impact of the land use on the municipality, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Constitutional taking: means a governmental action that results in a taking of private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
       (9)(a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
       (9)(b) Utah Constitution Article I, § 22. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Consumer: means an individual who enters into an agreement or contract for the transfer, lease, purchase of a new motor vehicle other than for purposes of resale, or sublease during the duration of the period defined under Section 13-20-5. See Utah Code 13-20-2
• Consumer transaction: includes :
            (2)(b)(i) any of the following with respect to a transfer or disposition described in Subsection (2)(a):

                 (2)(b)(i)(A) an offer;

                 (2)(b)(i)(B) a solicitation;

                 (2)(b)(i)(C) an agreement; or

                 (2)(b)(i)(D) performance of an agreement; or
            (2)(b)(ii) a charitable solicitation. See Utah Code 13-11-3
• Contact: means an individual or animal having had association with an infected individual, animal, or contaminated environment so as to have had an opportunity to acquire the infection. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Contiguous: means :
       (2)(a) if used to described an area, continuous, uninterrupted, and without an island of territory not included as part of the area; and
       (2)(b) if used to describe an area's relationship to another area, sharing a common boundary. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contribution: means the pledge or grant for a charitable purpose of any money or property of any kind, including any of the following:
            (7)(a)(i) a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value;
            (7)(a)(ii) a contract, promise, or agreement, express or implied, whether or not legally enforceable, to make a contribution for charitable purposes; or
            (7)(a)(iii) fees, dues, or assessments paid by members, when membership is conferred solely as consideration for making a contribution. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
• County executive: means :
       (7)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
       (7)(b) the county executive, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; or
       (7)(c) the county manager, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• County legislative body: means :
       (8)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
       (8)(b) the county council, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; and
       (8)(c) the county council, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. ^{Source: OCC}
• Credit reporting agency: means a person who, for a monetary fee, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third persons. See Utah Code 13-21-2
• Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. ^{Source: OCC}
• Credit services organization: means a person who represents that the person or an employee is a debt professional or credit counselor, or, with respect to the extension of credit by others, sells, provides, or performs, or represents that the person can or will sell, provide, or perform, in return for the payment of money or other valuable consideration any of the following services:
            (3)(a)(i) improving a buyer's credit record, history, or rating;
            (3)(a)(ii) providing advice, assistance, instruction, or instructional materials to a buyer with regard to Subsection (3)(a)(i); or
            (3)(a)(iii) debt reduction or debt management plans. See Utah Code 13-21-2
• Critical infrastructure materials: means sand, gravel, or rock aggregate. See Utah Code 10-9a-901
• Critical infrastructure materials operations: means the extraction, excavation, processing, or reprocessing of critical infrastructure materials. See Utah Code 10-9a-901
• Critical infrastructure materials operator: means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, including a successor, assign, affiliate, subsidiary, and related parent company, that:
       (3)(a) owns, controls, or manages a critical infrastructure materials operations; and
       (3)(b) has produced commercial quantities of critical infrastructure materials from the critical infrastructure materials operations. See Utah Code 10-9a-901
• Cross examine: Questioning of a witness by the attorney for the other side.
• Culinary water authority: means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for the subject property. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Current net price: means the price charged to a dealer for repair parts as listed in the printed price list or catalog or invoice of the supplier in effect at the time a warranty claim is submitted. See Utah Code 13-14b-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• dealer: means a person or any other entity having a dealer agreement for selling and retailing:
       (4)(a) agricultural equipment;
       (4)(b) dairy and farmstead mechanization equipment;
       (4)(c) construction, utility, and industrial equipment;
       (4)(d) outdoor power equipment;
       (4)(e) lawn and garden equipment; or
       (4)(f) attachments or repair parts for equipment listed in Subsections (4)(a) through (e). See Utah Code 13-14b-102
• Dealer agreement: means an oral or written contract or an agreement of definite or indefinite duration, between a supplier and an equipment dealer that authorizes or requires the equipment dealer to perform services or supply parts under a warranty, or to do both. See Utah Code 13-14b-102
• Dealership: means a site or location in this state:
       (5)(a) at which a franchisee conducts the business of a new motor vehicle dealer; and
       (5)(b) that is identified as a new motor vehicle dealer's principal place of business for licensing purposes under Section 41-3-204. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Development activity: means :
       (11)(a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional demand and need for public facilities;
       (11)(b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need for public facilities; or
       (11)(c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public facilities. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Development agreement: means a written agreement or amendment to a written agreement between a municipality and one or more parties that regulates or controls the use or development of a specific area of land. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Director: means the director of the Division of Consumer Protection. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Director: means the director of the Division of Professional Licensing. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Disability: means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Disorder: means the condition of decreased, absent, or impaired auditory, speech, voice, or language function. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Distributor: means any person engaged in the business of renting, selling or licensing motion pictures to exhibitors. See Utah Code 13-13-2
• Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection. See Utah Code 13-10a-2
• Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• Do-not-drive order: means an order issued by a franchisor that instructs an individual not to operate a motor vehicle of the franchisor's line-make due to a recall. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Down syndrome: means a genetic condition associated with an extra chromosome 21, in whole or in part, or an effective trisomy for chromosome 21. See Utah Code 26B-7-101
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• End stage renal disease facility: is a s defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Enforcing authority: means the Division of Consumer Protection. See Utah Code 13-11-3
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Epidemic: means the occurrence or outbreak in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in excess of normal expectancy and derived from a common or propagated source. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Executive: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a person or body elected as the county executive or a person appointed as the county manager or administrative officer, refers to:
       (2)(a) the power and duty to carry laws and ordinances into effect and secure their due observance; and
       (2)(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 executive branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 26B-1-203. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Exempt function: includes making an expenditure relating to an office described in Subsection (11)(a) which, if incurred by the individual, would be allowable as a deduction under section 162(a) of 26 I. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Exhibitor: means any person engaged in the business of operating a theatre in this state. See Utah Code 13-13-2
• Expansion area: means the unincorporated area that is identified in an annexation policy plan under Section Utah Code 10-2-401
• Extension of credit: means the right to defer payment of debt or to incur debt and defer its payment, offered or granted primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. See Utah Code 13-21-2
• Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Feasibility consultant: means a person or firm with expertise in the processes and economics of local government. See Utah Code 10-2-401
• Female: means the characteristic of an individual whose biological reproductive system is of the general type that functions in a way that could produce ova. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• fifth wheel trailer: means a portable vehicle without motive power, designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, or vacation use that does not require a special highway movement permit when drawn by a self-propelled motor vehicle. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Final judgment: means a judgment, including any supporting opinion, that determines the rights of the parties and concerning which appellate remedies have been exhausted or the time for appeal has expired. See Utah Code 13-11-3
• Fire authority: means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject property. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fixed: means embodied in a recording or other tangible medium of expression, by or under the authority of the author, so that the matter embodied in the recording or other tangible medium of expression is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration. See Utah Code 13-10-3
• Flood plain: means land that:
       (16)(a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; or
       (16)(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 10-9a-103
• Foreign nonprofit corporation: means the same as that term is defined in Section 16-6a-102. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• Franchise: means the same as that term is defined by Federal Trade Commission rules governing franchise and business opportunity ventures. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• franchise agreement: includes a sales and service agreement. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Franchisee: means a person with whom a franchisor has agreed or permitted, in writing or in practice, to purchase, sell, or offer for sale new motor vehicles manufactured, produced, represented, or distributed by the franchisor. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Franchisor: means a person who has, in writing or in practice, agreed with or permits a franchisee to purchase, sell, or offer for sale new motor vehicles manufactured, produced, assembled, represented, or distributed by the franchisor, and includes:
       (11)(a) the manufacturer, producer, assembler, or distributor of the new motor vehicles;
       (11)(b) an intermediate distributor; and
       (11)(c) an agent, officer, or field or area representative of the franchisor. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• General acute hospital: is a s defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• General plan: means a document that a municipality adopts that sets forth general guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Geologic hazard: means :
       (18)(a) a surface fault rupture;
       (18)(b) shallow groundwater;
       (18)(c) liquefaction;
       (18)(d) a landslide;
       (18)(e) a debris flow;
       (18)(f) unstable soil;
       (18)(g) a rock fall; or
       (18)(h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:

            (18)(h)(i) to life;

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

            (18)(h)(iii) of substantial damage to real property. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Goods and services: means all items which may be the subject of a sales transaction. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Governing body: means collectively the legislative body and the executive of any municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Guarantee: means a written agreement that:
       (4)(a) a purchaser and seller sign; and
       (4)(b) discloses the complete details and each limitation or exception of the agreement. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Guardian: includes a person who:
       (14)(a) qualifies as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment; or
       (14)(b) is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a minor or incapacitated person. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Hearing aid dealer: means one who sells, repairs, and adjusts hearing aids. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Highway: includes :
       (15)(a) a public bridge;
       (15)(b) a county way;
       (15)(c) a county road;
       (15)(d) a common road; and
       (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Historic preservation authority: means a person, board, commission, or other body designated by a legislative body to:
       (19)(a) recommend land use regulations to preserve local historic districts or areas; and
       (19)(b) administer local historic preservation land use regulations within a local historic district or area. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Home ownership promotion zone: means a home ownership promotion zone created pursuant to this part. See Utah Code 10-9a-1001
• Home-based microschool: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-6-201. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Hookup fee: means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line, meter, or appurtenance that connects to a municipal water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility system. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Identical plans: means building plans submitted to a municipality that:
       (22)(a) are clearly marked as "identical plans";
       (22)(b) are substantially identical to building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and approved by the municipality; and
       (22)(c) describe a building that:

            (22)(c)(i) is located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the previously approved plans is located;

            (22)(c)(ii) is subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as the building described in the previously approved plans;

            (22)(c)(iii) has a floor plan identical to the building plan previously submitted to and reviewed and approved by the municipality; and

            (22)(c)(iv) does not require any additional engineering or analysis. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Impact fee: means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter 36a, Impact Fees Act. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Improvement completion assurance: means a surety bond, letter of credit, financial institution bond, cash, assignment of rights, lien, or other equivalent security required by a municipality to guaranty the proper completion of landscaping or an infrastructure improvement required as a condition precedent to:
       (24)(a) recording a subdivision plat; or
       (24)(b) development of a commercial, industrial, mixed use, or multifamily project. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Improvement warranty: means an applicant's unconditional warranty that the applicant's installed and accepted landscaping or infrastructure improvement:
       (25)(a) complies with the municipality's written standards for design, materials, and workmanship; and
       (25)(b) will not fail in any material respect, as a result of poor workmanship or materials, within the improvement warranty period. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Improvement warranty period: means a period:
       (26)(a) no later than one year after a municipality's acceptance of required landscaping; or
       (26)(b) no later than one year after a municipality's acceptance of required infrastructure, unless the municipality:

            (26)(b)(i) determines for good cause that a one-year period would be inadequate to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; and

            (26)(b)(ii) has substantial evidence, on record:

                 (26)(b)(ii)(A) of prior poor performance by the applicant; or

                 (26)(b)(ii)(B) that the area upon which the infrastructure will be constructed contains suspect soil and the municipality has not otherwise required the applicant to mitigate the suspect soil. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Incubation period: means the time interval between exposure to an infectious agent and appearance of the first sign or symptom of the disease in question. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Infected individual: means an individual who harbors an infectious agent and who has manifest disease or inapparent infection. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Infection: means the entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body of man or animals. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Infectious agent: means an organism such as a virus, rickettsia, bacteria, fungus, protozoan, or helminth that is capable of producing infection or infectious disease. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Infectious disease: means a disease of man or animals resulting from an infection. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Informed consent: means consent that is voluntary and based on an understanding by the person to be sterilized of the nature and consequences of sterilization, the reasonably foreseeable risks and benefits of sterilization, and the available alternative methods of contraception. See Utah Code 26B-6-801
• Infrastructure improvement: means permanent infrastructure that is essential for the public health and safety or that:
       (27)(a) is required for human occupation; and
       (27)(b) an applicant must install:

            (27)(b)(i) in accordance with published installation and inspection specifications for public improvements; and

            (27)(b)(ii) whether the improvement is public or private, as a condition of:

                 (27)(b)(ii)(A) recording a subdivision plat;

                 (27)(b)(ii)(B) obtaining a building permit; or

                 (27)(b)(ii)(C) development of a commercial, industrial, mixed use, condominium, or multifamily project. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Initial required consideration: includes the sum of any down payment and the total of all additional payments, if the purchaser's payment under the terms of the business opportunity is over a period of time. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Internal lot restriction: means a platted note, platted demarcation, or platted designation that:
       (28)(a) runs with the land; and
       (28)(b)

            (28)(b)(i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on the plat; or

            (28)(b)(ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on the plat. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Isolation: means the separation, for the period of communicability, of infected individuals or animals from others, in such places and under such conditions as to prevent the direct or indirect conveyance of the infectious agent from those infected to those who are susceptible or who may spread the agent to others. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
• 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.
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• 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
• Land use applicant: means a property owner, or the property owner's designee, who submits a land use application regarding the property owner's land. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Land use authority: means :
       (31)(a) a person, board, commission, agency, or body, including the local legislative body, designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application; or
       (31)(b) if the local legislative body has not designated a person, board, commission, agency, or body, the local legislative body. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Land use decision: means an administrative decision of a land use authority or appeal authority regarding:
       (32)(a) a land use permit; or
       (32)(b) a land use application. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Land use permit: means a permit issued by a land use authority. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Lead: means the referral by a franchisor to a franchisee of a potential customer whose contact information was obtained from a franchisor's program, process, or system designed to generate referrals for the purchase or lease of a new motor vehicle, or for service work related to the franchisor's vehicles. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• 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 municipal council. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• License agreement: means any contract between a distributor and an exhibitor for the exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor in this state. See Utah Code 13-13-2
• Licensed audiologist: means any individual to whom a license has been issued under this chapter or Chapter 41a, Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact, if the license is in force and has not been suspended or revoked. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Licensed speech-language pathologist: means any individual licensed under this chapter or Chapter 41a, Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact, if the license is in force and has not been suspended or revoked. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Licensee: includes any holder of a license, certificate, registration, permit, student card, or apprentice card authorized under this title. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Line-make: means :
       (13)(a) for other than a recreational vehicle, the motor vehicles that are offered for sale, lease, or distribution under a common name, trademark, service mark, or brand name of the franchisor; or
       (13)(b) for a recreational vehicle, a specific series of recreational vehicle product that:

            (13)(b)(i) is identified by a common series trade name or trademark;

            (13)(b)(ii) is targeted to a particular market segment, as determined by decor, features, equipment, size, weight, and price range;

            (13)(b)(iii) has a length and floor plan that distinguish the recreational vehicle from other recreational vehicles with substantially the same decor, features, equipment, size, weight, and price;

            (13)(b)(iv) belongs to a single, distinct classification of recreational vehicle product type having a substantial degree of commonality in the construction of the chassis, frame, and body; and

            (13)(b)(v) a franchise agreement authorizes a dealer to sell. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Local food: means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-1-109. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Local health department: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
• Local historic district or area: means a geographically definable area that:
       (36)(a) contains any combination of buildings, structures, sites, objects, landscape features, archeological sites, or works of art that contribute to the historic preservation goals of a legislative body; and
       (36)(b) is subject to land use regulations to preserve the historic significance of the local historic district or area. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Lot: means a tract of land, regardless of any label, that is created by and shown on a subdivision plat that has been recorded in the office of the county recorder. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Lot line adjustment: means a relocation of a lot line boundary between adjoining lots or between a lot and adjoining parcels in accordance with Section 10-9a-608:
            (38)(a)(i) whether or not the lots are located in the same subdivision; and
            (38)(a)(ii) with the consent of the owners of record. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Major transit investment corridor: means public transit service that uses or occupies:
       (39)(a) public transit rail right-of-way;
       (39)(b) dedicated road right-of-way for the use of public transit, such as bus rapid transit; or
       (39)(c) fixed-route bus corridors subject to an interlocal agreement or contract between a municipality or county and:

            (39)(c)(i) a public transit district as defined in Section 17B-2a-802; or

            (39)(c)(ii) an eligible political subdivision as defined in Section 59-12-2219. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Man: means an adult human male. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Manufacturer: means manufacturer, importer, distributor, or anyone who is named as the warrantor on an express written warranty on a motor vehicle. See Utah Code 13-20-2
• Markup: The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.
• Material fact: means information that a person of ordinary intelligence and prudence would consider relevant in deciding whether or not to make a contribution in response to a charitable solicitation. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Maternal and child health services: means :
       (2)(a) the provision of educational, preventative, diagnostic, and treatment services, including medical care, hospitalization, and other institutional care and aftercare, appliances, and facilitating services directed toward reducing infant mortality and improving the health of mothers and children provided, however, that nothing in this Subsection (2) shall be construed to allow any agency of the state to interfere with the rights of the parent of an unmarried minor in decisions about the providing of health information or services;
       (2)(b) the development, strengthening, and improvement of standards and techniques relating to the services and care;
       (2)(c) the training of personnel engaged in the provision, development, strengthening, or improvement of the services and care; and
       (2)(d) necessary administrative services connected with Subsections (2)(a), (b), and (c). See Utah Code 26B-7-101
• Micro-education entity: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-6-201. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Mining protection area: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17-41-101. See Utah Code 10-2-401
• Minor: means a person under 18 years old. See Utah Code 26B-7-101
• Moderate income housing: means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross income for households of the same size in the county in which the city is located. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Motion picture theater: means a movie theater, screening room, or other venue that is being utilized primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture at the time of the commission of an offense under Section 13-10b-201. See Utah Code 13-10b-102
• Motor home: means a self-propelled vehicular unit, primarily designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and vacation use. See Utah Code 13-20-2
• Motor home: means a self-propelled vehicle, primarily designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, or vacation use. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Motor vehicle: includes :
            (4)(a)(i) a motor home, as defined in this section, but only the self-propelled vehicle and chassis sold in this state;
            (4)(a)(ii) a motor vehicle, as defined in Section 41-1a-102, sold in this state; and
            (4)(a)(iii) a motorcycle, as defined in Section 41-1a-102, sold in this state if the motorcycle is designed primarily for use and operation on paved highways. See Utah Code 13-20-2
• Motor vehicle: means :
            (16)(a)(i) except as provided in Subsection (16)(b), a trailer;
            (16)(a)(ii) a travel trailer;
            (16)(a)(iii) except as provided in Subsection (16)(b), a motor vehicle as defined in Section 41-3-102;
            (16)(a)(iv) a semitrailer as defined in Section 41-1a-102; and
            (16)(a)(v) a recreational vehicle. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Municipal utility easement: means an easement that:
       (42)(a) is created or depicted on a plat recorded in a county recorder's office and is described as a municipal utility easement granted for public use;
       (42)(b) is not a protected utility easement or a public utility easement as defined in Section 54-3-27;
       (42)(c) the municipality or the municipality's affiliated governmental entity uses and occupies to provide a utility service, including sanitary sewer, culinary water, electrical, storm water, or communications or data lines;
       (42)(d) is used or occupied with the consent of the municipality in accordance with an authorized franchise or other agreement;
       (42)(e)

            (42)(e)(i) is used or occupied by a specified public utility in accordance with an authorized franchise or other agreement; and

            (42)(e)(ii) is located in a utility easement granted for public use; or
       (42)(f) is described in Section 10-9a-529 and is used by a specified public utility. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• 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
• National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) ^{Source: OCC}
• New motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle that:
       (17)(a) has never been titled or registered; and
       (17)(b) for a motor vehicle that is not a trailer, travel trailer, or semitrailer, has been driven less than 7,500 miles. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• New motor vehicle dealer: is a person who is licensed under Subsection 41-3-202(1) to sell new motor vehicles. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Nominal fee: means a fee that reasonably reimburses a municipality only for time spent and expenses incurred in:
       (43)(a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
       (43)(b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the previously reviewed and approved building plans. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Noncomplying structure: means a structure that:
       (44)(a) legally existed before the structure's current land use designation; and
       (44)(b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations, which govern the use of land. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Nonconforming use: means a use of land that:
       (45)(a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
       (45)(b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance governing the land changed; and
       (45)(c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to the regulations that now govern the use of the land. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Nondiscounted price: means a price at which the goods or services are offered at the time of the price assessment without a temporary store reduction in price. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Nonprofit corporation: means the same as that term is defined in Section 16-6a-102. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Notice area: means the geographic area that is:
       (20)(a) within a radius of at least six miles and no more than 10 miles from the site of an existing dealership; and
       (20)(b) located within a county with a population of at least 225,000. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• notify: includes both traditional written communications and all reliable forms of electronic communication unless expressly prohibited by statute or rule. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Official map: means a map drawn by municipal authorities and recorded in a county recorder's office that:
       (46)(a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for highways and other transportation facilities;
       (46)(b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve the land; and
       (46)(c) has been adopted as an element of the municipality's general plan. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Order of constraint: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-7-301. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• organization: means any person, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, group, or other entity:
            (2)(a)(i) who is or holds itself out to be:

                 (2)(a)(i)(A) a benevolent, educational, voluntary health, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, religious or eleemosynary, social welfare or advocacy, public health, environmental or conservation, or civic organization;

                 (2)(a)(i)(B) for the benefit of a public safety, law enforcement, or firefighter fraternal association; or

                 (2)(a)(i)(C) established for any charitable purpose;
            (2)(a)(ii) who solicits or obtains contributions solicited from the public for a charitable purpose; or
            (2)(a)(iii) in any manner employs a charitable appeal as the basis of any solicitation or employs an appeal that reasonably suggests or implies that there is a charitable purpose to any solicitation. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner: means the person, corporation, partnership, or business association who owns the sounds fixed in a master phonograph record, master disc, master wire, master tape, master film, or other device used for reproducing recorded sounds on phonograph records, discs, wires, tapes, films, or other articles or materials in which sound is recorded and from which the transferred recorded sounds are directly or indirectly derived. See Utah Code 13-10-3
• Owner or employee: means the owner or lessee of a motion picture theater, or the authorized agent or employee of the owner or lessee. See Utah Code 13-10b-102
• Parcel: means any real property that is not a lot. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Parcel boundary adjustment: means a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining parcels adjusting the mutual boundary, either by deed or by a boundary line agreement in accordance with Section 10-9a-524, if no additional parcel is created and:
            (48)(a)(i) none of the property identified in the agreement is a lot; or
            (48)(a)(ii) the adjustment is to the boundaries of a single person's parcels. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Participant: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. See Utah Code 10-9a-1001
• Participation agreement: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. See Utah Code 10-9a-1001
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Peninsula: when used to describe an unincorporated area, means an area surrounded on more than 1/2 of its boundary distance, but not completely, by incorporated territory and situated so that the length of a line drawn across the unincorporated area from an incorporated area to an incorporated area on the opposite side shall be less than 25% of the total aggregate boundaries of the unincorporated area. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Performing group: means a vocal or instrumental group that performs live music for a paying audience. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Performing rights society or organization: means an association, corporation, or other entity that licenses the nondramatic public performance of musical works on behalf of copyright owners, such as the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. See Utah Code 13-10a-2
• Person: means an individual, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, cooperative, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 13-11-3
• Person: means an individual, including a consumer, corporation, government, or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, unincorporated association, two or more of any of the foregoing having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Person: means any individual, group, organization, partnership, or corporate body, except that only an individual may be licensed under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Plan for moderate income housing: means a written document adopted by a municipality's legislative body that includes:
       (50)(a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the municipality;
       (50)(b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the municipality for the next five years;
       (50)(c) a survey of total residential land use;
       (50)(d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate income housing; and
       (50)(e) a description of the municipality's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate income housing. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Plat: means an instrument subdividing property into lots as depicted on a map or other graphical representation of lands that a licensed professional land surveyor makes and prepares in accordance with Section 10-9a-603 or 57-8-13. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Political organization: means an incorporated or unincorporated party, committee, association, fund, or other organization organized and operated primarily for the purpose of directly or indirectly accepting contributions or making expenditures for an exempt function. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Potential geologic hazard area: means an area that:
       (52)(a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic hazard; or
       (52)(b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of a designated geologic hazard area. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Practice of speech-language pathology: means rendering, prescribing, or offering to render to individuals, groups, agencies, organizations, industries or the public any service in speech-language pathology. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Prescription: means a written or oral order for the delivery or execution of that which has been prescribed. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Price assessment: means the determination of the prices underlying a price comparison. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Price assessor: means a firm or individual that determines the prices, including the reference prices, underlying the price comparison, or who makes the price comparison. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Price comparison: means any express representation that a specific savings, reduction, or discount exists or will exist between the supplier's advertised price and another specific price. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Primary market area: means :
       (21)(a) for an existing dealership, the geographic area established by the franchisor that the existing dealership is intended to serve; or
       (21)(b) for a new or relocated dealership, the geographic area proposed by the franchisor that the new or relocated dealership is intended to serve. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Principal: means as the division determines by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Product area: means the geographical area in which the prospective purchasers to whom the advertisement is aimed could reasonably be expected to seek the goods or services in question. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Professional fund raiser: means a person who:
            (16)(a)(i) for compensation or any other consideration, for or on behalf of a charitable organization that is a nonprofit corporation, or any other person that is not a political organization:

                 (16)(a)(i)(A) solicits contributions; or

                 (16)(a)(i)(B) promotes or sponsors the solicitation of contributions;
            (16)(a)(ii)

                 (16)(a)(ii)(A) for compensation or any other consideration, plans, manages, consults, or prepares material for, or with respect to, the solicitation of contributions for a charitable organizationthat is a nonprofit corporation, or any other person that is not a political organization; and

                 (16)(a)(ii)(B) at any time has custody of a contribution for the charitable organization;
            (16)(a)(iii) engages in, or represents being independently engaged in, the business of soliciting contributions for a charitable organization that is a nonprofit corporation;
            (16)(a)(iv) manages, supervises, or trains any solicitor whether as an employee or otherwise; or
            (16)(a)(v) uses a vending device or vending device decal for financial or other consideration that implies a solicitation of contributions or donations for any charitable organization or charitable purposes. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Professional fund raising consultant: means a person who:
            (17)(a)(i) for compensation or any other consideration, plans, manages, consults, or prepares material for, or with respect to, the solicitation of contributions for a charitable organization that is a nonprofit corporation or any other person that is not a political organization;
            (17)(a)(ii) does not solicit contributions;
            (17)(a)(iii) does not at any time have custody of a contribution from solicitation; and
            (17)(a)(iv) does not employ, procure, or engage any compensated person to solicit or receive contributions. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Proprietor: means the owner of a retail establishment, restaurant, inn, bar, tavern, sports or entertainment facility, not for profit organization, or any other place of business or professional office located in this state in which:
       (5)(a) the public may assemble; and
       (5)(b) musical works may be performed, broadcast, or otherwise transmitted for the enjoyment of the members of the public there assembled. See Utah Code 13-10a-2
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public agency: means :
       (53)(a) the federal government;
       (53)(b) the state;
       (53)(c) a county, municipality, school district, special district, special service district, or other political subdivision of the state; or
       (53)(d) a charter school. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Public grant: means the same as the term "grant" is defined in Section 63G-6a-103. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Public hearing: means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Public meeting: means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Public street: means a public right-of-way, including a public highway, public avenue, public boulevard, public parkway, public road, public lane, public alley, public viaduct, public subway, public tunnel, public bridge, public byway, other public transportation easement, or other public way. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Purchaser: means a person who buys or leases from another person a business opportunity. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• Quarantine: means the restriction of the activities of well individuals or animals who have been exposed to a communicable disease during its period of communicability to prevent disease transmission. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: includes :
       (31)(a) land;
       (31)(b) a tenement;
       (31)(c) a hereditament;
       (31)(d) a water right;
       (31)(e) a possessory right; and
       (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Recall: means a determination by a franchisor or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that a motor vehicle has a safety-related defect or fails to meet a federal safety or emissions standard. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Recall repair: means any diagnostic work, labor, or part necessary to resolve an issue that is the basis of a recall. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Receiving zone: means an area of a municipality that the municipality designates, by ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable development right. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• Record of survey map: means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance with Section 10-9a-603, 17-23-17, 17-27a-603, or 57-8-13. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Recording group: means a vocal or instrumental group at least one of the members of which has released a commercial sound recording under the group's name, if the member has a legal right to use of the group's name. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Recreational vehicle: includes :
            (24)(b)(i) a travel trailer;
            (24)(b)(ii) a camping trailer;
            (24)(b)(iii) a motor home;
            (24)(b)(iv) a fifth wheel trailer; and
            (24)(b)(v) a van. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Recreational vehicle trailer: means a travel trailer, camping trailer, or fifth wheel trailer. See Utah Code 13-20-2
• Regular price: means the price at which a supplier has recently offered the goods or services for sale in good faith in the regular course of business. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Residential facility for persons with a disability: means a residence:
       (59)(a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
       (59)(b) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Health and Human Services under:

            (59)(b)(i) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 1, Human Services Programs and Facilities; or

            (59)(b)(ii) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Residential roadway: means a public local residential road that:
       (60)(a) will serve primarily to provide access to adjacent primarily residential areas and property;
       (60)(b) is designed to accommodate minimal traffic volumes or vehicular traffic;
       (60)(c) is not identified as a supplementary to a collector or other higher system classified street in an approved municipal street or transportation master plan;
       (60)(d) has a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less;
       (60)(e) does not have higher traffic volumes resulting from connecting previously separated areas of the municipal road network;
       (60)(f) cannot have a primary access, but can have a secondary access, and does not abut lots intended for high volume traffic or community centers, including schools, recreation centers, sports complexes, or libraries; and
       (60)(g) primarily serves traffic within a neighborhood or limited residential area and is not necessarily continuous through several residential areas. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Right of rescission: Right to cancel, within three business days, a contract that uses the home of a person as collateral, except in the case of a first mortgage loan. There is no fee to the borrower, who receives a full refund of all fees paid. The right of rescission is guaranteed by the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). ^{Source: OCC}
• Road: includes :
       (33)(a) a public bridge;
       (33)(b) a county way;
       (33)(c) a county road;
       (33)(d) a common road; and
       (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• royalties: means the fees payable by a proprietor to a performing rights society for the nondramatic public performance of musical or other similar works. See Utah Code 13-10a-2
• Rules of order and procedure: means a set of rules that govern and prescribe in a public meeting:
       (61)(a) parliamentary order and procedure;
       (61)(b) ethical behavior; and
       (61)(c) civil discourse. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Rural real property: includes any portion of private real property, if the private real property:
                 (1)(j)(ii)(A) qualifies as rural real property under Subsection (1)(j)(i); and
                 (1)(j)(ii)(B) consists of more than 1,500 total acres. See Utah Code 10-2-401
• Sales transaction: means a sale, lease, assignment, award by chance, or other written or oral transfer or disposition of goods, services, or other property, both tangible and intangible (except securities and insurance), to a person or business, or a solicitation or offer by a supplier with respect to any of these transfers or dispositions. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Sanitary sewer authority: means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite wastewater systems. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• School: means a public, private, or parochial nursery school, licensed or unlicensed day care center, child care facility, family care home, Head Start program, kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school through grade 12. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Seller: means a person who offers to sell, offers to lease, sells, or leases to another person a business opportunity. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• Sending zone: means an area of a municipality that the municipality designates, by ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable development right. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• service mark: means a trademark, trade name, or service mark registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or Utah, or the state of incorporation if a corporation. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Sexually transmitted disease: means those diseases transmitted through sexual intercourse or any other sexual contact. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Site-control agreement: means an agreement, however denominated and regardless of the agreement's form or of the parties to the agreement, that has the effect of:
       (28)(a) controlling in any way the use and development of the premises upon which a franchisee's business operations are located;
       (28)(b) requiring a franchisee to establish or maintain an exclusive dealership facility on the premises upon which the franchisee's business operations are located; or
       (28)(c) restricting the ability of the franchisee or, if the franchisee leases the dealership premises, the franchisee's lessor to transfer, sell, lease, develop, redevelop, or change the use of some or all of the dealership premises, whether by sublease, lease, collateral pledge of lease, right of first refusal to purchase or lease, option to purchase or lease, or any similar arrangement. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Small trailer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-3-102. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• solicitation: includes :
            (5)(b)(i) any of the following done, or purporting to be done, for a charitable purpose:

                 (5)(b)(i)(A) any oral or written request, including any request by telephone, radio, television, or other advertising or communications media;

                 (5)(b)(i)(B) the distribution, circulation, or posting of any handbill, written advertisement, or publication; or

                 (5)(b)(i)(C) an application or other request for a a private grant or, if made by an individual, a public grant; or
            (5)(b)(ii) the sale of, offer or attempt to sell, or request of donations in exchange for any advertisement, membership, subscription, or other article in connection with which any appeal is made for any charitable purpose, or the use of the name of any charitable organization or movement as an inducement or reason for making any purchase donation, or, in connection with any sale or donation, stating or implying that the whole or any part of the proceeds of any sale or donation will go to or be donated to any charitable purpose. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Sound recording: means a work resulting from the fixation on a material object, such as a disk, tape, or phono-record, of musical or instrumental sounds. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Special district: means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Specialty hospital: is a s defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 26B-7-201
• Specified county: means a county of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class. See Utah Code 10-2-401
• Specified public agency: means :
       (65)(a) the state;
       (65)(b) a school district; or
       (65)(c) a charter school. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Specified public utility: means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Speech-language pathologist: means :
       (18)(a) a person who practices speech-language pathology or who holds himself out to the public by any means, or by any service or function the person performs, directly or indirectly, or by using the terms "speech-language pathologist" "speech-language therapist" "language disability specialist" or any variation, derivation, synonym, coinage, or whatever expresses, employs, or implies these terms, names, or functions; or
       (18)(b) a person who performs any of the functions described in Subsection (19) or any related functions. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Speech-language pathology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for the examination, measurement, prevention, testing, identification, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, instruction, modification, prescription, restoration, counseling, habilitation, prediction, management, and research related to the development and the disorders or disabilities of human communication, speech, voice, language, cognitive communication, or oral, pharyngeal, or laryngeal sensorimotor competencies, for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, prescribing, preventing, managing, correcting, ameliorating, or modifying those disorders and their effects in individuals or groups of individuals. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Speech-language pathology aide: means an individual who:
       (20)(a) meets the minimum qualifications established by the board for speech-language pathology aides. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• State: includes any department, division, or agency of the state. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Sterilization: means any medical procedure, treatment, or operation rendering an individual permanently incapable of procreation. See Utah Code 26B-6-801
• Subdivision: includes :
            (68)(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
            (68)(b)(ii) except as provided in Subsection (68)(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 10-9a-103
• Subdivision amendment: means an amendment to a recorded subdivision in accordance with Section 10-9a-608 that:
            (69)(a)(i) vacates all or a portion of the subdivision;
            (69)(a)(ii) alters the outside boundary of the subdivision;
            (69)(a)(iii) changes the number of lots within the subdivision;
            (69)(a)(iv) alters a public right-of-way, a public easement, or public infrastructure within the subdivision; or
            (69)(a)(v) alters a common area or other common amenity within the subdivision. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Substantial evidence: means evidence that:
       (70)(a) is beyond a scintilla; and
       (70)(b) a reasonable mind would accept as adequate to support a conclusion. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• substantially detrimental: includes the failure of any proposed transferee to meet the objective criteria applied by the franchisor in qualifying franchisees at the time of application. See Utah Code 13-14-305
• Supplier: means a seller, lessor, assignor, offeror, broker, or other person who regularly solicits, engages in, or enforces consumer transactions, whether or not he deals directly with the consumer. See Utah Code 13-11-3
• Supplier: means a seller, lessor, assignor, offeror, broker, or other person who regularly solicits, engages in, or enforces sales transactions, whether or not he deals directly with the purchaser. See Utah Code 13-11a-2
• Supplier: includes :
            (5)(b)(i) any successor in interest, including a purchaser of assets or stock; and
            (5)(b)(ii) a surviving corporation resulting from a merger, liquidation, or reorganization of the original supplier that issued the warranty. See Utah Code 13-14b-102
• Suspect soil: means soil that has:
       (71)(a) a high susceptibility for volumetric change, typically clay rich, having more than a 3% swell potential;
       (71)(b) bedrock units with high shrink or swell susceptibility; or
       (71)(c) gypsiferous silt and clay, gypsum, or bedrock units containing abundant gypsum commonly associated with dissolution and collapse features. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Tax commission: means the State Tax Commission created in Section 59-1-201. See Utah Code 10-9a-1001
• Tax increment: means the difference between:
            (11)(a)(i) the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from the area within a home ownership promotion zone, using the current assessed value and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924; and
            (11)(a)(ii) the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area using the base taxable value and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924. See Utah Code 10-9a-1001
• Taxing entity: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102. See Utah Code 10-9a-1001
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Theatre: means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to the public for a charge. See Utah Code 13-13-2
• Therapeutic school: means a residential group living facility:
       (72)(a) for four or more individuals who are not related to:

            (72)(a)(i) the owner of the facility; or

            (72)(a)(ii) the primary service provider of the facility;
       (72)(b) that serves students who have a history of failing to function:

            (72)(b)(i) at home;

            (72)(b)(ii) in a public school; or

            (72)(b)(iii) in a nonresidential private school; and
       (72)(c) that offers:

            (72)(c)(i) room and board; and

            (72)(c)(ii) an academic education integrated with:

                 (72)(c)(ii)(A) specialized structure and supervision; or

                 (72)(c)(ii)(B) services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a behavioral development, a familial development, or a social development. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Town: means a municipality classified by population as a town under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Trailer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-3-102. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Transferable development right: means a right to develop and use land that originates by an ordinance that authorizes a land owner in a designated sending zone to transfer land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Treatment: means the services of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist to examine, diagnose, correct, or ameliorate speech or hearing disorders, abnormalities, behavior, or their effects. See Utah Code 58-41-2
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Unincorporated: means not within a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Unincorporated: means the area outside of the incorporated area of a city or town. See Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Unincorporated peninsula: means an unincorporated area:
            (1)(l)(i) that is part of a larger unincorporated area;
            (1)(l)(ii) that extends from the rest of the unincorporated area of which it is a part;
            (1)(l)(iii) that is surrounded by land that is within a municipality, except where the area connects to and extends from the rest of the unincorporated area of which it is a part; and
            (1)(l)(iv) whose width, at any point where a straight line may be drawn from a place where it borders a municipality to another place where it borders a municipality, is no more than 25% of the boundary of the area where it borders a municipality. See Utah Code 10-2-401
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
• Urban development: means :
            (1)(m)(i) a housing development with more than 15 residential units and an average density greater than one residential unit per acre; or
            (1)(m)(ii) a commercial or industrial development for which cost projections exceed $750,000 for all phases. See Utah Code 10-2-401
• Used motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle that:
       (33)(a) has been titled and registered to a purchaser other than a franchisee; or
       (33)(b) for a motor vehicle that is not a trailer, travel trailer, or semitrailer, has been driven 7,500 or more miles. See Utah Code 13-14-102
• Vending device: includes machines, boxes, jars, wishing wells, barrels, or any other container. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Vending device decal: means any decal, tag, or similar designation material that is attached to a vending device, whether or not used or placed by a charitable organization or professional fund raiser, that would indicate that all or a portion of the proceeds from the purchase of items from the vending device will go to a specific charitable organization. See Utah Code 13-22-2
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Vested critical infrastructure materials operations: means critical infrastructure materials operations operating in accordance with a legal nonconforming use or a permit issued by the municipality that existed or was conducted or otherwise engaged in before:
       (4)(a) a political subdivision prohibits, restricts, or otherwise limits the critical infrastructure materials operations; and
       (4)(b) January 1, 2019. See Utah Code 10-9a-901
• Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
• Warranty claim: means a claim for payment submitted by an equipment dealer to a supplier for service or parts, or both, provided to a customer under a:
       (6)(a) warranty issued by the supplier; or
       (6)(b) recall or modification order issued by the supplier. See Utah Code 13-14b-102
• Water interest: means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
       (75)(a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11; and
       (75)(b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:

            (75)(b)(i) a contract; or

            (75)(b)(ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section Utah Code 10-9a-103
• Woman: means an adult human female. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Zoning map: means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts land use zones, overlays, or districts. See Utah Code 10-9a-103