10-20-501. Enactment of land use regulation, land use decision, or development agreement.

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Effective 5/6/2026

(1)Only a legislative body, as the body authorized to weigh policy considerations, may enact a land use regulation.

(a)Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b) , a legislative body may enact a land use regulation only by ordinance.

(b)A legislative body may, by ordinance or resolution, enact a land use regulation that imposes a fee.

(3)A legislative body shall ensure that a land use regulation is consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

(a)A legislative body shall adopt a land use regulation to:

(i)create or amend a zoning district under Subsection 10-20-503(1)(a) ; and

(ii)designate general uses allowed in each zoning district.

(b)A land use authority may establish or modify other restrictions or requirements other than those described in Subsection (4)(a) , including the configuration or modification of uses or density, through a land use decision that applies criteria or policy elements that a land use regulation establishes or describes.

(a)Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b) or (5)(c), a municipality shall publish on the municipality's website:

(i)all of the municipality's land use regulations; and

(ii)a fee schedule that lists all of the municipality's fees related to a land use application, land use permit, or land use regulation, including development review fees and impact fees.

(b)A municipality that does not have a maintained and active website shall provide for inspection of the information described in Subsection (5)(a) at the municipality's place of business during normal business hours.

(c)A municipality may comply with Subsection (5)(a) by:

(i)posting a link on the municipality's website to a separate webpage or third-party website where the land use regulations or fee schedule described in Subsection (5)(a) are posted; and

(ii)submitting a new or modified land use regulation or fee schedule described in Subsection (5)(a) to the third-party website within six months after the day on which the legislative body adopts the new or modified land use regulation or fee schedule.

(6)A municipality may not adopt a land use regulation or development agreement, or make a land use decision, that restricts the type of crop that may be grown in an area that is:

(a)zoned agricultural; or

(b)assessed under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 5, Farmland Assessment Act .

(7)A municipal land use regulation pertaining to an airport or an airport influence area, as that term is defined in Section 72-10-401 , is subject to Title 72, Chapter 10, Part 4, Airport Zoning Act .

Amended by Chapter 166 , 2026 General Session