17-79-702. Planning commission preparation and recommendation of subdivision ordinance -- Adoption or rejection by legislative body.
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Effective 11/6/2025
17-79-702. Planning commission preparation and recommendation of subdivision ordinance -- Adoption or rejection by legislative body.
(1)A county planning commission established as required by Section 17-79-301 shall:
(a)review and provide a recommendation to the legislative body on any proposed ordinance that regulates the subdivision of land in the county;
(b)review and make a recommendation to the legislative body on any proposed ordinance that amends the regulation of the subdivision of the unincorporated land in the county or, in the case of a mountainous planning district, the mountainous planning district;
(c)provide notice consistent with Section 17-79-205 ; and
(d)hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance before making the planning commission's final recommendation to the legislative body.
(a)A legislative body may adopt, modify, revise, or reject an ordinance described in Subsection
(1)that the planning commission recommends.
(b)A legislative body may consider a planning commission's failure to make a timely recommendation as a negative recommendation if the legislative body has provided for that consideration by ordinance.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14 , 2025 Special Session 1