17-27a-601.  Enactment of subdivision ordinance.

(1)  The legislative body of a county may enact ordinances requiring that a subdivision plat comply with the provisions of the county’s ordinances and this part before:

Terms Used In Utah Code 17-27a-601

  • 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.
  • Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:
(a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and
(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 county legislative body, or for a county that has adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers. See Utah Code 17-27a-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 17-27a-103
  • Parcel: means any real property that is not a lot. See Utah Code 17-27a-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 17-27a-603 or 57-8-13. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Subdivision: includes :
    (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
    (ii) except as provided in Subsection (70)(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 17-27a-103
    (a)  the subdivision plat may be filed and recorded in the county recorder’s office; and

    (b)  lots may be sold.

    • (2)  If the legislative body fails to enact a subdivision ordinance, the county may regulate subdivisions only as provided in this part.

    (3)  The joining of a lot or lots to a parcel does not constitute a subdivision as to the parcel or subject the parcel to the county’s subdivision ordinance.

    (4)  A legislative body may adopt a land use regulation that specifies that combining lots does not require a subdivision plat amendment.

    Amended by Chapter 355, 2022 General Session

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