Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 10 > Chapter 2a > Part 4 - Incorporation of Metro Townships and Unincorporated Islands in a County of the First Class on and after May 12, 2015

• Agency: means a community reinvestment agency functioning pursuant to Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community Reinvestment Agency Act. See Utah Code 11-25-3
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Citizen participation: means action by the agency to provide persons who will be affected by residential rehabilitation financed under the provisions of this part with opportunities to be involved in planning and carrying out the residential rehabilitation program. See Utah Code 11-25-3
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Contiguous: means :

  (a)	if used to described an area, continuous, uninterrupted, and without an island of territory not included as part of the area; and

  (b)

  if used to describe an area's relationship to another area, sharing a common boundary. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. 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. County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Devise: To gift property by will. Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met. Financing: means the lending of money or any other thing of value for the purpose of residential rehabilitation. See Utah Code 11-25-3 Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. 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 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104 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. Participating party: means any person, company, corporation, partnership, firm, agency, political subdivision of the state, or other entity or group of entities requiring financing for residential rehabilitation pursuant to the provisions of this part. See Utah Code 11-25-3 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. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Residence: means a residential structure in residential rehabilitation areas. See Utah Code 11-25-3 Residential rehabilitation: means the construction, reconstruction, renovation, replacement, extension, repair, betterment, equipping, developing, embellishing, or otherwise improving residences consistent with standards of strength, effectiveness, fire resistance, durability, and safety, so that the structures are satisfactory and safe to occupy for residential purposes and are not conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, or crime because of any one or more of the following factors: (a)  defective design and character of physical construction; (b)  faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing; (c)  high density of population and overcrowding; (d)  inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, open spaces, and recreation facilities; (e)  age, obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character, or shifting of uses; and (f)  economic dislocation, deterioration, or disuse, resulting from faulty planning. See Utah Code 11-25-3 Residential rehabilitation area: means the geographical area designated by the agency as one for inclusion in a comprehensive residential rehabilitation financing program pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Utah Code 11-25-3 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 Town: means a municipality classified by population as a town under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. Unincorporated: means not within a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104