Utah Code 10-9a-601. Enactment of subdivision ordinance

10-9a-601. Enactment of subdivision ordinance.

(1)

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

Terms Used In Utah Code 10-9a-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 body: means the municipal council. 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
Municipality: means :

(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;

(b)	a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or

(c)

a metro township as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-403 unless the term is used in the context of authorizing, governing, or otherwise regulating the provision of municipal services. See Utah Code 10-1-104

Parcel: means any real property that is not a lot. 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

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 (65)(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
(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 municipality may regulate subdivisions only to the extent 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 municipality’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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