Utah Code 11-36a-704. Mediation
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(1) In addition to the methods of challenging an impact fee under Section 11-36a-701, a specified public agency may require a local political subdivision or private entity to participate in mediation of any applicable impact fee.
Terms Used In Utah Code 11-36a-704
- Impact fee: means a payment of money imposed upon new development activity as a condition of development approval to mitigate the impact of the new development on public infrastructure. See Utah Code 11-36a-102
- Local political subdivision: means a county, a municipality, a special district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, or the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority, created in Section 11-59-201. See Utah Code 11-36a-102
- Private entity: means an entity in private ownership with at least 100 individual shareholders, customers, or connections, that is located in a first, second, third, or fourth class county and provides water to an applicant for development approval who is required to obtain water from the private entity either as a:(14)(a) specific condition of development approval by a local political subdivision acting pursuant to a prior agreement, whether written or unwritten, with the private entity; or(14)(b) functional condition of development approval because the private entity:(14)(b)(i) has no reasonably equivalent competition in the immediate market; and(14)(b)(ii) is the only realistic source of water for the applicant's development. See Utah Code 11-36a-102
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Specified public agency: means :
(21)(a) the state;(21)(b) a school district; or(21)(c) a charter school. See Utah Code 11-36a-102(2) To require mediation, the specified public agency shall submit a written request for mediation to the local political subdivision or private entity.(3) The specified public agency may submit a request for mediation under this section at any time, but no later than 30 days after the day on which an impact fee is paid.(4) Upon the submission of a request for mediation under this section, the local political subdivision or private entity shall:(4)(a) cooperate with the specified public agency to select a mediator; and(4)(b) participate in the mediation process.
