Utah Code 11-42-204. Hearing

11-42-204. Hearing.

(1)	On the date and at the time and place specified in the notice under Section 11-42-202, the governing body shall hold a public hearing.

Assessment area: means an area, or, if more than one area is designated, the aggregate of all areas within a local entity's jurisdictional boundaries that is designated by a local entity under 2, for the purpose of financing the costs of improvements, operation and maintenance, or economic promotion activities that benefit property within the area. See Utah Code 11-42-102
Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
Governing body: means :

(a)	for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;

(b)	for a special district, the board of trustees of the special district;

(c)

for a special service district:

(i)	the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301; or

(ii)	the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301;

(d)	for the military installation development authority created in Section 63H-1-201, the board, as defined in Section 63H-1-102;

(e)	for the Utah Inland Port Authority, created in Section 11-58-201, the board, as defined in Section 11-58-102; and

(f)

for a public infrastructure district, the board of the public infrastructure district as defined in Section 17D-4-102. See Utah Code 11-42-102

Property: includes real property and any interest in real property, including water rights and leasehold rights. See Utah Code 11-42-102

(2)

(a)

The governing body:

(i)	subject to Subsection (2)(a)(ii), may continue the public hearing from time to time to a fixed future date and time; and

(ii)	may not hold a public hearing that is a continuance less than five days before the deadline for filing protests described in Section 11-42-203.

(b)	The continuance of a public hearing does not restart or extend the protest period described in Subsection 11-42-203(1).

(3)

At the public hearing, the governing body shall hear all:

(a)	objections to the designation of the proposed assessment area or the improvements proposed to be provided in the assessment area;

(b)	objections to whether the assessment will meet the requirements of Section 11-42-409;

(c)	objections to the inclusion within the assessment area of an unassessed benefitted government property, the benefit for which the other assessed properties will collectively pay; and

(d)	persons desiring to be heard.

Amended by Chapter 396, 2015 General Session