(1)  Counties may adopt an official map.

Terms Used In Utah Code 17-27a-407

  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Official map: means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the county recorder's office that:
(a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for highways and other transportation facilities;
(b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve the land; and
(c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Public street: means a public right-of-way, including a public highway, public avenue, public boulevard, public parkway, public road, public lane, public alley, public viaduct, public subway, public tunnel, public bridge, public byway, other public transportation easement, or other public way. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
    • (2) 

    (a)  An official map does not:

    (i)  require a landowner to dedicate and construct a street as a condition of development approval, except under circumstances provided in Subsection (2)(b)(iii); or

    (ii)  require a county to immediately acquire property it has designated for eventual use as a public street.

    (b)  This section does not prohibit a county from:

    (i)  recommending that an applicant consider and accommodate the location of the proposed streets in the planning of a development proposal in a manner that is consistent with Section 17-27a-507;

    (ii)  acquiring the property through purchase, gift, voluntary dedication, or eminent domain; or

    (iii)  requiring the dedication and improvement of a street if the street is found necessary by the county because of a proposed development and if the dedication and improvement is consistent with Section 17-27a-507.

    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session

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