(1)  A county may adopt an ordinance:

Terms Used In Utah Code 17-27a-509.7

  • Receiving zone: means an unincorporated area of a county that the county designates, by ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable development right. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Sending zone: means an unincorporated area of a county that the county designates, by ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable development right. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Transferable development right: means a right to develop and use land that originates by an ordinance that authorizes a land owner in a designated sending zone to transfer land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
  • Unincorporated: means the area outside of the incorporated area of a municipality. See Utah Code 17-27a-103
(a)  designating sending zones and receiving zones within the unincorporated area of the county; and

(b)  allowing the transfer of a transferable development right from a sending zone to a receiving zone.

(2)  A county may not allow the use of a transferable development right unless the county adopts an ordinance described in Subsection (1).

Amended by Chapter 231, 2012 General Session