17-41-404.  Policy of state agencies.
     A state agency shall encourage the continuity, development, and viability of agriculture within agriculture protection areas, industrial uses with industrial protection areas, and critical infrastructure materials operations within critical infrastructure protection areas by:

(1)  not enacting rules that would impose unreasonable restrictions on farm structures or farm practices within the agriculture protection area, on industrial uses and practices within the industrial protection area, or on critical infrastructure materials operations with a critical infrastructure materials protection area, unless those laws, ordinances, or regulations bear a direct relationship to public health or safety or are required by federal law; and

Terms Used In Utah Code 17-41-404

  • Agriculture protection area: means a geographic area created under the authority of this chapter that is granted the specific legal protections contained in this chapter. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Critical infrastructure materials: means sand, gravel, or rock aggregate. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Critical infrastructure materials operations: means the extraction, excavation, processing, or reprocessing of critical infrastructure materials. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Critical infrastructure materials protection area: means a geographic area created under the authority of this chapter on or after May 14, 2019, that is granted the specific legal protections contained in this chapter. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • Industrial protection area: means a geographic area created under the authority of this chapter that is granted the specific legal protections contained in this chapter. See Utah Code 17-41-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State agency: means each department, commission, board, council, agency, institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library, unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative unit of the state. See Utah Code 17-41-101
(2)  modifying existing rules that would impose unreasonable restrictions on farm structures or farm practices within the agriculture protection area, on industrial uses and activities within the industrial protection area, or on critical infrastructure materials operations within a critical infrastructure materials protection area, unless those laws, ordinances, or regulations bear a direct relationship to public health or safety or are required by federal law.

Amended by Chapter 227, 2019 General Session

  Previous section
Next section  
 Part 4 Contents