(1)  If the boundaries of a project area, as described in the project area plan, include part of a tax parcel and exclude part of the same tax parcel, the agency shall provide the assessor of the county in which the project area is located a metes and bounds description of the part of the tax parcel included within the project area boundaries.

Terms Used In Utah Code 17C-1-414

  • Project area: means the geographic area described in a project area plan within which the project area development described in the project area plan takes place or is proposed to take place. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Project area plan: means an urban renewal project area plan, an economic development project area plan, a community development project area plan, or a community reinvestment project area plan that, after the project area plan's effective date, guides and controls the project area development. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Tax increment: means the difference between:
(i) the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from the area within a project area designated in the project area plan as the area from which tax increment is to be collected, using the current assessed value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924; and
(ii) the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area using the base taxable value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section 59-2-924. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
(2)  If an agency fails to comply with the requirement of Subsection (1), the assessor of the county in which the tax parcel is located may exclude that parcel from the project area for purposes of calculating tax increment to be paid to the agency until the agency complies with the requirement of Subsection (1).

Enacted by Chapter 359, 2006 General Session