17C-3-101.5.  Resolution authorizing the preparation of a proposed economic development project area plan — Request to adopt resolution.

(1)  A board may begin the process of adopting an economic development project area plan by adopting a resolution that authorizes the preparation of a proposed project area plan.

Terms Used In Utah Code 17C-3-101.5

  • Board: means the governing body of an agency, as described in Section 17C-1-203. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Economic development project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under 1. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • 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 development: means activity within a project area that, as determined by the board, encourages, promotes, or provides development or redevelopment for the purpose of implementing a project area plan, including:
(a) promoting, creating, or retaining public or private jobs within the state or a community;
(b) providing office, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, parking, or other facilities or improvements;
(c) planning, designing, demolishing, clearing, constructing, rehabilitating, or remediating environmental issues;
(d) providing residential, commercial, industrial, public, or other structures or spaces, including recreational and other facilities incidental or appurtenant to the structures or spaces;
(e) altering, improving, modernizing, demolishing, reconstructing, or rehabilitating existing structures;
(f) providing open space, including streets or other public grounds or space around buildings;
(g) providing public or private buildings, infrastructure, structures, or improvements;
(h) relocating a business;
(i) improving public or private recreation areas or other public grounds;
(j) eliminating a development impediment or the causes of a development impediment;
(k) redevelopment as defined under the law in effect before May 1, 2006; or
(l) any activity described in this Subsection (48) outside of a project area that the board determines to be a benefit to the project area. 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
    • (2) 

    (a)  Any person or any group, association, corporation, or other entity may submit a written request to the board to adopt a resolution under Subsection (1).

    (b)  A request under Subsection (2)(a) may include plans showing the project area development proposed for an area within the agency’s boundaries.

    (c)  The board may, in the board’s sole discretion, grant or deny a request under Subsection (2)(a).

    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2016 General Session

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