17C-4-103.  Community development project area plan requirements.
     Each community development project area plan and proposed project area plan shall:

(1)  describe the boundaries of the project area, subject to Section 17C-1-414, if applicable;

Terms Used In Utah Code 17C-4-103

  • Community: means a county or municipality. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Participant: means one or more persons that enter into a participation agreement with an agency. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
  • 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)  contain a general statement of the land uses, layout of principal streets, population densities, and building intensities of the project area and how they will be affected by the community development;

    (3)  state the standards that will guide the project area development;

    (4)  show how the purposes of this title will be attained by the project area development;

    (5)  be consistent with the general plan of the community in which the project area is located and show that the project area development will conform to the community’s general plan;

    (6)  describe any specific project or projects that are the object of the proposed project area development;

    (7)  identify how a participant will be selected to undertake the project area development and identify each participant currently involved in the project area development;

    (8)  state the reasons for the selection of the project area;

    (9)  describe the physical, social, and economic conditions existing in the project area;

    (10)  describe any tax incentives offered private entities for facilities located in the project area;

    (11)  include an analysis or description of the anticipated public benefit to be derived from the project area development, including:

    (a)  the beneficial influences upon the tax base of the community; and

    (b)  the associated business and economic activity likely to be stimulated; and

    (12)  include other information that the agency determines to be necessary or advisable.

    Amended by Chapter 350, 2016 General Session

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