Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 15A > Chapter 1 > Part 4 - State Fire Code Administration Act

• Advisory board: means :

  (a)	for an agriculture protection area, the agriculture protection area advisory board created as provided in Section 17-41-201;

  (b)	for an industrial protection area, the industrial protection area advisory board created as provided in Section 17-41-201; and

  (c)

  for a critical infrastructure materials protection area, the critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board created as provided in Section 17-41-201. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Agricultural land: means "land in agricultural use" as defined in Section 59-2-502. See Utah Code 17-41-601 Agriculture production: includes the processing or retail marketing of any crops, livestock, and livestock products when more than 50% of the processed or merchandised products are produced by the farm operator. See Utah Code 17-41-101 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 Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it. Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments. Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal. Applicable legislative body: means : (a)  with respect to a proposed agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area: (i)  the legislative body of the county in which the land proposed to be included in the relevant protection area is located, if the land is within the unincorporated part of the county; or (ii)  the legislative body of the city or town in which the land proposed to be included in the relevant protection area is located; and (b)  with respect to an existing agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area: (i)  the legislative body of the county in which the relevant protection area is located, if the relevant protection area is within the unincorporated part of the county; or (ii)  the legislative body of the city or town in which the relevant protection area is located. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Board: means the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining created in Section 40-6-4. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Board: means the Utah Fire Prevention Board created in Section 53-7-203. See Utah Code 15A-1-102 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Code: means : (a)  the State Construction Code; or (b)  an approved code. See Utah Code 15A-1-202 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. County legislative body: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 operator: means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, including a successor, assign, affiliate, subsidiary, and related parent company, that: (a)  owns, controls, or manages a critical infrastructure materials operation; and (b)  has produced commercial quantities of critical infrastructure materials from the critical infrastructure materials operations. 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 Division: means the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining created in Section 40-6-15. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Division: means the State Fire Marshal Division created in Section 53-7-103. See Utah Code 15A-1-402 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Highway: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. labor dispute: as used in this chapter include any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, or concerning employment relations, or any other controversy arising out of the respective interests of employer and employee, regardless of whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee. See Utah Code 34-19-11 Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to: (a)  the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and (b)  those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101 Legislative action: includes legislation that: (a)  adopts a State Fire Code; (b)  amends a State Fire Code; or (c)  repeals one or more provisions of a State Fire Code. See Utah Code 15A-1-402 Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto). Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Mine operator: means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, agent, or other organization or representative, either public or private, including a successor, assign, affiliate, subsidiary, and related parent company, that, as of January 1, 2019: (a)  owns, controls, or manages a mining use under a large mine permit issued by the division or the board; and (b)  has produced commercial quantities of a mineral deposit from the mining use. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Mining protection area: means land where a vested mining use occurs, including each surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that a mine operator with a vested mining use owns or controls. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Municipal: means of or relating to a city or town. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Municipality: means a city or town. See Utah Code 17-41-101 New land: means surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that a mine operator gains ownership or control of, whether that land or mineral estate is included in the mine operator's large mine permit. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Open land: includes land described in Subsection (2)(a) that contains facilities, including trails, waterways, and grassy areas, that, in the judgment of the county legislative body: (i)  enhance the natural, scenic, or aesthetic qualities of the land; or (ii)  facilitate the public's access to, or use of, the land for the enjoyment of the land's natural, scenic, or aesthetic qualities and for compatible recreational activities. See Utah Code 17-41-601 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Planning commission: means : (a)  a countywide planning commission if the land proposed to be included in the agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area is within the unincorporated part of the county and not within a planning advisory area; (b)  a planning advisory area planning commission if the land proposed to be included in the agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area is within a planning advisory area; or (c)  a planning commission of a city or town if the land proposed to be included in the agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area is within a city or town. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Political subdivision: means a county, city, town, school district, special district, or special service district. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Public land county: means a county in which over 50% of the land area is publicly owned. See Utah Code 17-41-601 real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Rollback tax funds: means the rollback taxes paid to a county in accordance with Sections 59-2-506, 59-2-511, 59-2-1705, and 59-2-1710. See Utah Code 17-41-601 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 State Construction Code: means the State Construction Code adopted by: (a)  Chapter 2, Adoption of State Construction Code; (b)  Chapter 2a, Tall Wood Buildings of Mass Timber Construction Incorporated as Part of State Construction Code; (c)  Chapter 3, Statewide Amendments Incorporated as Part of State Construction Code; (d)  Chapter 4, Local Amendments Incorporated as Part of State Construction Code; and (e)  Chapter 6, Additional Construction Requirements. See Utah Code 15A-1-102 State Fire Code: means the State Fire Code adopted by Chapter 5, State Fire Code Act. See Utah Code 15A-1-102 Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Unincorporated: means not within a city or town. See Utah Code 17-41-101 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Vested mining use: means a mining use: (a)  by a mine operator; and (b)  that existed or was conducted or otherwise engaged in before a political subdivision prohibits, restricts, or otherwise limits a mining use. See Utah Code 17-41-101 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5