The following words and phrases, whenever used in this Title, shall be constructed as defined in this section, unless a different meaning is specifically defined elsewhere in this Title and specifically stated to apply:
ABATE or ABATEMENT: | Any action the Town of Alta may take on public or private property and any adjacent property as may be necessary to remove or alleviate a violation, including, but not limited to, demolition, removal, repair, boarding, and securing or replacement of property. |
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE or HEARING OFFICER: | The position established by the Town of Alta to adjudicate civil enforcement actions. |
ANIMAL CONTROL ADMINISTRATOR: | The Town Marshal’s department. (See Alta Code 5-2-2.) |
CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR: | The official authorized and responsible for planning, directing, and managing the building inspection activities within the Town of Alta. |
CIVIL CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDER: | An order issued by an Administrative Law Judge. The order may include an order to abate the violation, pay civil penalties and administrative costs, or take any other action as authorized or required by this Title and applicable state codes. |
CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN: | A lien recorded to collect outstanding civil penalties, administrative fees, and costs. |
CODE ENFORCEMENT PERFORMANCE BOND: | A bond posted by a responsible person to ensure compliance with the Town of Alta Code, applicable state titles, a judicial action, or a civil code enforcement order. |
COUNCIL: | The Alta Town Council. |
COUNTY: | Salt Lake County, Utah. |
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL: | Any person authorized to enforce violations of the Town of Alta Code or applicable state codes. |
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION: | Any person that holds a recorded mortgage or deed of trust on a property. |
FIRE DEPARTMENT: | The applicable entity that is authorized and responsible for providing fire and emergency services to the Town of Alta. |
GOOD CAUSE: | Incapacitating illness; death; lack of proper notice; unavailability due to unavoidable, unpreventable, or extenuating emergency or circumstance; if a required act causes an imminent and irreparable injury; and acts of nature adverse to performing required acts. |
IMMINENT LIFE SAFETY HAZARD: | Any condition that creates a present, extreme, and immediate danger to life, property, health, or public safety. |
LEGAL INTEREST: | Any interest that is represented by a document, such as a deed of trust, quitclaim deed, mortgage, judgment lien, tax or assessment lien, mechanic's lien, or other similar instrument that is recorded with the County Recorder. |
NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE: | A document issued by the Town of Alta, representing that a property complies with the requirements outlined in the notice of violation. |
NOTICE OF SATISFACTION: | A document or form approved by the Administrative Law Judge or designee, which indicates that all outstanding civil penalties and costs have been either paid in full, or that the Town of Alta has negotiated an agreed amount, or that a subsequent administrative or judicial decision has resolved the outstanding debt. In addition to the satisfaction of the financial debt, the property must also be in compliance with the requirements outlined in the notice of violation. |
NOTICE OF VIOLATION: | A written notice prepared by an enforcement official that informs a responsible person of code violations and orders them to take certain steps to correct the violations. |
OATH: | Includes affirmations and oaths. |
PERSON: | Any natural person, firm, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business trust, organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, sergeant, officer, or employee of any of them, or any other entity that is recognized by law as the subject of rights or duties. |
PROGRAM: | The civil code enforcement Program authorized under this Title. |
PROPERTY OWNER: | The record owner of real property based on the county assessor's records. |
PUBLIC NUISANCE: | Any condition caused, maintained, or permitted to exist that constitutes a threat to the public's health, safety, and welfare, or that significantly obstructs, injures, or interferes with the reasonable or free use of property in a neighborhood or community or by any considerable number of persons. A public nuisance also has the same meaning as set forth in the Utah Code Annotated and Town of Alta Code 4-1 “Nuisances and Weed Control. |
RESPONSIBLE PERSON: | A person who has charge, care, or control of any premises, dwelling, or dwelling unit as the legal or equitable owner, agent of the owner, lessee, or as an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner. In all cases, the person with legal title to any premises, dwelling, or dwelling unit shall be considered a responsible person, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof. |
TOWN: | The area within the territorial municipal limits of the Town of Alta, and such territory outside of this Town of Alta over which the Town of Alta has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional or incorporation provisions or any law. |
TOWN MANAGER: | The Town Manager of the Town or authorized agent(s) or any other person/entity and their authorized agent(s) that the Town of Alta has authorized to provide code enforcement services. |
TOWN OF ALTA: | The Town of Alta, a municipal corporation under state law. |
TREASURER: | The Town of Alta Treasurer as designated pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 10-3c-203 or successor statute(s). |
VIOLATION: | Public nuisance violations, as defined in Town ordinance or Utah law, to include: A. Land uses that do not conform to existing zoning of the property; B. Unauthorized collections of motor vehicles that are unlicensed, unregistered, and/or inoperable; C. Trash, litter, illegal dumping, and weeds; D. Nuisance noise and lighting; E. Illegal advertising; F. The unauthorized use of public streets and sidewalks that stem from news racks, merchandise displays, mobile food vending, and other such illegal uses; and G. Any violation of Town of Alta ordinances. |
WRITTEN: | Includes handwritten, typewritten, photocopied, computer printed, emailed or facsimile. (Ord. 2024-O-4, 2-14-2024) |