A. Appeals of administrative, commission, board of adjustment, and county council actions shall occur as follows in the appeals chart:
Decision Maker | Action | Form Of Appeal To | Appeal Period | Appellate Body | Comments |
Decision Maker | Action | Form Of Appeal To | Appeal Period | Appellate Body | Comments |
CDD | Form to the CDD | 10 days | County council | If the appeal is for a decision regarding a building permit, the permit shall be stayed until action is taken | |
Commission | Form to the CDD | 10 days | County council | If the appeal is for a decision regarding a CUP, the CUP shall be stayed until action is taken. The county council has to schedule the appeal within 30 days from the date of the appeal | |
County manager | Form to the CDD | 10 days | County council | ||
County manager | Amendments to a road within a subdivision, including road vacations | Court filing | 30 days | District court | In accordance with Utah code, as amended |
Decision Maker | Action | Form Of Appeal To | Appeal Period | Appellate Body | Comments |
County manager | Enforcement actions | Court filing | 30 days | District court | In accordance with Utah code, as amended |
County council | Court filing | 30 days | District court | In accordance with Utah code, as amended | |
Board of adjustment | Court filing | 30 days | District court | In accordance with Utah code, as amended | |
B. Timing: Unless otherwise specified in this section or under the County Land Use Management Act contained within Title 17, Chapter 27a of the Utah Code, all appeal periods are based upon calendar days and appeals must be received on or before the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on the last day of the appeal period. Failure to file a completed appeal form (application) within the time period specific shall act as a jurisdictional bar and render the appeal moot. Electronic submissions of completed applications (.pdf, .jpg, .tif, etc.) will be accepted by the county via email if time stamped as being received prior to 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the appeal period.
C. Completed Application: Unless otherwise specified, the form required by this section shall be obtained from and filed with the Community Development Department and is considered a "development application" under this Code. As such, pursuant to Section 10-3.2(B)(1) the application must be complete including all requested information, a physical (hand written) signature and all fees paid in order to be considered complete. An application for appeal shall be deemed insufficient if any relevant information is not provided, if the application form is not signed by the applicant or authorized agent, required fees are not paid, or if other information, as may be specified by the CDD or designated planning staff member and which is necessary to adequately review the application, is not supplied in a timely fashion. Failure to file a completed application within the appeal time period specified shall act as a jurisdictional bar to the appeal.
D. Appellate Procedures: For all non-court appeals, the appellate procedures adopted by the Summit County Council and made part of the appeal application shall be in effect and binding on the parties.
E. Pursuant to Utah Code Ann. §17-27a-801 et. seq., an appeal of a county council or board of adjustment action goes to district court. (Ord. 708, 12-10-2008; Ord. 730, 12-2-2009; Ord. 901, 10-2-2019)