CHAPTER 1
PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
SECTION:
13-1-1: Title
13-1-2: Severability
13-1-3: Authority And Purpose
13-1-4: Scope
13-1-5: State And Federal Property Exempt
13-1-6: Planning Documents
13-1-7: Licenses To Conform
13-1-8: Permits Required; Coordination With Other Titles
13-1-9: Certificate Of Occupancy And Zoning Compliance
13-1-10: Construction And Use To Conform To Plans
13-1-11: Conflicting Provisions
13-1-12: Previous Ordinances Consolidated And Continued
13-1-13: Relationship To Contaminated Soils Provisions
13-1-14: Relationship To This Title And Title 15
Notes
1 | 1. This title has been enacted as a set of land use regulations. |
The chapters, parts, sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this title are hereby declared to be severable. If any chapter, part, section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this title is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, or deleted through amendment or repeal, such invalidation or deletion shall not affect the remaining parts of this title. (2001 Code § 89-1-102)
A. Authority: This title is adopted pursuant to the municipal land use development and management act as set forth in Utah Code Annotated section 10-9a-101 et seq., other applicable statutory law and common law, and the police power authority inherent in local government as established and defined by state and federal statutory and common law.
B. Purpose: This title and the regulations and restrictions contained in this title are adopted and enacted to accomplish the purpose of Utah Code Annotated section 10-9a-102 and, further, to:
1. Promote the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the city and its present and future inhabitants.
2. Encourage and facilitate the orderly growth and development of the city and implement the goals and policies of the city.
3. Provide adequate open space for light and air, prevent overcrowding of the land, and lessen congestion on the streets.
4. Secure economy in municipal expenditures and encourage adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks, and other public facilities and services.
5. Increase the security of home life and preserve and create a more favorable environment for citizens and visitors to the city.
6. Ensure safety from fire and other dangers.
7. Stabilize and improve property values and place compatible uses together in the city.
8. Enhance the economic and cultural well being of the inhabitants of the city.
9. Promote the development of a more wholesome, serviceable and attractive city resulting from an orderly, planned use of resources.
10. Establish proper zoning regulations, ensure the suitability of the land for particular uses while promoting aesthetics in land use design, conserve the value of buildings, and encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the city.
11. Further the purposes of this title and promote the qualities of the respective zones.
12. Protect the tax base.
13. Protect the natural environment of the city, while promoting a sustainable future living environment. (2001 Code § 89-1-103; amd. 2009 Code)
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