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15-1-1: PURPOSE:
   A.   Purpose: The purpose of this title is to establish the procedures by which new developments within the city are reviewed, approved, permitted and amended. This title is intended to give a brief outline of the development review procedures.
   B.   Development Processes Manual: The community development director, under the direction of the mayor, is authorized to develop and adopt a development processes manual and checklists to assist city staff and applicants in the processing of land development applications. In the event a provision of a development processes manual and checklists materially conflicts with the provisions of this title or other land use titles (titles 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 17 of this code), the provisions of these titles will control. Details on the individual processes for each review process type of property development application can be found within the development processes manual and checklists. The development processes manual and checklists shall be consistent with the Utah Code, including Utah Code title 10, chapter 9a.
   C.   Application: This title shall govern the development process for the following types of property development:
      1.   Site plans for multiple-unit and multiple-family residential, commercial, office, industrial and institutional projects, including condominium developments and conversions.
      2.   Other property development types, including planned residential developments and planned communities.
      3.   Use permits, including those for conditional uses, temporary uses, land disturbance, building permits and special exceptions.
      4.   Subdivision applications, including residential subdivisions, lot line adjustments and condominiums.
      5.   Development plan permits.
      6.   Variances. (2009 Code; amd. Ord. 19-52, 12-11-2019, Effective at 12 noon on January 6, 2020; Ord. 24-34, 8-27-2024)