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Statutes > Utah > Title-10 > Chapter-02 > 10-2-40110-2-401. Definitions -- Property owner provisions.
(1) As used in this part:
(a) "Affected entity" means:
(i) a county of the first or second class in whose unincorporated area the area proposedfor annexation is located;
(ii) a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class in whose unincorporated area thearea proposed for annexation is located, if the area includes residents or commercial or industrialdevelopment;
(iii) a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - LocalDistricts, or special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act,whose boundary includes any part of an area proposed for annexation;
(iv) a school district whose boundary includes any part of an area proposed forannexation, if the boundary is proposed to be adjusted as a result of the annexation; and
(v) a municipality whose boundaries are within 1/2 mile of an area proposed forannexation.
(b) "Annexation petition" means a petition under Section 10-2-403 proposing theannexation to a municipality of a contiguous, unincorporated area that is contiguous to themunicipality.
(c) "Commission" means a boundary commission established under Section 10-2-409 forthe county in which the property that is proposed for annexation is located.
(d) "Expansion area" means the unincorporated area that is identified in an annexationpolicy plan under Section 10-2-401.5 as the area that the municipality anticipates annexing in thefuture.
(e) "Feasibility consultant" means a person or firm with expertise in the processes andeconomics of local government.
(f) "Municipal selection committee" means a committee in each county composed of themayor of each municipality within that county.
(g) "Private," with respect to real property, means not owned by the United States or anyagency of the federal government, the state, a county, a municipality, a school district, a localdistrict under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, a specialservice district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, or any other politicalsubdivision or governmental entity of the state.
(h) "Specified county" means a county of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class.
(i) "Township" has the same meaning as defined in Section 17-27a-103.
(j) "Unincorporated peninsula" means an unincorporated area:
(i) that is part of a larger unincorporated area;
(ii) that extends from the rest of the unincorporated area of which it is a part;
(iii) that is surrounded by land that is within a municipality, except where the areaconnects to and extends from the rest of the unincorporated area of which it is a part; and
(iv) whose width, at any point where a straight line may be drawn from a place where itborders a municipality to another place where it borders a municipality, is no more than 25% ofthe boundary of the area where it borders a municipality.
(k) "Urban development" means:
(i) a housing development with more than 15 residential units and an average densitygreater than one residential unit per acre; or
(ii) a commercial or industrial development for which cost projections exceed $750,000for all phases.
(2) For purposes of this part:
(a) the owner of real property shall be:
(i) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), the record title owner according to therecords of the county recorder on the date of the filing of the petition or protest; or
(ii) the lessee of military land, as defined in Section 63H-1-102, if the area proposed forannexation includes military land that is within a project area described in a project area planadopted by the military installation development authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, MilitaryInstallation Development Authority Act; and
(b) the value of private real property shall be determined according to the last assessmentroll for county taxes before the filing of the petition or protest.
(3) For purposes of each provision of this part that requires the owners of private realproperty covering a percentage or majority of the total private land area within an area to sign apetition or protest:
(a) a parcel of real property may not be included in the calculation of the requiredpercentage or majority unless the petition or protest is signed by:
(i) except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), owners representing a majority ownershipinterest in that parcel; or
(ii) if the parcel is owned by joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, 50% of the numberof owners of that parcel;
(b) the signature of a person signing a petition or protest in a representative capacity onbehalf of an owner is invalid unless:
(i) the person's representative capacity and the name of the owner the person representsare indicated on the petition or protest with the person's signature; and
(ii) the person provides documentation accompanying the petition or protest thatsubstantiates the person's representative capacity; and
(c) subject to Subsection (3)(b), a duly appointed personal representative may sign apetition or protest on behalf of a deceased owner.
Amended by Chapter 92, 2009 General Session
Amended by Chapter 205, 2009 General Session
Amended by Chapter 230, 2009 General Session
