2006 Utah Code - 10-9a-302 — Planning commission powers and duties.

     10-9a-302.   Planning commission powers and duties.
     The planning commission shall make a recommendation to the legislative body for:
     (1) a general plan and amendments to the general plan;
     (2) land use ordinances, zoning maps, official maps, and amendments;
     (3) an appropriate delegation of power to at least one designated land use authority to hear and act on a land use application;
     (4) an appropriate delegation of power to at least one appeal authority to hear and act on an appeal from a decision of the land use authority; and
     (5) application processes that:
     (a) may include a designation of routine land use matters that, upon application and proper notice, will receive informal streamlined review and action if the application is uncontested; and
     (b) shall protect the right of each:
     (i) applicant and third party to require formal consideration of any application by a land use authority;
     (ii) applicant, adversely affected party, or municipal officer or employee to appeal a land use authority's decision to a separate appeal authority; and
     (iii) participant to be heard in each public hearing on a contested application.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session