2006 Utah Code - 17A-3-204 — Powers of the county legislative body.

     17A-3-204.   Powers of the county legislative body.
     (1) The county legislative body may make or cause to be made any one or combination of the following improvements at any place within the unincorporated area of the county, or it may on its own initiative by ordinance or resolution, create special improvement districts within the unincorporated area of the county with the power to make or cause to be made any of the following improvements:
     (a) to establish grades and lay out, establish, open, extend, or widen any street, sidewalk, alley, or off-street parking facility;
     (b) to construct, install, improve, repair, light, grade, pave, repave, curb, gutter, sewer, drain, landscape, or otherwise beautify any street, sidewalk, alley, or off-street parking facility;
     (c) to construct, install, reconstruct, extend, maintain, or repair streets, bridges, sidewalks, alleys, crosswalks, driveways, culverts, retaining walls, sewers, storm sewers, drains, flood barriers, or water channels, and to construct, install, reconstruct, extend, maintain, or repair lines, facilities or equipment (other than generating equipment) for street lighting purposes or for the expansion or improvement of a previously-established, county-owned electrical distribution system, to a district within the boundaries of the county;
     (d) to plant or cause to be planted, set out, cultivate, and maintain lawns, shade trees, or other landscaping;
     (e) to cover, fence, safeguard, or enclose reservoirs, canals, ditches, and watercourses and to construct, reconstruct, extend, maintain, and repair waterworks, reservoirs, canals, ditches, pipes, mains, hydrants, and other water facilities for the purpose of supplying water for domestic and irrigation purposes or either of them, or regulating, controlling, or distributing the same and regulating and controlling water and watercourses leading into the county;
     (f) to acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, maintain, or repair parking lots or other facilities for the parking of vehicles off streets;
     (g) to acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, maintain, or repair any of the improvements authorized in this section for use in connection with an industrial or research park, except that this part may not be used to pay the cost of buildings or structures used for industry or research;
     (h) to acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, maintain, or repair parks, recreational facilities, and libraries;
     (i) to remove any nonconforming existing improvements in the areas to be improved;
     (j) to construct, reconstruct, extend, maintain, or repair optional improvements;
     (k) to acquire, dispose of, or exchange any property necessary or advisable in order to make any of the improvements;
     (l) to make any other improvements now or hereafter authorized by any other law, the cost of which in whole or in part can properly be determined to be of direct or indirect benefit to a particular area within the county; or
     (m) to construct and install all such structures, equipment, and other items and to do all such other work as may be necessary or appropriate to complete any of the improvements in a proper manner.
     (2) The board of trustees of any Chapter 2, Part 3 district may make or cause to be made any one or combination of the following improvements within the boundaries of the Chapter 2, Part 3 district, or may on its own initiative by ordinance or resolution create special improvement districts within the boundaries of the Chapter 2, Part 3 district which may make or cause to be made any of the following improvements, in whole or in part, or any combination of them:

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     (a) systems for the supply, treatment, and distribution of water;
     (b) systems for the collection, treatment, and disposition of sewage;
     (c) systems for the collection, retention, and disposition of storm and flood waters; and
     (d) systems for the generation and distribution of electricity.
     (3) For the purpose of making and paying for all or a part of the cost of any of the improvements, including optional improvements, the board of trustees may levy assessments on the property within the district which is directly or indirectly benefited by making the improvements and issue interim warrants and special improvement bonds as provided in this part.

Amended by Chapter 12, 1994 General Session
Amended by Chapter 146, 1994 General Session