2006 Utah Code - 17A-3-405 — Resolution -- Petition.

     17A-3-405.   Resolution -- Petition.
     (1) The governing authority of a county or of a municipality, upon its own motion, may by resolution declare that the public health, convenience, and necessity requires the establishment of a parking and business improvement district. The resolution shall describe the boundaries of the proposed parking and business improvement district and shall designate a name for the proposed district.
     (2) It shall be the duty of the governing authority of a county or municipality to adopt such a resolution, upon presentation to the governing authority of a petition proposing the establishment of a parking and business improvement district and setting forth the boundaries of the proposed district, if the petition is approved by 10% or more of the business owners located in the proposed district. Approval of the petition shall be evidenced by one or more writings, attached to a copy of the petition, signed by the business owners and so designated, together with their residence address and the address of or other description sufficient to identify the property in the proposed district where their business is located. Signatures need not be notarized or witnessed, and signers need not be sworn, but all persons signing shall be deemed to have represented that they are an owner of a business within the proposed district.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 186, 1990 General Session