2012 Utah Code
Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code
Article 9a - Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act
Section 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