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General Plan: Overview
The purpose of a general plan is to anticipate the future and guide growth and physical development within an area.
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Issue: Civic Leader Training
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Conditional Uses: Turning C’s Into P’s
Conditional use permits are granted when detrimental effects are reasonably mitigated not eliminated.
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Business Licensing And Land Use Regulations
Business licenses are required by law in Utah to ensure that a business complies with all governmental regulations and laws.
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Annexation Policy Plans
Annexation laws pertaining to counties in Utah are governed by two sets of rules, one for counties of the first class (Salt Lake) and another for the rest of the State.
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Due Process
It is crucial to comprehend the concept of due process and its significance in protecting property and rights.
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Administrative VS Legislative Decisions
It’s important to understand the difference between administrative and legislative decisions so that you can pursue your role legally, ethically, and with an understanding of how decisions are made and implemented.
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Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)
Transferable Development Rights (TDR) ordinances allow properties to be developed in more productive ways, provide a source of income to property owners who do not or cannot develop their properties, and are a useful planning tool to preserve agricultural lands and open space.
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Improvement Completion Assurance (Performance Guarantees)
Performance guarantees are used to ensure or guarantee that construction, maintenance, or improvements are fulfilled as promised or expected.
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Annexation: Policy Plans + Municipal Process
Annexation is the formal process of incorporating additional property, previously part of an unincorporated county, into a municipality’s jurisdictional boundaries. The incorporation of this property into the existing municipality makes the new territory subject to the municipality’s various plans, codes, and ordinances.
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Development Agreements
A development agreement is a contract between a local county or municipality and a private party (land owners or developer) that helps both parties work together throughout the development process for a specific development project. Land owners and developers like development agreements because they provide regulatory and political assurances during the development process that make projects more viable. These assurances pertain to development phasing, rules and regulations pertaining to the development of a specific property, critical infrastructure responsibilities and coordination, and more. Local counties and municipalities like development agreements because they are a way to incentivize development, promote economic growth, and ensure that proposed development is in compliance with adopted rules and regulations and the overall vision of the community.