Section 401 – General plan required — Content.

• (1) To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a municipality shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-range general plan for:
  • (a) present and future needs of the municipality; and
  • (b) growth and development of all or any part of the land within the municipality.

• (2) The general plan may provide for:
  • (a) health, general welfare, safety, energy conservation, transportation, prosperity, civic activities, aesthetics, and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities;
  • (b) the reduction of the waste of physical, financial, or human resources that result from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population;
  • (c) the efficient and economical use, conservation, and production of the supply of:
    • (i) food and water; and
    • (ii) drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources;
  • (d) the use of energy conservation and solar and renewable energy resources;
  • (e) the protection of urban development;
  • (f) if the municipality is a town, the protection or promotion of moderate income housing;
  • (g) the protection and promotion of air quality;
  • (h) historic preservation;
  • (i) identifying future uses of land that are likely to require an expansion or significant modification of services or facilities provided by an affected entity; and
  • (j) an official map.

• (3)
  • (a) The general plan of a specified municipality, as defined in Section 10-9a-408, shall include a moderate income housing element that meets the requirements of Subsection 10-9a-403(2)(a)(iii).
  • (b) On or before October 1, 2022, a specified municipality, as defined in Section 10-9a-408, with a general plan that does not comply with Subsection (3)(a) shall amend the general plan to comply with Subsection (3)(a).

• (4) Subject to Subsection 10-9a-403(2), the municipality may determine the comprehensiveness, extent, and format of the general plan.

Amended by Chapter 282, 2022 General Session
Amended by Chapter 406, 2022 General Session