Full text of Utah Utah Code § 10-20-401 — General plan required -- Content., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 10-20-401. General plan required -- Content.
Effective 11/6/2025
10-20-401.
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. |
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| (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:
| (ii) | drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources; |
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| (d) | the use of energy conservation and solar and clean 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 |
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| (3) | Subject to Section 10-20-404, the municipality may determine the comprehensiveness, extent, and format of the general plan. |
| (4) | Except for a city of the fifth class or a town, on or before December 31, 2025, a municipality that has a general plan that does not include a water use and preservation element that complies with Section 10-20-404 shall amend the municipality's general plan to comply with Section 10-20-404. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter
15, 2025 Special Session 1
Frequently Asked Questions About Utah § 10-20-401
What does Utah Code § 10-20-401 cover?
Section 10-20-401 ("General plan required -- Content.") is part of the Utah Code, the codified statutory law of Utah. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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