17-27a-302 - Planning commission powers and duties.
17-27a-302. Planning commission powers and duties.
(1) Each countywide or township planning commission shall, with respect to theunincorporated area of the county, or the township, make a recommendation to the countylegislative body for:
(a) a general plan and amendments to the general plan;
(b) land use ordinances, zoning maps, official maps, and amendments;
(c) an appropriate delegation of power to at least one designated land use authority tohear and act on a land use application;
(d) an appropriate delegation of power to at least one appeal authority to hear and act onan appeal from a decision of the land use authority; and
(e) application processes that:
(i) may include a designation of routine land use matters that, upon application andproper notice, will receive informal streamlined review and action if the application isuncontested; and
(ii) shall protect the right of each:
(A) applicant and third party to require formal consideration of any application by a landuse authority;
(B) applicant, adversely affected party, or county officer or employee to appeal a land useauthority's decision to a separate appeal authority; and
(C) participant to be heard in each public hearing on a contested application.
(2) The planning commission of a township under this part may recommend to thelegislative body of the county in which the township is located:
(a) that the legislative body support or oppose a proposed incorporation of an arealocated within the township, as provided in Subsection 10-2-105(4); or
(b) that the legislative body file a protest to a proposed annexation of an area locatedwithin the township, as provided in Subsection 10-2-407(1)(b).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session