17-27a-505 - Zoning districts.
17-27a-505. Zoning districts.
(1) (a) The legislative body may divide the territory over which it has jurisdiction intozoning districts of a number, shape, and area that it considers appropriate to carry out thepurposes of this chapter.
(b) Within those zoning districts, the legislative body may regulate and restrict theerection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings and structures, andthe use of land.
(c) A county may enact an ordinance regulating land use and development in a floodplain or potential geologic hazard area to:
(i) protect life; and
(ii) prevent:
(A) the substantial loss of real property; or
(B) substantial damage to real property.
(2) The legislative body shall ensure that the regulations are uniform for each class orkind of buildings throughout each zone, but the regulations in one zone may differ from those inother zones.
(3) (a) There is no minimum area or diversity of ownership requirement for a zonedesignation.
(b) Neither the size of a zoning district nor the number of landowners within the districtmay be used as evidence of the illegality of a zoning district or of the invalidity of a countydecision.
Amended by Chapter 326, 2008 General Session