This title shall be known and may be so cited and pleaded as the zoning ordinance of Manti City.

This title is designed and enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the city, including, among other things, the lessening of congestion on the streets or roads, securing safety from fire and other dangers providing adequate light and air, classifications of land use, and distribution of land development and utilization, protection and the tax base, securing economy in governmental expenditures, fostering agricultural and other industries, and the protection of both urban and non-urban development.

In interpreting and applying the provisions of this title, the requirements contained herein are declared to be the minimum requirements for the purposes set forth. 

This title shall not nullify the more restrictive provisions of covenants, agreements, other ordinances or laws, but shall prevail notwithstanding such provisions which are less restrictive.

The use of land or the construction, alteration, repair or removal of any building or structure or any part thereof, as provided or as restricted in this title shall not be commenced, or proceeded with, except after the issuance of a written permit for the same by the building inspector.

All applicants for building permits, except for single-family dwellings and their accessory buildings shall submit to the planning commission through their usual procedures and staff review process, a plan for the use and development of each tract, for the purposes of meeting the requirements set forth in this title.

The building official is designated and authorized by the city council as the officer charged with the enforcement of this title, but from time to time, by resolution or ordinance, the city council may entrust such administration, in whole or in part, to any other officer without amendment to this title.

From the time of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, the building official shall not grant a permit for the construction or alteration of any such building or structure of the moving of a structure onto a lot if such building or structure would be in violation of any of the provisions of this title, nor shall any local officer grant any permit or license for the use of any building or land if such would be in violation of this title.

It shall be the duty of the building official to inspect or cause to be inspected all buildings in course of construction or repair. The building official shall enforce all of the provisions of this title, entering actions in the courts when necessary and his or her failure to do so shall not legalize any violations of the provisions. The building official shall not issue any permit unless the plans of the proposed erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use fully conform to all zoning regulations then in effect.

Any building or structure erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved or maintained contrary to provisions of this title, and any use of land, building or premises established, conducted or maintained contrary to provisions of this title shall be, and the same is, declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance, and the local attorney shall, upon request of the governing body, at once commence action or proceedings for abatement and removal of enjoinment thereof in a manner provided by law, and take other steps as will abate and remove such buildings or structure, and restrain or enjoin any person, firm or corporation from erecting, building, maintaining, or using said building, or structure or property contrary to the provisions of this title. The remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

All departments, officials and public employees of the city which are vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this title and shall issue no permit or license for uses, building or purposes where the same would be in conflict with the provisions of this title and any such permit or licenses, if issued in conflict with the provisions of this title, shall be null and void.

Fees may be charged applicants for building, occupancy, and conditional use permits, design review and planned unit development approvals, planning commission and board of adjustment hearings, and such other services as are required by this title to be performed by public officers or agencies. Such fees shall be established by the legislative body and be in amounts reasonably needed to defray costs to the public.

The existing ordinances covering zoning, in their entirety, and including the maps heretofore adopted and made a part of said ordinances are hereby superseded and amended to read as set forth herein; provided, however, that this title, including its accompanying map shall be deemed a continuation of previous ordinances and not a new enactment, insofar as the substance of revisions of previous ordinances is included in this title, whether in the same or in different language and this title shall be so interpreted upon all questions of construction relating tenure of officers and board established by previous ordinances and to questions of conforming or nonconforming use and buildings and structures, and to questions as to the dates upon which such uses, or structures became conforming or nonconforming.

Applicants must move their land use applications and projects either to approval or denial in a reasonably expeditious manner, and must proceed after approval to implement proposed development with reasonable diligence. Where no longer timeframe for the expiration or termination of a land use application or approval applies, a land use application or approval shall lapse and be terminated as set forth below:

A. Pending land use application for which no fees have been paid shall lapse if fees are not paid within 14 days of filing.

B. Pending land use applications for which fees have been paid that remain inactive for 180 days may be terminated upon 14 day's written notice.

C. Issued land use approvals may be terminated, and the approval revoked, expired, and terminated, upon 14 day's written notice if the applicant fails to carry out the approval within 180 days of the issuance of the approval, or if the applicant suspends or abandons the approved project for a period of 180 days after beginning.

D. Delay or inactivity caused by the City shall not result in terminating a land use application or approval for inactivity.

E. An extension may be granted by the city council if good cause is shown for the delay.

F. Upon expiration, revocation, or lapse of an application approval, no fees shall be refunded. The applicant must begin the application and approval process again, including resubmission of any required applications and payment of any applicable fees. Such application shall be subject to all ordinances, regulations, and standards in effect at the time of submission.