This title shall be known as the Mona City Land Use Ordinance and may so be cited and pleaded.

It is the intent and purpose of the City Council to promote the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the city by guiding development within the city in accordance with a comprehensive plan prepared and adopted by the city to accomplish the following:

1. Encourage and facilitate orderly growth and development in the city.
2. Facilitate adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements.
3. Promote sanitation and health of the inhabitants.
4. Promote safety from fires, floods, traffic hazards and other dangers.
5. Discourage the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of population.
6. Promote a more attractive and wholesome environment.

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

The zoning ordinance of the city previously adopted is repealed. All ordinances, resolutions or parts in conflict with the provisions of this title are repealed if they conflict with the provisions of this title; provided, however, that any building, use of land or any construction which was not authorized by or under the ordinances of the city or which was illegal under such ordinances, shall remain unauthorized and illegal unless expressly authorized or permitted by the provisions of this title.

This title shall take effect upon proper publication of this title following the date of passage.

1. Approval; Exceptions: An applicant is entitled to approval of a land use application if the application conforms to the requirements of this land use title which are in effect when a complete application is submitted and all fees have been paid, unless:
   1. The land use authority, on the record, finds that a compelling, countervailing public interest would be jeopardized by approving the application; or
   2. In the manner provided by local ordinance and before the application is submitted, the municipality has formally initiated proceedings to amend its ordinances in a manner that would prohibit approval of the application as submitted.
2. Process of Application: The municipality shall process an application without regard to proceedings initiated to amend the municipal ordinances if:
   1. One hundred eighty days have passed since the proceedings were initiated; and
   2. The proceedings have not resulted in an enactment that prohibits approval of the application as submitted.
3. Complete Application: An application for a land use approval is considered submitted and complete when the application is provided in a form that complies with the requirements of applicable ordinances and all applicable fees have been paid.
4. Continuing Validity: The continuing validity of an approval of a land use application is conditioned upon the applicant proceeding after approval to implement the approval with reasonable diligence.

If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this title, or any part, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this title, or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective.