This Ordinance shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance" of Parowan and may be so cited and pleaded.

This Ordinance is designed and enacted to promote the health, safety, convenience, and general welfare of the present and future residents of the City of Parowan. The Ordinance shall encourage sanitation; prevent the over-crowding of land; reduce hazards from floods, fires, accidents, and other dangers; provide adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewage disposal, schools, parks and other public conveniences and requirements; prevent excessive scattering of urban development; improve property values; promote beauty in the community; improve and safeguard the economic base; reduce the cost of providing essential public services; and development of a wholesome, well-ordered City as set forth as goals in the Parowan City Master Plan.

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

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

Any 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zoning, in their entirety and including the maps heretofore adopted and made a part of said ordinances are hereby superseded and amended to read as set forth herein; provided, however, that this Ordinance, including the attached map, shall be deemed a continuation of previous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 Ordinance, whether in the same or in different language; and this Ordinance shall be so interpreted upon all questions of construction relating to tenure of officers and boards established by previous ordinances and to questions of conforming or nonconforming uses and buildings and structures, and to questions as to the dates upon which such uses, buildings, or structures became conforming or nonconforming.

No person, firm, or corporation, or the agent of either, shall erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, repair, or remove any building or other structure in Parowan City without having first obtained a written building and zoning permit from the Parowan City Building Inspector. The Building Inspector or any other City Official shall not grant a permit for the erection, construction, reconstruction, or alteration of any building or structure if such building or structure would be in violation of any provisions of this Ordinance. Any permit granted in violation of this or any other applicable City Ordinance shall be null and void.

A permit of occupancy shall be issued by the Parowan City Building Inspector to the effect that the use, building or premises will conform to provisions of this and related ordinances prior to occupancy, for any building erected, enlarged or altered structurally, or the occupancy or use of any land, except for permitted agricultural uses. Such a permit is needed whenever the use or character of any building or land is to be changed. Upon written request from the owner, a zoning certificate shall be issued covering any lawful use of buildings or premises existing on the effective date of this amendment, including non-conforming buildings and uses.

A detailed site plan, with scale & sheet size determined by the Parowan City Planning Commission or the Parowan City Zoning Administrator, when authorized, shall be filed as part of any application, prior to request for a zoning permit. It shall show, where pertinent:

1. Scale of plan, and direction of north point
2. Lot lines, adjacent streets, roads, rights-of-way
3. Location of all existing structures on subject property and adjoining properties, with utility lines, poles, etc., fully dimensioned
4. Location of proposed construction and improvements, with location and dimension of all signs
5. Any parking lot to be built new or remodeled must be built to plan, have proper drainage, and must have a building permit. Building permit fee shall be determined by the Parowan City Council.
6. Motor vehicle access, circulation patterns, with individual parking stalls, and curb, gutter, and sidewalk location
7. Necessary explanatory notes
8. Name, address, telephone number of building and owner
9. All other information required as determined by the Parowan City Planning Commission or the Parowan City Zoning Administrator when authorized

The Parowan City Zoning Administrator is authorized to inspect or to have inspected the location and uses of all buildings and structures in the course of their construction, modification or repair, and to inspect land uses to determine compliance with zoning ordinance provisions. The Parowan City Zoning Administrator or any authorized employee of the City of Parowan shall have the right to enter any building for the purpose of determining the use, or to enter premises for the purpose of determining compliance with the said ordinance, provided that such right of entry is to be used only at reasonable hours. In no case shall entry be made to any occupied building in the absence of the owner or tenant thereof without written permission of an owner, or written order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

The Parowan City Zoning Administrator is authorized as the enforcing officer for this Ordinance, and shall enforce all provisions, entering actions in court if necessary, and his failure to do so shall not legalize any violations of such provisions. The Parowan City Council may, by resolution or ordinance, from time to time entrust administration of this Ordinance, in whole or in part, to another officer of the City of Parowan, without amendment to this Ordinance.

Any building or structure erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted or moved contrary to provisions of this Ordinance, and any use of land, building or premise established or conducted contrary to provisions of this Ordinance shall be, and the same hereby is, declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance; and the City Attorney shall, upon request of the governing body, at once commence action or proceedings for abatement and removal or enjoinment thereof in a manner provided by law, and take other steps and apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove such building 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 Ordinance.

1. Any person, firm or corporation (as principal, agent, employee or otherwise) violating, causing, or permitting violation of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and punishable by not more than ninety (90) days in jail and/or a fine not to exceed $750.00.
2. The City may, in addition to other remedies provided by law, institute injunctions, mandamus, abatement, or any other appropriate action or actions, proceeding or proceedings to prevent, enjoin, abate or remove the unlawful building, use, or act.
3. Any one, all, or any combination of the foregoing penalties and remedies may be used to enforce this Ordinance.

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance.

The City of Parowan may from time to time amend the number, shape, boundaries or areas of any district, or regulation, or other provision of the Zoning Ordinance, but any such amendment shall not be made or become effective until after ten (10) days' notice and public hearing thereon. The amendment(s) shall have been proposed by or by first submitted to the Parowan City Planning Commission for its recommendation. The Parowan City Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing thereon prior to submitting its recommendation to the City Council.

The City Council may conduct a second public hearing before finally adopting amendments to the zoning code.

Before submitting a recommendation to the Parowan City Council regarding Land Use Code, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing thereon at least ten (10) days' notice of the time and place of which shall be given in accordance with current law.

The Planning Commission shall conduct a Public Hearing prior to considering any amendment to the number, shape, boundaries, or areas of any zoning district. Noticing requirements for the hearing shall be in accordance with Utah state law for noticing land use changes and, as a minimum, said notices shall be mailed or hand delivered to all property owners of record that are adjacent to or within 300 feet of the boundaries of the property being considered for an amendment to the number, shape, boundaries, or areas of any zoning district. The written notification shall describe the location and nature of the proposed revision. It shall inform neighboring property owners of the opportunity to comment upon the application in a meeting of the Planning Commission. The time, date, and place of the meeting at which the application will be considered shall be noted. Notification may be accomplished in person or by mail with the use of self-addressed, stamped envelopes. Notification shall be accomplished at the applicants expense.

In addition to the noticing requirements for any amendment to Land Use Code or to the number, shape, boundaries, or areas of any zoning district, the Planning Commission shall conduct a Public Hearing prior to considering any amendment to land use code that is applicable only to properties located within the Historic Preservation Overlay Zoning District. Noticing requirements for the hearing shall be in accordance with Utah state law for noticing land use changes and, as a minimum, said notices shall be mailed or hand delivered to all property owners of record that are within the Historic Preservation Overlay Zoning District.

Fees will be charged applicants for permits as established by the Parowan City Council.

Territory which becomes part of the City by annexation shall be placed in an appropriate zoning district as determined by the City Council upon the advice and recommendation of the Planning Commission, after all necessary public hearings and notices are conducted.