Sandy City Zoning Code

The City shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-range General Plan for the present and future needs of the City and for the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing coordinated, efficient and harmonious growth, and development of all or any part of the land within the City, including any areas outside of its boundaries, that, in the City's judgment, bear relation to the planning of the City. Except as otherwise provided by law or with respect to a municipality's power of eminent domain, when considering territory outside the boundaries of the City, action may be taken only with the concurrence of the county or other municipalities affected. The General Plan may provide for:

1. Health, general welfare, safety, energy conservation, transportation, prosperity, civic activities, aesthetics and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities;
2. The reduction of waste of physical, financial, or human resources that result from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population;
3. The efficient and economical use, conservation, and production of the supply of:
   1. Food and water; and
   2. Drainage sanitation and other facilities and resources;
4. The use of energy conservation and solar and renewable resources;
5. The protection of urban development;
6. The protection and promotion of housing, including moderate income housing;
7. The protection and promotion of air quality;
8. The protection of open space and natural areas;
9. Historic preservation;
10. Identification of uses of land that are likely to require an expansion or significant modification of services or facilities provided by affected entities;
11. The protection and promotion of economic growth and development; and
12. An Official Street Map.

(LDC 2008, § 15A-06-01)

The General Plan shall include elements in accordance with the provisions of the Utah Code Annotated as are currently in effect or as may be amended .

(LDC 2008, § 15A-06-02)

State law reference(s)—Required contents of development plan, U.C.A. 1953, § 10-9a-403.

In preparing the General Plan, the City shall make careful and comprehensive surveys, research, and studies of the existing conditions and probable future growth of the City and its environs.

(LDC 2008, § 15A-06-03)

1. Planning Commission.
   1. The Planning Commission shall provide notice, as provided in this title, of its intent to make a recommendation to the City Council for a General Plan or a comprehensive General Plan amendment when the Planning Commission initiates the process of preparing its recommendation.
   2. After completing its recommendation for a proposed General Plan or amendment, the Planning Commission shall schedule and hold a public hearing on the proposed plan or amendment. The Planning Commission shall provide notice of the public hearing, as provided by this title.
   3. After the public hearing, the Planning Commission may modify the proposed General Plan or amendment.
   4. The Planning Commission shall forward its recommendation and the proposed General Plan or amendment to the City Council.
2. City Council.
   1. The City Council shall consider the recommendation of the Planning Commission for a proposed General Plan or amendment at a public meeting after notice as provided by this title and may:
      1. Make any revisions to the proposed General Plan or amendment that it considers appropriate.
      2. Adopt or reject the proposed General Plan or amendment either as proposed by the Planning Commission or after making any revision that the City Council considers appropriate.
      3. Provide suggestions to the Planning Commission for its consideration if the City Council rejects the proposed General Plan or amendment.

(LDC 2008, § 15A-06-04)

State law reference(s)—Plan preparation, public hearing, etc., U.C.A. 1953, § 10-9a-404 et seq.

Except as provided in Section 21-6-6, the General Plan is an advisory guide for land use decisions.

(LDC 2008, § 15A-06-05)

After the City Council has adopted a General Plan, no street, park or other public way, ground, place, or space, no publicly-owned building or structure, and no public utility, whether publicly- or privately-owned, may be constructed or authorized until and unless it conforms to the current General Plan.

(LDC 2008, § 15A-06-06)

1. The City may adopt an Official Street Map.
2. The Official Street Map does not:
   1. Require a landowner to dedicate and construct a street as a condition of development approval, except under circumstances as set forth below; or
   2. Require the City to immediately acquire property it has designated for eventual use as a public street.
3. This section does not prohibit the City from:
   1. Recommending that an applicant consider and accommodate the location of the proposed streets in the planning of a development proposal in a manner that is consistent with the State code concerning exactions.
   2. Acquiring the property through purchase, gift, voluntary dedication, or eminent domain.
   3. Requiring the dedication and improvement of a street if the street is found necessary by the City because of a proposed development and if the dedication and improvement are consistent with the State code concerning exactions.

(LDC 2008, § 15A-06-07)

State law reference(s)—Effect of official maps, U.C.A. 1953, § 10-9a-407.