1. . All Vernal City land use ordinances, including this Title and the zoning map, may be amended to ensure Vernal City's land use regulations remain responsive to the communities needs and growth patterns. The City Council is authorized as the land use authority responsible for review, approval or denial of all land use ordinance amendment applications. City Council decisions shall be made after receiving a recommendation from the Planning Commission and following the required public engagement process as outlined in Utah State code. All public meetings and hearings required in the public engagement process shall comply with the provisions for such meetings and be published and noticed in accordance with applicable Utah codes including Title 52 Chapter 4, Title 10 Chapter 9 and Title 63G Chapter 30 ensuring timely and accessible information is sent to affected entities and members of the public. Failure of the Planning Commission to take action on the proposed amendment within thirty (30) days of Vernal City's receipt of a complete amendment application shall be deemed a recommendation of approval for the proposed change or amendment . The City Council shall prescribe, by resolution, the fees required to amend this title or the accompanying map.
2. A development agreement may be entered into between any applicant for a zoning map amendment and the City.
   1. The City Council shall review the development agreement concurrently with the application for a zoning map amendment.
   2. The development agreement shall be perpetually attached to the property as described in the agreement and shall be recorded with the Uintah County Recorder within ten (10) calendar days of its execution.
   3. In the event that State or federal laws or regulations, enacted after a development agreement has been entered into, prevents or precludes compliance with one or more regulations of the development agreement, such agreement may be amended or terminated as may be necessary to comply with the new State or federal laws or regulations.
   4. The City Council may waive the requirement for a development agreement.
   5. A final development agreement may be amended or terminated in whole or in part by either a request of the parties to the agreement, or their successors in interest, with approval by the Vernal City Council or by action initiated by the City Council.
      1. The termination or amendment shall be consistent with the process and provisions specified in the development agreement.

(PZSC § 03-02-001)
(Ord. 2013-09, Amended, 05/15/2013; Ord. 2012-16, Amended, 05/16/2012; Ord. 2007-33, Amended, 10/17/2007; Ord. 2005-07, Amended, 06/01/2005)

1. The Planning Director of the City is charged with the administration and enforcement of this title.
2. The Planning Director shall enforce all of the provisions of this Title. He or she shall cause to be inspected any change in the use of land. If, in the course of such inspection or otherwise, it shall come to his or her attention that any such use, contemplated use of land or development activity is in violation of the provisions of this Title, he or she shall cause to be issued a written order to the person to cease and desist such development activity or use. He or she shall report violations of this title to the City Attorney for prosecution and make complaint thereof before the court or courts having jurisdiction over such violation.
3. The Planning Director may call for assistance of law enforcement personnel whenever, in his or her opinion, such assistance is necessary in the investigation of a suspected violation of this Title.
4. The Planning Director may establish reasonable rules and regulations necessary or desirable in the administration of this Title. Three (3) copies of such rules and regulations shall be filed with the City Recorder and such rules and regulations shall become effective when so filed.
5. The City Council may, by resolution, prescribe an exact payment of reasonable fees to cover the expense of examining plans and inspecting development activities and uses and may determine the method of collecting such fees.

(PZSC § 03-02-002)
(Ord. 2017-10, Amended, 06/21/2017; Ord. 2016-13, Amended, 11/02/2016)

No land shall be used or occupied and no building hereafter structurally altered or erected shall be used or changed in use until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Building Official, stating that the building or structure or the proposed use thereof or the use of the land complies with the provisions of this title. A like certificate of occupancy shall be issued for the purpose of maintaining, renewing, changing or extending a nonconforming use.

(PZSC § 03-02-004) (Ord. No. 95-15, Amended, 09/06/95)

The land use authority for application to Vernal City shall be as follows:

1. Master site plans: Planning director;
2. Conditional use permit: Planning Commission;
3. Subdivision preliminary plat: Planning Commission;
4. Subdivision; final plat: Zoning Administrator
5. Flood plain development permit: Planning director;
6. General plan amendment; City Council;
7. Zoning ordinance amendment (to include zoning map amendment): City Council;
8. Variance: Appeals and variances hearing officer.

(PZSC § 03-02-005) (Ord. No. 94-06, Amended, 3/24/94; Ord. No. 94-22, Amended, 11/10/94; Ord. No. 95-20, Amended, 11/02/95; Ord. No. 96-27, Amended, 11/20/96)
(Ord. 2015-09, Amended, 05/06/2015; Ord. 2005-03, Amended, 02/02/2005; 99-07, Amended, 07/21/1999)

All department officials and public employees of the City vested with the duty or authority to issue permits shall conform to the provisions of this title and shall issue no permit, certificate of license for uses, building or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this title, and any such permit, certificate or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this title, intentionally or otherwise, shall be null and void. No sewer service line, no water service line or electrical utilities shall be installed if such use will be in violation of this title.

(PZSC § 03-02-007)