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(1) In order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, each municipality shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-range general plan for:
(a) present and future needs of the municipality; and
(b) growth and development of all or any part of the land within the municipality.
(2) The general plan may provide for:
(a) health, general welfare, safety, energy conservation, transportation, prosperity, civic activities, aesthetics, and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities;
(b) the reduction of the waste of physical, financial, or human resources that result from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population;
(c) the efficient and economical use, conservation, and production of the supply of:
(i) food and water; and
(ii) drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources;
(d) the use of energy conservation and solar and renewable energy resources;
(e) the protection of urban development;
(f) if the municipality is a town, the protection or promotion of moderate income housing;
(g) the protection and promotion of air quality;
(h) historic preservation;
(i) identifying future uses of land that are likely to require an expansion or significant modification of services or facilities provided by each affected entity; and
(j) an official map.
(3)
(a) The general plan of a municipality, other than a town, shall plan for moderate income housing growth.
(b) On or before December 1, 2019, each of the following that have a general plan that does not comply with Subsection (3)(a) shall amend the general plan to comply with Subsection (3)(a):
(i) a city of the first, second, third, or fourth class;
(ii) a city of the fifth class with a population of 5,000 or more, if the city is located within a county of the first, second, or third class; and
(iii) a metro township with a population of 5,000 or more.
(c) The population figures described in Subsections (3)(b)(ii) and (iii) shall be derived from:
(i) the most recent official census or census estimate of the United States Census Bureau; or
(ii) if a population figure is not available under Subsection (3)(c)(i), an estimate of the Utah Population Committee.
(4) Subject to Subsection 10-9a-403(2), the municipality may determine the comprehensiveness, extent, and format of the general plan.