Development agreements.

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  • (1) Subject to Subsection (2), a municipality may enter into a development agreement containing any term that the municipality considers necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
  • (2)
    • (a) A development agreement may not:
      • (i) limit a municipality's authority in the future to:
        • (A) enact a land use regulation; or
        • (B) take any action allowed under Section 10-8-84;
      • (ii) require a municipality to change the zoning designation of an area of land within the municipality in the future; or
      • (iii) contain a term that conflicts with, or is different from, a standard set forth in an existing land use regulation that governs the area subject to the development agreement, unless the legislative body approves the development agreement in accordance with the same procedures for enacting a land use regulation under Section 10-9a-502, including a review and recommendation from the planning commission and a public hearing.
    • (b) A development agreement that requires the implementation of an existing land use regulation as an administrative act does not require a legislative body's approval under Section 10-9a-502.
    • (c) A municipality may not require a development agreement as the only option for developing land within the municipality.
    • (d) To the extent that a development agreement does not specifically address a matter or concern related to land use or development, the matter or concern is governed by:
      • (i) this chapter; and
      • (ii) any applicable land use regulations.




Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of section number also enacted in HB82, Chapter 102, and HB17, Chapter 15.


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