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  • (1) "Council" means the Utah Homelessness Council created in Section 35A-16-204.
  • (2) "Eligible municipality" means a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class, a town, or a metro township that:
    • (a) has, or is proposed to have, a homeless shelter within the city's, town's, or metro township's geographic boundaries that:
      • (i) provides or is proposed to provide temporary shelter to homeless individuals;
      • (ii) has or is proposed to have the capacity to provide temporary shelter to at least 200 individuals per night; and
      • (iii) operates year-round and is not subject to restrictions that limit the hours, days, weeks, or months of operation; and
    • (b) due to the location of a homeless shelter within the city's, town's, or metro township's geographic boundaries, needs more public safety services than the city, town, or metro township needed before the location of the homeless shelter within the city's, town's, or metro township's geographic boundaries.
  • (3) "Grant eligible entity" means:
    • (a) the Department of Public Safety; or
    • (b) a city, town, or metro township that has:
      • (i) a homeless shelter within the city's, town's, or metro township's geographic boundaries that:
        • (A) provides temporary shelter to homeless individuals;
        • (B) has the capacity to provide temporary shelter to at least 60 individuals per night; and
        • (C) operates year-round and is not subject to restrictions that limit the hours, days, weeks, or months of operation; and
      • (ii) increased community, social service, or public safety service needs due to the location of a homeless shelter within the city's, town's, or metro township's geographic boundaries.




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