Utah Code § 10-2a-501
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§ 10-2a-501. Definitions.
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As used in this part: (1) "Affordable housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross income of the applicable municipal or county statistical area for households of the same size. (2) "Board," in relation to a preliminary municipality, means the same as a council described in Section 10-3b-402. (3) "Board chair," in relation to a preliminary municipality, means the same as a mayor described in Section 10-3b-402. (4) "Contiguous" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-102. (5) "Feasibility consultant" means a person or firm: (a) with expertise in the processes and economics of local government; and (b) who is independent of, and not affiliated with, a county or a sponsor of a petition to incorporate a preliminary municipality under this part. (6) "Feasibility request" means a request, described in Section 10-2a-502, for a feasibility study for the proposed incorporation of a preliminary municipality. (7) "Initial landowners" means the persons who owned the land within the proposed preliminary municipality area when the person filed the feasibility request under Section 20A-1-501. (8) "Municipal service" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-102. (9) "Pending annexation area" means an area proposed for annexation in an annexation petition described in Section 10-2-806 that is filed before, and is still pending when, a person files the applicable request for a feasibility study under Section 10-2a-502. (10) "Primary sponsor contact" means: (a) in relation to a feasibility request: (i) the individual designated as the primary sponsor contact for a feasibility request under Subsection 10-2a-502(5)(c); or (ii) an individual designated, in writing, by the initial landowners if a replacement primary sponsor contact is needed; or (b) in relation to a petition for incorporation of a preliminary municipality: (i) the individual designated as the primary sponsor contact for a petition for incorporation of a preliminary municipality under Subsection 10-2a-507(1)(d); or (ii) an individual designated, in writing, by the initial landowners if a replacement primary sponsor contact is needed. (11) "Private," in relation to real property, means taxable real property. (12) "Proposed preliminary municipality area" means the area proposed for incorporation as a preliminary municipality in a feasibility request. (13) "System infrastructure" means, as shown on the map or plat described in Subsection 10-2a-502(5)(e) for the proposed preliminary municipal area: (a) the main thoroughfares within the proposed preliminary municipal area, including the roads that connect the proposed preliminary municipality area to an existing road outside the proposed preliminary municipality area; and (b) the main lines that will connect a utility to the proposed preliminary municipality area, including the stubs that will connect the main lines to the development in the proposed preliminary municipality area.
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