1. (1) "Affected area" means an annexed area or area proposed for annexation.

2. (2) "Affected entity" means:

   1. (a) a county of the first or second class in whose unincorporated area the area proposed for annexation is located;
   2. (b) a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class in whose unincorporated area the area proposed for annexation is located, if the area includes residents or commercial or industrial development;
   3. (c) a special district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, or special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, whose boundary includes any part of an area proposed for annexation;
   4. (d) a school district whose boundary includes any part of an area proposed for annexation, if the boundary is proposed to be adjusted as a result of the annexation; and
   5. (e) a municipality whose boundaries are within 1/2 mile of an area proposed for annexation.

3. (3) "Annexation action" means:

   1. (a) the enactment of an ordinance annexing an unincorporated area;
   2. (b) the enactment of an ordinance approving a boundary adjustment by each of the municipalities involved in the boundary adjustment; or
   3. (c) an automatic annexation that occurs on July 1, 2027, under Subsection 10-2-814(5).
4. (4) "Annexation petition" means a petition under Section 10-2-806 proposing the annexation to a municipality of a contiguous, unincorporated area that is contiguous to the municipality.

5. (5) "Annexing municipality" means:

   1. (a) the municipality that annexes an unincorporated area; or
   2. (b) the municipality to which an unincorporated island is automatically annexed under Section 10-2-814.

6. (6) "Applicable legislative body" means:

   1. (a) the legislative body of each municipality that enacts an ordinance under this part approving the annexation of an unincorporated area or the adjustment of a boundary; or
   2. (b) the legislative body of a municipality to which an unincorporated island is automatically annexed under Section 10-2-814.
7. (7) "Expansion area" means the unincorporated area that is identified in an annexation policy plan under Section 10-2-803 as the area that the municipality anticipates annexing in the future.
8. (8) "Feasibility consultant" means a person or firm with expertise in the processes and economics of local government.
9. (9) "Mining protection area" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17-41-101.

10. (10) "Municipal records officer" means a:

    1. (a) city recorder; or
    2. (b) town clerk.
11. (11) "Municipal selection committee" means a committee in each county composed of the mayor of each municipality within that county.

12. (12) "Owner of real property" means:

    1. (a) the record title owner according to the records of the county recorder on the date of the filing of the petition or protest; or
    2. (b) the lessee of military land, as defined in Section 63H-1-102, if the area proposed for annexation includes military land that is within a project area described in a project area plan adopted by the military installation development authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, Military Installation Development Authority Act.

13. (13) "Private," with respect to real property, means not owned by:

    1. (a) the United States or any agency of the federal government;
    2. (b) the state;
    3. (c) a county;
    4. (d) a municipality;
    5. (e) a school district;
    6. (f) a special district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts;
    7. (g) a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act; or
    8. (h) any other political subdivision or governmental entity of the state.

14. (14)

    1. (a) "Rural real property" means a group of contiguous tax parcels, or a single tax parcel, that:

       1. (i) are under common ownership;
       2. (ii) consist of no less than 1,000 total acres;
       3. (iii) are zoned for manufacturing or agricultural purposes; and
       4. (iv) do not have a residential unit density greater than one unit per acre.

    2. (b) "Rural real property" includes any portion of private real property, if the private real property:

       1. (i) qualifies as rural real property under Subsection (14)(a); and
       2. (ii) consists of more than 1,500 total acres.
15. (15) "Specified county" means a county of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class.

16. (16) "Unincorporated peninsula" means an unincorporated area:

    1. (a) that is part of a larger unincorporated area;
    2. (b) that extends from the rest of the unincorporated area of which it is a part;
    3. (c) that is surrounded by land that is within a municipality, except where the area connects to and extends from the rest of the unincorporated area of which it is a part; and
    4. (d) whose width, at any point where a straight line may be drawn from a place where it borders a municipality to another place where it borders a municipality, is no more than 25% of the boundary of the area where it borders a municipality.

17. (17) "Urban development" means:

    1. (a) a housing development with more than 15 residential units and an average density greater than one residential unit per acre; or
    2. (b) a commercial or industrial development for which cost projections exceed $750,000 for all phases.

Amended by Chapter 472, 2026 General Session