Utah Code Ann. § 17-79-702 – Planning commission preparation and recommendation of subdivision ordinance -- Adoption or rejection by legislative body.

(1) A county planning commission established as required by Section 17-79-301 shall:
1. (a) review and provide a recommendation to the legislative body on any proposed ordinance that regulates the subdivision of land in the county;
2. (b) review and make a recommendation to the legislative body on any proposed ordinance that amends the regulation of the subdivision of the unincorporated land in the county or, in the case of a mountainous planning district, the mountainous planning district;
3. (c) provide notice consistent with Section 17-79-205; and
4. (d) hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance before making the planning commission's final recommendation to the legislative body.
(2)
1. (a) A legislative body may adopt, modify, revise, or reject an ordinance described in Subsection (1) that the planning commission recommends.
2. (b) A legislative body may consider a planning commission's failure to make a timely recommendation as a negative recommendation if the legislative body has provided for that consideration by ordinance.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14, 2025 Special Session 1