4.3 POWERS AND DUTIES
Unofficial copy. It may be out of date. Not legal or zoning advice. Zoning rules change, and only the city or county can say for sure what is allowed on a property. Confirm with the city or county planning department before you buy, sign or build.
The official Bear River City code is at https://www.bearrivercityutah.gov/city-ordinances/.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
Partial copy: chapters 1, 2, 3, 7 (the zone districts) and 10 are scanned images on the city's site and are not included. Use the official code for those.
Tables (like use tables) may not copy cleanly, so check any table against the official code.
Confirm anything here with Bear River City planning before you rely on it.
The Planning Commission shall have authority to:
1.
Prepare and recommend a general plan and amendments to the general plan to the City
Council;
2.
Prepare and recommend to the City Council, land codes and maps, which conform to the
provisions of the general plan adopted by the City Council;
3.
Administer provisions of the land codes, where specifically provided for in the land code
ordinance adopted by the City Council;
a.
Review and consider applications for all subdivisions and recommend Final Plat
approval, denial, or approval with conditions to the City Council.
b.
Conduct such public hearings as required by law or as may be deemed necessary
by the Planning Commission.
c.
Hear and decide any matters that the City Council designates, including:
i. the approval or denial of Conditional Use permits
ii. determine the existence, expansion, modification, etc. of non-
conforming uses and non-complying structures
iii. Official classification, sketch plat and preliminary plat approval of
subdivisions
4.
Prepare and recommend to the City Council, subdivision regulations and amendments to
those regulations, which conform to the provisions of the general plan adopted by the
City Council;
5.
Prepare an application process that:
a.
may include a designation of routine land use matters that, upon application and
proper notice, will receive streamlined review and action if the application is
uncontested; and
b.
shall protect the right of each:
i.
Applicant and third party to require formal consideration of any
application by a land use authority;
ii.
Applicant, adversely affected party, or municipal officer or employee to
appeal a land use authority’s decision to a separate appeal authority;
and
iii. Participant to be heard in each public hearing on a contested
application.
6.
Employ experts and a staff as may be reasonable and necessary for carrying out the duties
of the Planning Commission, but not in excess of such sums as may be appropriated by
the City Council and/or which may be placed at the disposal of the Planning Commission
by gift or otherwise.
7.
Enter upon any land, public or private, at reasonable times to make examinations or
surveys pertinent to the preparation of its general plan; or preparation of its land use
ordinances.
8.
Advise on Annexation Applications
9.
Advise on Annexation Policy Plan
10. Advise on Amendments to platted streets
11. Recommend subdivision plat changes
12. Exercise other powers that are necessary to enable it to perform its function pursuant to Title 10, Utah Code Annotated or that are delegated to it by the City Council.