11-3-5 Establishment Of Land Use Authority
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 It may be out of date.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 Newton code is at https://cms8.revize.com/revize/newtonut/TITLE%2011%20LAND%20USE.pdf.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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A. Purpose: The purpose of this section is to establish the land use authority for
decisions applying to the land use ordinance.
B. Authority to Hear and Act:
1. Building Inspector: It shall be the duty of the building inspector to inspect or
cause to be inspected all buildings in the course of construction or repair. He
shall enforce all of the provisions of this title, entering actions in the court when
necessary, and his failure to do so shall not legalize any violation of such
provisions. The building inspector shall not approve any permit unless the plans
of and for the proposed structure, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use
fully conform to all zoning regulations then in effect.
2. Planning Commission:
a. The Newton Town planning commission shall be the land use authority
to hear and act on the following land use applications:
i. Applications for permitted uses;
ii. Items delegated to the planning commission by the Newton Town
Council;
iii. The planning commission shall be a recommending body to the
Newton Town Council for all land use applications for which the
town council is the land use authority;
iv. The planning commission shall have the powers and duties as
assigned by this chapter and Utah Code Annotated (1953, as
amended) section 10-9a-302.
3. Newton Administrative Appeals Hearing Officer: The hearing office shall be the
land use authority to hear and act on the following land use applications:
a. Variance requests; and
b. Determinations regarding the existence, expansion, or modification of
nonconforming uses and lots, or noncomplying structures.
4. Newton Town Council: The town council shall be the land use authority to hear
and act on the following land use applications:
a. General plan approvals or amendments;
b. Land use ordinance amendments;
c. Amendments to the zoning map;
d. Subdivision ordinance amendments;
e. Zone change requests;
f. Conditional use permits; and
g. Requests for new subdivisions, phases of subdivisions, preliminary and
final plat approval, and amendments to existing subdivisions.
11-3-4 General Plan, Land Use, And Subdivision Ordinance Amendments · 11-3-6 Violation And Penalty