1-5 Civil penalties
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The official Tooele County code is at https://www.tooeleco.gov/departments/development/land_use_ordinance.php.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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(1) Any person having received notice of a violation, or the owner of any affected property, may
appear before a hearing officer and present and contest such alleged violation of this title. (2) The burden to prove any defense shall be upon the person raising such defense. (3) If the hearing officer finds that no violation occurred or that a violation occurred but one or more
of the defenses set forth in this section is applicable, the hearing officer may dismiss the notice of violation. Such defenses are:
(a) at the time of the receipt of the notice of violation, compliance would have violated the criminal laws of the state; and
(b) compliance with the subject land use ordinance would have presented an imminent and irreparable injury to persons or property. (4) No action by a hearing officer shall relieve the violator from complying with any of the provisions of this title. (5) Abatement for Correction and Payment.
(a) Civil penalties shall be partially abated after the violation is cured and in the discretion of a hearing officer considering the following guidelines and factors:
(i) Reductions are generally appropriate for promptly curing the violation pursuant to the following schedule, but the hearing officer may grant greater or lesser abatements depending on the facts of the case:
1. Cured within time specified -- fine totally waived; 2. Cured within sixty days after notice -- fifty percent fine reduction; or 3. Cured within ninety days after notice -- twenty-five percent fine reduction; (ii) if strict compliance with the notice and order would have caused an imminent and irreparable (iii) if the violation and inability to cure were both caused by a force majeure event such as war, act of nature, strike or civil disturbance; (iv) other mitigating circumstances as may be approved by the attorney or designee; or (v) if a change in the actual ownership of the property was recorded in the recorder’s office after the notice was issued and the new owner is not related by blood, marriage or common ownership to the prior owner. (b) If the hearing officer finds that the noticed violation occurred and no applicable defense applies, the hearing officer may, in the interest of justice and on behalf of the county, allow for the delayed or periodic payment of the applicable penalty. (Ord. 2005-22, 9/13/05)