Utah Code § 10-20-620

Land use compatibility with military use
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(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Department" means the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs.
(b) "Military" means a branch of the armed forces of the United States, including the Utah
National Guard.
(c) "Military land" means the following land or facilities:
(i) Camp Williams;
(ii) Hill Air Force Base;
(iii) Dugway Proving Ground;
(iv) Tooele Army Depot;
(v) Utah Test and Training Range;
(vi) Nephi Readiness Center;
(vii) Cedar City Alternate Flight Facility;
(viii) Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant; or
(ix) Little Mountain Test Facility.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), on or before July 1, 2025, for any area in a
municipality within 5,000 feet of a boundary of military land, a municipality shall, in
consultation with the department, develop and maintain a compatible use plan to ensure
permitted uses and conditional uses relevant to the military land are compatible with the
military operations on military land.
(b) A municipality that has a compatible use plan as of January 1, 2023, is not required to
develop a new compatible use plan.
(3) If a municipality receives a land use application related to land within 5,000 feet of a boundary
of military land, before the municipality may approve the land use application, the municipality
shall notify the department in writing.
(4)
(a) If the department receives the notice described in Subsection (3), the executive director of the
department shall:

(i) determine whether the proposed land use is compatible with the military use of the relevant
military land; and
(ii) within 90 days after the receipt of the notice described in Subsection (3), respond in writing
to the municipality regarding the determination of compatibility described in Subsection (4)
(a)(i).
(b)
(i) For a land use application pertaining to a parcel within 5,000 feet of military land that may
have an adverse effect on the operations of the military installation, except as provided in
Subsection (4)(b)(ii), the municipality shall consider the compatible use plan in processing
the land use application.
(ii) For a land use application pertaining to a parcel within 5,000 feet of military land that may
have an adverse effect on the operations of the military installation, if the applicant has a
vested right, the municipality is not required to consider the compatible land use plan in
consideration of the land use application.
(5) If the department receives the notice described in Subsection (3) before the municipality has
completed the compatible use plan as described in this section, the department shall consult
with the municipality and representatives of the relevant military land to determine whether the
use proposed in the land use application is a compatible use.

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