Enactment of land use regulation

(1) Only a legislative body, as the body authorized to weigh policy considerations, may enact a land use regulation. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a legislative body may enact a land use regulation only by ordinance. (b) A legislative body may, by ordinance or resolution, enact a land use regulation that imposes a fee. (3) A land use regulation shall be consistent with the purposes of this chapter. (4) (a) A legislative body shall adopt a land use regulation to: (i) create or amend a zoning district under Subsection 17-79-503(1)(a); and (ii) designate general uses allowed in each zoning district. (b) A land use authority may establish or modify other restrictions or requirements other than those described in Subsection (4)(a), including the configuration or modification of uses or density, through a land use decision that applies criteria or policy elements that a land use regulation establishes or describes. (5) (a) A county shall publish on the county's website: (i) all of the county's land use regulations; and (ii) a fee schedule that lists all of the county's fees related to a land use application, land use permit, or land use regulation, including development review fees and impact fees. (b) A county may comply with Subsection (5)(a) by: (i) posting a link on the county's website to a separate webpage or third-party website where the land use regulations or fee schedule described in Subsection (5)(a) are posted; and (ii) submitting a new or modified land use regulation or fee schedule described in Subsection (5)(a) to the third-party website within six months after the day on which the legislative body adopts the new or modified land use regulation or fee schedule. (6) A county may not adopt a land use regulation or development agreement, or make a land use decision that restricts the type of crop that may be grown in an area that is: (a) zoned agricultural; or (b) assessed under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 5, Farmland Assessment Act. (7) A county land use regulation pertaining to an airport or an airport influence area, as that term is defined in Section 72-10-401, is subject to Title 72, Chapter 10, Part 4, Airport Zoning Act.