Utah § 17-80-502 Applicability, requirements, and limitations.

Utah Statutes

§ 17-80-502 — Applicability, requirements, and limitations.

Utah § 17-80-502

Title 17Counties

Ch. 17-80Counties and Housing Supply

Part 17-80-5Home Ownership Promotion Zone

This text of Utah § 17-80-502 (Applicability, requirements, and limitations.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Utah primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Utah Code Ann. § 17-80-502 (2026).

Text

(1)A home ownership promotion zone shall promote the following objectives:

(1)(a) increasing availability of housing, including affordable housing;

(1)(b) promotion of home ownership;

(1)(c) overcoming development impediments and market conditions that render an affordable housing development cost prohibitive absent the incentives resulting from a home ownership promotion zone; and

(1)(d) conservation of water resources through efficient land use.

(2)In order to accomplish the objectives described in Subsection (1), a county shall ensure that:

(2)(a) land inside the proposed home ownership promotion zone is zoned as residential, with at least six planned housing units per acre;

(2)(b) at least 60% of the proposed housing units within the home ownership promotion zone are affordable housi

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(1) A home ownership promotion zone shall promote the following objectives:
(1)(a) increasing availability of housing, including affordable housing;
(1)(b) promotion of home ownership;
(1)(c) overcoming development impediments and market conditions that render an affordable housing development cost prohibitive absent the incentives resulting from a home ownership promotion zone; and
(1)(d) conservation of water resources through efficient land use.
(2) In order to accomplish the objectives described in Subsection (1), a county shall ensure that:
(2)(a) land inside the proposed home ownership promotion zone is zoned as residential, with at least six planned housing units per acre;
(2)(b) at least 60% of the proposed housing units within the home ownership promotion zone are affordable housing units; and
(2)(c) all of the proposed housing units within the home ownership promotion zone are deed restricted to require owner occupation for at least five years.
(3) A county may restrict short term rentals in a home ownership promotion zone.
(4) A county may not create a home ownership promotion zone if:
(4)(a) the proposed home ownership promotion zone would overlap with a school district and:
(4)(a)(i) (4)(a)(i)(A) the school district has more than one municipality within the school district's boundaries; and
(4)(a)(i)(B) the school district already has 100 acres designated as home ownership promotion zone within the school district's boundaries; or
(4)(a)(ii) (4)(a)(ii)(A) the school district has one municipality within the school district's boundaries; and
(4)(a)(ii)(B) the school district already has 50 acres designated as home ownership promotion zone within the school district's boundaries; or
(4)(b) the area in the proposed home ownership promotion zone would overlap with:
(4)(b)(i) a project area, as that term is defined in Section 17C-1-102, and created under Title 17C, Chapter 1, Agency Operations, until the project area is dissolved in accordance with Section 17C-1-702; or
(4)(b)(ii) an existing housing and transit reinvestment zone.