CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
Article 1 – GENERAL PROVISIONS
11-1-103 Interpretation and Conflict.
Article 1 – GENERAL PROVISIONS
11-1-101 Title.
This Title shall be known and may be cited as the Development Code of Springville, Utah.
(1979 Code 11-1-101)
11-1-102 Intent and Purpose.
It is the intent of the City Council of Springville, Utah, to avail itself of the powers granted pursuant to the Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act, Title 10, Chapter 9A, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, in a manner that will promote the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of Springville, and to this end:
(1) To encourage and facilitate orderly growth and development within the City.
(2) To secure economy in municipal expenditures and to facilitate adequate provision for transportation, water, sewerage, parks, schools and other public requirements.
(3) To lessen congestion in the streets, prevent the overcrowding of land, and provide adequate light and air.
(4) To secure safety from fires, floods, traffic hazards and other dangers.
(5) To stabilize and improve property values.
(6) To protect the tax base.
(7) To promote the development of a more attractive, wholesome and serviceable City.
(8) To create conditions favorable to prosperity, civic activities and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities.
(1979 Code 11-1-102; amended by Ordinance No. 21-92; Ord. No. 06-2012, 07/17/2012)
11-1-103 Interpretation and Conflict.
(1) In interpreting and applying this Code, the provisions thereof shall be held to be the minimum requirements needed to promote the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the City.
(2) Conflict with Other Provisions. These regulations are not intended to interfere with, abrogate, or annul any other ordinance, rule or regulation, statute, or provision of law. Where any provision of these regulations is in conflict with any other provision of these regulations or any other ordinance, adopted standard or policy, rule or regulation, the provision which is more restrictive or imposes the higher standard shall control.
(3) Further, these regulations are not intended to abrogate any easement, covenant or any other private agreement or restriction; provided, that where the provisions of these regulations are more restrictive or impose higher standards or regulation than such easement, covenant or other private agreement or restrictions are more restrictive or impose a higher standard than these regulations, then the private provisions shall be operative and supplemental to these regulations and conditions imposed; however, Springville City shall not be responsible to enforce those private provisions.
(1979 Code 11-1-103; Ord. No. 06-2012, 07/17/2012)