Planning commission recommends county adopt code changes to comply with Senate Bill 104 on boundary adjustments

The Utah County Planning Commission voted unanimously on Oct. 21 to recommend county-commission adoption of a package of code amendments that bring Utah County's land-use rules into compliance with state Senate Bill 104.

Ryan Harris, a planning staffer, told the commission Senate Bill 104 consolidated several ways of moving property lines into a single state-authorized "boundary adjustment" process. The law requires the land-use authority to review boundary adjustments and record a notice of consent with the recorder's office, and it adds required elements to conveyance documents. Harris's draft ordinance revisions create a single chapter (title 14) for boundary adjustments, plats and subdivision rules and add a recorded survey requirement for agricultural divisions.

Staff also proposed a two-track approach for subdivision amendments: a minor amendment stream for administrative, low-impact changes (for example, minor plat-note edits or boundary moves that do not affect roads, utilities or easements) and a major amendment path for proposals that affect utilities, rights-of-way or other public infrastructure. The minor track will not require utility-verification letters in straightforward cases, which staff said often delay applicants for weeks.

Commissioners discussed procedural details and directed staff to correct a minor typo ("confirm" to "conform"). After a staff public hearing and public-comment period the commission voted to forward the text amendments to the Utah County Commission with a unanimous recommendation.

If adopted by the county commission, the changes will standardize boundary-adjustment procedures and streamline administrative plat amendments in cases that do not affect public infrastructure, while preserving a more detailed review process for amendments that do affect utilities or roads.