Ordinance 02-01-2026 - An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Map of Santaquin City
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Event Start Date & Time
February 4, 2026 05:00 PM
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ORDINANCE NO. 02-01-2026
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF SANTAQUIN CITY, MORE
SPECIFICALLY APPROVING THE REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 3.7 ACRES
FROM CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO MAIN STREET RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT OF THE MAIN STREET BUSINESS DISTRICTS ZONE AND
APPROXIMATELY 20.4 ACRES FROM CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO MAIN
STREET COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF THE MAIN STREET BUSINESS DISTRICTS
ZONE, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE
ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the City of Santaquin is a fourth-class city of the state of Utah; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has specific authority pursuant to Title 10, Chapter 9a Utah Code
Ann. (1953 as amended) to adopt a zoning plan including an ordinance and map which divide the
municipality into districts or zones and within such districts to regulate the erection, construction,
reconstruction, alteration, repair and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land; and
WHEREAS, the state legislature has granted general welfare power to the City Council,
independent, apart from, and in addition to, its specific grants of legislative authority, which
enables the city to pass ordinances which are reasonably and appropriately related to the objectives
of that power, i.e. providing for the public safety, health, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the Santaquin City Planning Commission held a public hearing on January 27, 2026,
which hearing was preceded by the posting of public notice in at least three public places within
the City limits of Santaquin City in accordance with Section 10-9a-205 of the Utah State Code;
and
WHEREAS, after the noted public hearing, the Santaquin City Planning Commission forwarded a
recommendation to the City Council regarding the proposed rezoning of property; and
WHEREAS, the Santaquin City Council desires to amend the Official Zoning Map of Santaquin
City, more specifically the rezoning of approximately 3.7 acres from Central Business District
(CBD) to Main Street Residential (MSR) District of the Main Street Business Districts (MSBD)
zone and approximately 20.4 acres from the Central Business District (CBD) to the Main Street
Commercial (MSC) District of the MSBD zone.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of Santaquin City, State of Utah,
as follows:
Section I.
That the Official Zoning Map of Santaquin City be amended such that approximately 3.7 acres be
rezoned from the CBD to MSR and approximately 20.4 acres be rezoned from the CBD to MSC
of the MSBD zone as shown on the attached map labeled as Exhibit 'A' and by this reference
made part hereof.
Item # 8.
Section II. Severability
If any part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall, for
any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
judgment shall not affect, impair of invalidate the remainder of this ordinance or the application
thereof to other persons and circumstances, but shall be confined to its operation to the section,
subdivision, sentence or part of the section and the persons and circumstances directly involved in
the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the
intent of the City Council that this section would have been adopted if such invalid section,
provisions, subdivision, sentence or part of a section or application had not been included.
Section V. Posting and Effective Date
This ordinance shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 4
th
, 2026. Prior to that time,
the City Recorder shall deposit a copy of this ordinance in the official records of the City and place a copy
of this ordinance in three places within the City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of February, 2026.
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