Ordinance 12-01-2023 Santaquin City Standard Specifications & Drawings Update
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Event Start Date & Time
December 20, 2023 12:30 PM
Description/Agenda
ORDINANCE NO. 12-01-2023
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SANTAQUIN CITY'S STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CORRECTION OF SCRIVENER'S ERRORS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the City of Santaquin is a fourth class city of the state of Utah and has responsibility of maintaining its infrastructure for the benefit of public health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, Santaquin City has adopted certain Standard Specifications and Drawings (hereafter 'Standards') related to maintaining or constructing new public infrastructure within the city; and
WHEREAS, the Santaquin City Engineers have recommended updating the Standards to help ensure the best reasonably possible installation of infrastructure by development that will be dedicated to and owned by the City; and
WHEREAS, The Utah State legislature amended Utah State Code Title 10, Chapter 9a, Part 5, Section 508 stating the a municipality may not require the installation of pavement of a residential roadway that exceeds 32 feet; and
WHEREAS, on November 14, 2023, the Santaquin City Planning Commission held a public hearing regarding the recommend changes to the Standards, which hearing was preceded by the posting of public notice in at least three public places within the City limits of Santaquin City; and
WHEREAS, after the noted public hearing, the Santaquin City Planning Commission forwarded a positive recommendation to the City Council for the recommended Standards changes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the City's Standard Specifications and Drawings as recommended by the City Engineers and Planning Commission; 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
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of Santaquin City, State of Utah, as follows:
Section I. Amendments
The Santaquin City Standard Specifications and Drawings is amended as indicated in Exhibit A attached.
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 III. Contrary Provisions Repealed
Any and all other provisions of the Santaquin City Code that are contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section IV. Codification, Inclusion in the Code, and Scrivener's Errors
It is the intent of the City Council that the provisions of this ordinance be made part of the Santaquin City Code as adopted, that sections of this ordinance may be re-numbered or re-lettered, and that the word ordinance may be changed to section, chapter, or other such appropriate word or phrase in order to accomplish such intent regardless of whether such inclusion in a code is accomplished. Typographical errors which do not affect the intent of this ordinance may be authorized by the City without need of public hearing by its filing a corrected or re-codified copy of the same with the City Recorder.
Section V. Posting and Effective Date
This ordinance shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. 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 19th day of December, 2023.
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Daniel M. Olson, Mayor
Councilmember Elizabeth Montoya Voted ___
Councilmember Lynn Mecham Voted ___
Councilmember Dave Hathaway Voted ___
Councilmember Jeff Siddaway Voted ___
Councilmember Art Adcock Voted ___
ATTEST:
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Amalie R. Ottley, City Recorder
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