Utah Moderate Income Housing Plan (MIH) Framework (UT)

Tracked preemption from the Utah overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
2019-05-14
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:UT

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

city.is_wasatch_front == True

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
general_plan.moderate_income_housing_elementrequireadopted_mih_planWasatch Front municipalities must adopt and implement a Moderate Income Housing Plan as element of the general plan

Citation

Authority source
Utah Code Annotated §10-9a-403
§ §10-9a-403 (municipal general plan — moderate income housing element)
https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter9A/10-9a-S403.html

Research notes

Requires cities along the Wasatch Front to adopt a Moderate Income Housing Plan selecting from a menu of statutory strategies. Non-compliance triggers state enforcement via UT Commission on Housing Affordability; non-compliant jurisdictions lose eligibility for certain state transportation funds and become subject to UT_MIH_NONCOMPLIANCE_ENFORCEMENT preemption.