Subdivision Ordinance Consultant Pool

In the 2023 General Session, Senate Bill 174 introduced a new process for subdivision review and approval. The State Legislature appropriated funding to the Department of Workforce Services (DWS) for the purpose of providing legal and planning services to those municipalities to ensure that by the specified dates all the municipalities had adopted subdivision ordinances in compliance with state code.

DWS has completed a solicitation for qualified consultants who provide technical planning and legal assistance to municipalities as they update subdivision ordinances to comply with new provisions. Municipalities may review the information for the selected consultants and contact them to begin work to update the subdivision ordinances.  

DWS will pay for consultants to support cities to comply with changes made to UCA 10-9a-604.1, UCA 10-9a-604.2 and UCA 10-9a-604.9 by the requisite deadlines. Work which is not related to the changes made in 2023 to these codes is not eligible for reimbursement. 

Municipalities of the first, second, third, and fourth class, cities of the fifth class with a population of 5,000 or more within a county of the first, second, or third class, or metro townships with populations of 5,000 or more are required to complete the changes to their subdivision ordinances by February 1, 2024. All remaining municipalities are required to make changes to their subdivision ordinances by December 31, 2024. 

Municipalities will be capped by dollars available on a tiered system based on the municipal classification, see below: 

  1. First and second-class municipalities may not exceed $5,000 of assistance for services provided by a planner or attorney in the consultant pool.
  2. Third class municipalities may not exceed $10,000 of assistance for services provided by a planner or attorney in the consultant pool.
  3. Fourth and fifth class cities and towns may not exceed $14,000 of assistance for services provided by a planner or attorney in the consultant pool.
  4. The Greater Salt Lake Municipal Service District may request an amount not to exceed $40,000 to hire consultants from the pool to provide services to the five Metro townships, and not to exceed $14,000 to provide services to the Town of Brighton.

To work with a consultant, please locate and initiate contact with a consultant using the Consultant Pool contact information.