Utah Code § 17-79-702: Planning commission preparation and recommendation of subdivision ordinance -- Adoption or rejection by legislative body.

(1) A county planning commission established as required by Section 17-79-301 shall:

(a) review and provide a recommendation to the legislative body on any proposed ordinance that regulates the subdivision of land in the county;

(b) review and make a recommendation to the legislative body on any proposed ordinance that amends the regulation of the subdivision of the unincorporated land in the county or, in the case of a mountainous planning district, the mountainous planning district;

(c) provide notice consistent with Section 17-79-205; and

(d) hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance before making the planning commission's final recommendation to the legislative body.

(2)

(a) A legislative body may adopt, modify, revise, or reject an ordinance described in Subsection (1) that the planning commission recommends.

(b) A legislative body may consider a planning commission's failure to make a timely recommendation as a negative recommendation if the legislative body has provided for that consideration by ordinance.