17-27a-606 - Common or community area parcels on a plat -- No separate ownership -- Ownership interest equally divided among other parcels on plat and included in description of other parcels. - Utah Statutes

17-27a-606. Common or community area parcels on a plat -- No separateownership -- Ownership interest equally divided among other parcels on plat and includedin description of other parcels.
(1) (a) A parcel designated as a common or community area on a plat recorded incompliance with this part may not be separately owned or conveyed independent of the otherlots, units, or parcels created by the plat unless:
(i) the parcel is being acquired by a county for a governmental purpose; and
(ii) the conveyance is approved by the owners of at least 75% of the lots, units, or parcelson the plat, after the county gives its approval.
(b) A notice of the approval required in Subsection (1)(a)(ii) shall be:
(i) attached as an exhibit to the document of conveyance; or
(ii) recorded concurrently with the conveyance as a separate document.
(2) The ownership interest in a parcel described in Subsection (1) shall:
(a) for purposes of assessment, be divided equally among all parcels created by the plat,unless a different division of interest for assessment purposes is indicated on the plat or anaccompanying recorded document; and
(b) be considered to be included in the description of each instrument describing a parcelon the plat by its identifying plat number, even if the common or community area interest is notexplicitly stated in the instrument.

Amended by Chapter 381, 2010 General Session