AGENCY: Big Water (Utah)
SERIES: 24189
TITLE: Ordinances
DATES: 1984-
ARRANGEMENT: numerical by ordinance number which is also chronological by date adopted.
DESCRIPTION: Legislative acts of Utah municipal governments are described in ordinances. Ordinances can regulate, require, prohibit, govern, control or supervise activity, business, conduct, or conditions within a community (Utah Code, 1988, 10-3-701-704). The Big Water town council most frequently addressed land use and zoning issues in the ordinances included in this series. Big Water ordinances also regulate the the council and establish and regulate additional municipal offices including a planning commission and board of adjustment. Big Water ordinances regulate waste disposal, culinary water, livestock, and business. A few additional related documents are scattered through the ordinance books. These books contain the legislative action of city council to regulate, require, prohibit, govern, control, or supervise any activity, business, conduct, or condition authorized by UCA 10-3-701 to 715 (1977). An ordinance includes a number, a title, preamble, an ordaining clause, the body or subject of ordinance, when applicable, penalty of violation, effective date, signature of mayor or acting mayor, and municipal seal.
RETENTION
Retain permanently
DISPOSITION
May Transfer to Archives.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series is proposed and has not yet been approved.
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office permanently after being microfilmed.
Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Historical Legal
Big Water ordinances, legislative actions of the Big Water town council, provide the legal foundation for municipal government, and historical information about the town as well.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public