Series 28903
Richfield (Utah) Ordinances
Dates: 1898-
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
This series contains the official record of laws passed by the city council. Each ordinance is numbered and typically includes the text of the law, along with date it was adopted by the council, the signatures of the city recorder and mayor, and a certification by the recorder. The ordinances deal with a wide variety of issues, such as the employment of elected and appointed officials, vehicles and traffic control, water use and allocation, fire and police protection, regulation of alcohol, business regulation, and the establishment of city fees and fines.
Gaps in Series
It is difficult to know if any ordinances are missing from the series, but there are no ordinances for certain years, including the years between 1878 and 1898, 1980, 1991 and 1992.
Copies of these records are located at Sterling Codifiers View Online.
Access Restrictions
This series is designated as Public.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Finding Aids
Indexes: The first book in the series includes a subject index for ordinances in that book. For the years 1977-2016 there is a yearly list of ordinances.
Related Records
City Council minutes from Richfield (Utah), Series 28859, contain a record of the proceedings of meetings in which these ordinances were adopted. In many cases the text of the ordinances is included in the minutes.
Revised Ordinances from Richfield (Utah), Series 28904, contain copies of codified ordinances published by the city.
| DISC | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | 1898 Mar - 1916 Jan: Ordinance Record, index |
| 1 | 1898 Mar - 1916 Jan: Ordinance Record |
| 1 | 1916 Feb - 1945 Dec: Ordinance Record |
| 2 | 1946 Jan - 1982 Jun: Ordinance Record 3 |
| 2 | 1977 Jul - 1995 Jun: Ordinances |
| 3 | 1996 Apr - 2006 Dec: Ordinances |
| 3 | 2007 Feb - 2016 Mar: Ordinances |