Garland (Utah)

Utah municipal governments perform numerous functions, including maintaining of law and order, guarding public health, sanitation and safety, promoting recreation, and constructing and maintaining streets and sewers. Garland adopted city ordinances in 1916. These ordinances were revised and rewritten again and published in 1936. Most early revisions related to waterworks and sewer systems. Over the years the town board modified these published ordinances or charter by passing ordinances relating to specific issues, such as liquor and commercial licenses, parks, baseball fields, pool halls, and race courses. New ordinances also regulated new innovations such as electricity, telephones, and sanitation services. In 1994 the Garland town board adopted the land management and development ordinance, which defines the number of animals allowed per acre in agriculture zoned property and to change the definition used in the zoning of Garland city.??The town board in Garland found its greatest ongoing challenge to be the maintenance of a viable water and sewer system.

Garland City is governed by the town board, which consists of a president (mayor) and five trustees or board members. The board exercises the community's legislative and executive powers.

Town officers are appointed by the town board. A library board was organized in 1907 or 1908. A volunteer fire department was organized in 1912. The city purchased an up-to-date motor driven fire engine and reorganized the fire department in 1926.