Series 24189
Big Water (Utah) Ordinances, 1984-
1 microfilm reel
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
See history of the records' creator.
Summary of Records
Scope and Content
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.
Research Note
A few ordinances are missing. These could be gaps in numbering or missing ordinances.
Arrangement
numerical by ordinance number which is also chronological by date adopted.
Additional Forms
This series is available on microfilm.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
Use Restrictions
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Acquisition Information
These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.
Processing Information
Big Water ordinances were microfilmed by Utah State Archives in July 2002 as part of the Millennial Project, and were processed by Rosemary Cundiff in May 2003.
Other Finding Aids
Other: A table of contents or chronological list of ordinances appears at the beginning of each book. The table for the second book is incomplete. Council minutes conspicuously identify andy ordinances or resolutions passed at each meeting.
Related Material
Resolutions from Big Water (Utah), Series 24187, are statements of the administrative actions of the town council.
Planning commission minutes from Big Water (Utah), Series 24188, summarize the discussion of planning commission meetings. The planning commission drafts zoning and other ordinances related to land use and community planning.
Council minutes from Big Water (Utah), Series 24190, summarize the discussion of the town council which adopted these ordinances. Additional copies of many ordinances are also included in council minutes, particularly in minutes for the summer months of 2000.
Container List
| Reel | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1984-1992; Ordinances 1-84 to 92-47 |
| 1 | 1993-2002; Ordinances 93-48 to 2002-213 |