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Planning commission recommends energy development overlay zone to county council
Summary
The Tooele County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to forward ordinance TCLUO2025-125, an overlay that would let property owners apply to host large-scale energy projects without changing underlying zoning; the proposal lists conditional and prohibited energy uses and defers final approval to the County Council.
The Tooele County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the County Council approve ordinance TCLUO2025-125, an "energy development zone" overlay that would allow property owners to apply to host large-scale energy projects without altering the underlying zoning of their land.
Rochelle, a Tooele County planning staff member, told the commission that the change responds to state code updates requiring municipalities to create such zones. "This is a request of staff on be in request of staff on be in conjunction with state changes. The state change code this year that has requested each municipality create an energy development zone, which would allow large scale energy projects to be able to be sited in that area," she…
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