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Tooele City Council adopts six-month temporary rule giving city discretion to reject developer water rights
Summary
The Tooele City Council approved a temporary land use regulation that clarifies the citys authority to refuse certain water-rights offers from developers while staff and the planning commission craft a permanent rule.
The Tooele City Council on June 4 approved Ordinance 2025-10, a temporary land-use regulation that gives the city, including the mayor and staff, explicit discretion to reject water-rights offers from developers that the city determines are not developable or otherwise unacceptable.
The measure takes effect on a temporary basis for up to six months while the city studies and brings forward a permanent regulation through the planning commission and a follow-up council vote.
City attorney Roger Baker told the council the change updates how Tooele evaluates water-rights exactions from developers and formalizes the citys discretion. "This ordinance simply gives you and the…
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