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Fairview residents protest April approval of LDS conditional-use permit; council hires special counsel to advise Board of Adjustment
Summary
At a May 20 special meeting, Fairview residents urged the town to overturn an April vote they say disenfranchised opponents of a conditional-use permit for an LDS structure. The council voted to hire special legal counsel to advise the Board of Adjustment on jurisdiction over an appeal of that vote.
Fairview — The Fairview Town Council voted May 20 to engage special legal counsel to represent and advise the town’s Board of Adjustment on a pending appeal related to the council’s April vote on a conditional-use permit for an LDS structure.
Members of the public told the council during the meeting’s public-comment period that the April vote was rushed and may have included a procedural miscalculation that disenfranchised residents who opposed the permit. Marlo Ballard, a Fairview resident, said the April vote “broke trust” and urged the council to ensure citizens were not disenfranchised if the vote had failed.
Ballard said, “If a super majority was required to approve the conditional use permit, then the vote failed and the LDS CUP was not in fact…
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