Planning and Zoning Commission recommends rezoning Pine Canyon parcel to County Council, with water and lot-size conditions

At a meeting on a date not specified in the transcript, the Tooele County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-2 to recommend that County Council approve REZ2024-159, a rezoning request affecting a 40-acre parcel off Smelter Road in the Pine Canyon area. The recommendation included two conditions: a minimum 3-acre lot size and documentation from the state water authority addressing effects on nearby wells and water systems.

The rezoning request was presented by Trish Duclos, planning staff, who said the property is currently zoned RR-5 (rural residential, five-acre minimum) and that the applicant seeks RR-1 (one-acre minimum). Duclos noted the county general plan shows the area as agricultural and reminded commissioners to consider surrounding uses and infrastructure before making a recommendation.

The matter drew a lengthy public hearing. Jamie Grandpre, Tooele City public works director, told the commission that Tooele City had previously declined capacity to serve sanitary sewer for the proposed development and that the city still lacks the capacity. "We didn't have the capacity at the time to handle the sanitary sewer from this development," Grandpre said, and he cited a Tooele County Health Department guidance that can require connection to a public sewer if a proposed development falls within a proximity threshold tied to the number of…