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Oakley council annexes 11.5-acre Deer Meadows parcel to resolve split jurisdiction for proposed event center
Summary
Oakley City Council on Oct. 22 adopted Ordinance 2025-O2 to annex an 11.53-acre parcel (County Parcel CD 258) owned by Deer Meadows Ranch so an event center on the site will lie entirely inside city limits. The annexation was city-initiated under state statute; staff said costs to the city are minimal.
The Oakley City Council adopted Ordinance 2025-O2 on Oct. 22 to annex County Parcel CD 258, an approximately 11.53-acre portion of Deer Meadows Ranch, bringing the parcel into Oakley’s legal jurisdiction.
City staff said the annexation was requested to correct a split-jurisdiction issue tied to a conditional use permit (CUP) for an event center. Amy (city staff) showed maps during the public hearing indicating the parcel sits in an unincorporated peninsula adjacent to existing city boundaries and that part of the facility currently straddles city and county lines. Planning staff and the planning commission had made approval of the CUP conditional on bringing the whole facility into city limits.
The annexation was handled as a city-initiated annexation permitted under Utah state statute for parcels located in an unincorporated peninsula, staff said. Amy noted the parcel meets statutory requirements the city must check for city-initiated annexations: it is under 50 acres (about 11.53 acres), consists primarily of residential/agricultural land, is within the city’s expansion area, and would receive municipal services — the city already supplies culinary water to nearby residents and to the portion of the facility inside the city.
During the public hearing, resident Chris Dillman of 35 East Oakridge Lane asked whether the city understood the cost of annexation and who would bear it. Amy said there are no extraordinary costs in this case: because it is a single parcel and an existing legal description is available, the primary expense is normal staff time; the city might incur only a minimal recording fee if council proceeds. She also said the county had expressed a preference that the city annex the parcel.
Amy told the council that under Oakley City Code any property annexed into the city initially receives Agricultural Residential-40 (AR-40) zoning and that any subsequent rezoning would require a planning commission recommendation and a future council action; there was no current proposal to change the parcel’s zoning.
A council member moved to adopt Ordinance 2025-O2; the motion was seconded, put to a voice vote and passed. The transcript records the action as adopted by voice vote; no roll-call tally by name is recorded in the meeting transcript.
The ordinance brings the parcel fully into Oakley’s jurisdiction so that the planning commission’s condition for the CUP can be satisfied. Any future zoning change or building permit related to the event center will follow the city’s usual planning and permitting process.
