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Owners of Ainsworth barn defend operations; neighbors press county for enforcement, item tabled pending zoning administrator review
Summary
Owners of a commercial event property near Orangeville described mitigation steps (fence offers, cameras, sound meters, earlier quiet hours) after neighbors lodged repeated complaints about noise, trespass and events. The planning commission tabled the item until the county zoning administrator can attend.
Owners of a private event venue (referred to in the meeting by the applicants as the Ainsworth property or “the barn”) described measures they say are in place to limit noise, trespass and privacy impacts after neighbors filed complaints with the city and county.
Casey Ainsworth, the property owner and operator, told the Emery County Planning and Zoning Commission the business has been in their ownership 1,187 days and has been rented for 181 nights, which he said amounts to roughly 15% occupancy. He said the property hosted 16 events during their ownership and that those events represent about 1.4% of total days since purchase. "We have now owned the property as of today for 1187 days. Our property, according to our records, has been rented out 181 total nights," Ainsworth…
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