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Neighbors, owners ask Emery County planning commission to mediate disputes over private wedding venue
Summary
Neighbors and the owners of a short-term rental at the Fruit Ranch area asked the Emery County Planning and Zoning Commission to mediate repeated disputes over noise, trespass and privacy related to weekend wedding events. The commission tabled formal action and requested both sides present fuller documentation at the June 11 meeting.
The Emery County Planning and Zoning Commission heard extended public comment May 20 over a private short‑term rental near Orangeville that neighbors say has been operating as a wedding venue since 2023.
A neighbor said weekend events for “eight or nine weeks” last year interfered with family use of the backyard and described “processions,” “loud rave‑like music,” trespass and guests urinating along a fence line visible from a children’s playset. The neighbor told the commission she had provided videos and photos and that Orangeville City had issued a conditional‑use permit for an Airbnb but not for a wedding venue, and that the city said much of the activity occurs on county land and therefore is…
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