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Landowner tells Morgan County Planning Commission his floodplain permit application went unanswered
Summary
At the March 27 Morgan County Planning Commission meeting, landowner Kent Singleton said county staff have not processed his floodplain permit application submitted in December and that the county repeatedly removed his fencing; county staff replied the application is incomplete and will not be reviewed until required materials are submitted.
Kent Singleton, a landowner, told the Morgan County Planning Commission on March 27 that county staff have not processed his floodplain permit application and that he has received no substantive responses since he filed in December.
Singleton, who identified his property as 1100 Doak Road in Taggart, said the site was historically a gas station, campground and store and that his family holds a land patent issued under President Roosevelt. He told commissioners that "more people access the Weber River from my private property than anywhere else in 3 counties, Summit County, Morgan, Weber" and said county employees have repeatedly removed his fencing despite his assertion of lawful compliance.
"I have done everything I can to work respectfully and by the book with this county," Singleton said. He cited the Utah Constitution, the Administrative Procedure Act and Utah Code 17-27A-302 as underpinning landowners' rights to timely processing and fair administrative procedures, and said he had copied state officials, including the attorney general's office and the state floodplain program, on his materials.
Zoning staff told the commission they will not review an application that is incomplete. The unnamed zoning administrator said, "Staff is under no obligation to review an application that's incomplete ... floodplain permit has specific submittal requirements, and he hasn't met that." Staff said multiple county employees have spent substantial time corresponding with Singleton and that the required submittal materials have not been received.
Commission members did not take formal action on the matter during the meeting; Singleton's remarks occurred during the public-comment portion of the agenda. Staff and at least two people identified in discussion as "Janet" and "Garrett" were described in the record as having spent considerable time assisting with the submittal process.
Singleton told the commission he had sent copies of his materials to state officials including the attorney general and the State Floodplain Program Manager. The zoning administrator told the commission staff have communicated with Singleton repeatedly over the past three years and that, until a complete application is filed, staff will not perform a formal review.
