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Duchesne County delays decision on transportation-service fees after industry, staff ask for clarifications
Summary
The Duchesne County Commission recessed a public hearing on a proposed ordinance establishing transportation service fees and updated land-use fees, directing staff to clarify language on mixed gravel/paved routes, fee caps and road‑maintenance agreements before reconvening Feb. 10.
The Duchesne County Commission recessed its public hearing on Ordinance 25-460, the county’s proposed transportation service fee and land-use fee updates, and directed staff to return with clarified language at a Feb. 10 meeting.
The ordinance would add a new administrative conditional-use permit fee and a transportation mitigation (service) fee for development—particularly oil-and-gas—and update several land-use application fees. County planning staff said the draft also ties fees to a “reasonable cost analysis” required by state fee rules and creates a minimum/maximum mileage assumption (1–3 miles) for county roads used as haul routes.
Why it matters: commissioners and industry representatives said the proposal could streamline cost…
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