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Kanosh council seeks clearer irrigation-easement sign-off for building permits after applicant confusion
Summary
Applicants reported inconsistent or missing documentation showing Corn Creek Irrigation mainline locations and easements; council directed staff to work with the irrigation company and to add an irrigation sign-off or checklist item to permit packets.
During a planning-and-zoning segment the council heard extended comments from a property owner who had to move a planned building footprint after discovering a pressurized irrigation mainline and unclear easement records.
The applicant said Corn Creek Irrigation and the town maintain separate mapping systems and that the town's permit packet did not show the irrigation company's easement locations. The applicant asked the council to require irrigation-company sign-off in the permit packet or to add a packet insert that would instruct permit applicants to obtain and attach irrigation easement confirmation when a mainline runs through or near their parcel.
Council members described a range of record-keeping issues: some irrigation maps are old, riser locations and field changes are not fully reflected in county records, and different agencies' records sometimes conflict. The council agreed to ask staff to draft a process that would require applicants with irrigation mainlines on or near property to provide Corn Creek Irrigation's sign-off or a written location confirmation before permits are finalized.
Staff said they would prepare sample language for the permit packet and bring the recommendation back to council. Councilors also discussed options for the irrigation company to provide a standard form applicants could submit with permit applications.
