Virgin council adopts revised subdivision ordinance and amends water fee schedule; budget and committee changes also approved

The Virgin Town Council on Dec. 30 adopted a revised subdivision ordinance, approved a second-quarter budget amendment and passed several administrative resolutions, and amended the town’s municipal fee schedule to add an excess water usage charge required by the regional water conservancy district.

Why it matters: The subdivision ordinance restates and consolidates the town’s development rules and clarifies which local bodies exercise administrative authority over subdivision review. The water fee change implements an excess-usage charge the town’s water wholesaler requested; the council also made a statement in the adopted language that no fee created by the ordinance will be collected retroactively for use prior to adoption.

Subdivision ordinance and procedural changes

The council considered a new, consolidated subdivision ordinance that the planning commission and town attorney had revised after reviewing a draft provided by Sunrise (engineering). Council discussion focused on who the ordinance designates as the “administrative land use authority” for various review steps (planning commission, town attorney or development review committee), timing references that must match state statutory timelines for small towns, and housekeeping updates tied to an upcoming migration of town code into a new municipal-code system.

The council adopted the ordinance with several technical edits and a set of specified cross-reference corrections (the motion referenced changes to sections in the 18.00 series and consistent citation of the…