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County adopts text amendment to ease restrictions where parcels are split by zones, with 85% majority threshold and 10-acre cap
Summary
The commission adopted an amendment to the Utah County Land Use Ordinance to let a parcel’s majority zone govern uses when a minority zone affects only a small portion; the change raises the majority threshold to 85% and caps qualifying minority portions at 10 acres. Vote was 2–1.
The Utah County Commission voted to adopt a text amendment to the county land-use ordinance that addresses parcels bisected by multiple zoning designations. Staff said the change is intended to reduce land-use restrictions on parcels with only a small sliver in a conflicting zone while preserving protections for large minority portions.
Community Development staff explained the revised proposal increases the majority-zone threshold from 80% to 85% and adds a 10-acre maximum for the minority-zone portion that could be disregarded for some uses. “We’ve identified that as 10 acres,” staff said, describing the 10-acre cap as a protection against applying the rule to very large parcels where 20 percent could be a substantial area.
Residents and several commissioners pressed staff about potential loopholes, the risk of de facto rezones through parcel additions and the need for clearer public notice. One commissioner said the process raised transparency concerns and opposed the ordinance on procedural grounds. After debate and amendment to correct a drafting oversight in the red-line version, the commission adopted the ordinance with two votes in favor and one opposed.
