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Residents urge privatizing Vivian Park roads; commissioners hold hearing but take no final vote
Summary
Homeowners described repeated trespass, theft and safety problems and asked the county to vacate Fairfax Drive, Vivian Way and Beverly Way so the HOA can privatize and maintain them. Commissioners closed the formal hearing but did not adopt the vacation, later tabling and ultimately removing the related agenda item.
At a public hearing opened by the Board of Utah County Commissioners, residents of the Vivian Park subdivision urged the county to vacate public rights-of-way — Fairfax Drive, Vivian Way and Beverly Way — so the homeowners association can make the roads private and control access.
"We want the road to become private," said Reed Dixon, the HOA spokesperson, describing a year-long outreach and a formal vote of homeowners he reported as 50–11 in favor. Dixon said the neighborhood has a 30-foot right-of-way with 20-foot pavement, operates its own water system, street lights, trash removal and fire suppression, and estimated that raising dues about $110 per…
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