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Residents urge county oversight after Dixon Farm agricultural protection area is withdrawn
Summary
Lehi residents told commissioners they support removing the Dixon Farm agricultural protection area but want assurances the county will enforce zoning and public-health standards after the APA is withdrawn, citing past odor and fly problems, alleged unpermitted structures and missing sidewalks or lighting near schools and trails.
Multiple residents addressed the commission during public comment about item 6 on the consent calendar, which involved the Dixon Farm agricultural protection area (APA). Scott Scovell, a retired district attorney from Lehi, told the commission he lives less than a quarter mile from Dixon Ranch and raised safety and nuisance concerns tied to the APA removal.
"I am a retired district attorney... I live in Lehi, and I'm addressing item number 6," Scovell said, describing sidewalk gaps, inadequate lighting near schools and a trail that "just dies right there at 3200 North." He told the commission he submitted a letter to the advisory board on Nov. 11 and…
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