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County adopts new gravel-pit rules after hours of public comment; ordinance passes 2-1
Summary
After extensive public testimony on dust, road impacts and property values, the Utah County Commission adopted an amendment to sections 2.2 and 3.25 tightening requirements for gravel/extraction operations, including a clarified half-mile buffer language; the measure passed 2-1 with Commissioner Graves opposed.
The Utah County Commission on [date not specified in the transcript] adopted an amendment to county land-use sections 2.2 and 3.25 that adds clarified, county-specific language governing extraction operations located within a half-mile of existing dwellings or active agricultural production in Utah County. The ordinance passed 2-1, with Commissioners Lee and Ivy voting in favor and Commissioner Graves opposed.
The most contested part of the amendment inserts a half-mile-radius clarification and requires applicants to submit an operations plan addressing hours of operation, noise mitigation, landscaping, dust containment and lighting; the plan must receive county approval. Commissioner Ivy said the change is intended as a “virtual…
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