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Box Elder County approves one agricultural protection area, delays others pending zoning
Summary
After a public hearing with farmers and residents, the Box Elder County Commissioners approved an agricultural protection area for a Brigham City parcel, approved one Anderson parcel while denying five others for lack of agricultural zoning, and denied an application from RE Farms until applicants obtain zoning. Commissioners credited application $
Commissioner Perry opened a public hearing on three proposed agricultural protection areas, telling attendees the tool is intended to give farmers legal protection in civil disputes with neighbors over typical agricultural activities.
County staff and applicants described three separate applications: a Larson application in the Brigham City area (resolution 25-15), an Anderson application that included six parcels (resolution 25-14), and an application from RE Farms. Scott Lyons of the county’s community development staff explained state review criteria and told the commission that state code requires applying criteria in section 17-41-305 when reviewing protection-area applications. He said several parcels in the Anderson and RE Farms applications are in unzoned areas and therefore do…
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