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After resident complaints, Emery County commissioners restrict conditional-use permits on nonconforming lots and ask staff to draft commercial zoning
Summary
Following public complaints and litigation over nonconforming one-acre lots, commissioners voted to end issuance of conditional-use permits on nonconforming (sub-10-acre) lots and directed staff to pursue a commercial zoning ordinance; the commission also authorized sending a planning commission letter to a complaining property owner, Jason Merrill.
Emery County commissioners moved on June 3 to stop issuing conditional-use permits (CUPs) for nonconforming lots—defined in discussion as lots smaller than the county’s 10-acre conforming size—and directed planning staff to draft a commercial zoning ordinance to provide defined commercial areas.
The action followed public comment by two residents and a long, detailed statement from property owner Jason Merrill, who said he bought a one-acre…
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