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Commission vacates Willard Canyon trail easement, approves subdivision improvements and zoning updates
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Summary
The commission adopted Ordinance #646 vacating a historic trail easement in Willard Canyon, approved a subdivision improvement agreement for Lookout Mountain Phase 2 with attorney-recommended corrections, and adopted Ordinances #647 and #648 to rezone one parcel and update multiple sections of the Land Use Code.
Box Elder County commissioners on March 25 approved several land-use items that will affect development and public access in the Willard and Riverside areas.
Key actions: The commission adopted Ordinance #646 to vacate a historic 3-foot-wide trail right-of-way in Willard Canyon after the planning commission recommended the vacation and county notice procedures were followed. Commissioners also approved Agreement #26-10, the Lookout Mountain Phase 2 Subdivision Improvement Agreement covering required infrastructure for a 10-lot subdivision northwest of the Riverside area; county counsel requested the plat and agreement show consistent party names and signatures before final recordation. The commission additionally adopted Ordinance #647 rezoning a ten-acre parcel in Elwood from unzoned to RR-2 (Rural Residential, two-acre minimum) and adopted Ordinance #648 to clean up code references and implement recent legislative changes across multiple sections of the Land Use Management Code.
Staff context: Community Development Director Scott Lyons described surrounding land uses and explained the Planning Commission had forwarded recommendations that the County Commission adopt the vacate and the rezoning. Attorney Stephen Hadfield advised clarifying party names in subdivision documents to ensure the plat and the improvement agreement match.
Votes and procedure: Each ordinance and the subdivision agreement passed on unanimous roll call votes (Chairman Tyler Vincent; Commissioners Boyd Bingham and Lee Perry voted yea). County staff will update documents per attorney recommendations prior to final recording.
Why it matters: The Willard Canyon easement vacation changes the formal public-rights configuration in an area used historically as a trail; the Lookout Mountain agreement authorizes and requires specific improvements for a new 10-lot subdivision; the rezoning brings an unzoned parcel into a defined rural-residential category, and the code text amendments update references and implement legislative changes across the land-use code.
Next steps: County staff will ensure signatures and party names are consistent on the Lookout Mountain plat and agreement and will record documents and ordinances according to county procedures.