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Commission approves two zone changes, zoning amendments and multiple interagency agreements
Summary
The Iron County Commission approved two zone changes (Parowan commercial and a Newcastle agriculture rezone), adopted text amendments to off-street parking and vehicle-storage rules, ratified a memorandum with BZI Innovation Park, accepted Forest Service OHV maintenance terms and approved cooperative wildfire participation; commissioners also approved a letter-of-intent approach to purchase a section of the Belt Route corridor.
Iron County commissioners used their April meeting to clear multiple items on the agenda, approving two zone changes, adopting zoning-code amendments, ratifying infrastructure agreements and authorizing interagency wildfire and recreation arrangements.
Zone changes: The commission approved Ordinance 2026-6 to rezone about 15.58 acres west of Parowan from R-5 (residential 5 acre) to commercial at the southwest corner of 200 South and 2200 West. Planning staff noted infrastructure at the northeast corner of the parcel and said no development is proposed with the map amendment. The body also approved Ordinance 2026-7, changing roughly 1,106 acres west of Newcastle from A-20 to Intensive Agriculture after the applicant agreed to record a voluntary restriction excluding…
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