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Planning commission backs tighter standards for water-rights conveyances to city
Summary
The Tooele City Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the city council adopt a text amendment allowing staff to evaluate and refuse conveyance of water rights that appear to be "paper" rights or lack demonstrable developable source, efficiency, or water-quality support.
The Tooele City Planning Commission on Wednesday recommended unanimously that the city council adopt a text amendment to Tooele City Code Title 7, Chapter 26, Section 3 that narrows which water rights the city will accept for new development.
The change, presented by Paul Hansen of city staff, would explicitly allow the city to evaluate proposed rights and "in its discretion" refuse conveyances that do not demonstrate a developable…
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