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Longtime residents oppose townhome rezoning near Mountain Valley subdivision
Summary
Residents at the Feb. 12 Parowan City Council meeting urged the council to halt a proposed rezoning near Mountain Valley Subdivision, arguing townhomes would permanently remove agricultural use and worsen existing road-safety concerns; the matter was previously tabled by the planning commission and will be re-noticed.
Shelly Roy, a Parowan resident of 57 years, opened public comment at the Feb. 12 council meeting opposing a proposed zone change near Mountain Valley Subdivision, saying the proposal would be an "inappropriate use of agricultural land" and warning the land "could never be returned to its prior use." She told the council the area suffers from inadequate infrastructure, citing a single ingress/egress that she described as "one of the worst roads in town."
Her husband, Tim Roy, followed with traffic and notice concerns, estimating that a modest development of 100 homes could generate "200 or more additional vehicle trips per day" through the subdivision and contending that the council's 300-foot notice radius did not adequately reach many affected neighbors. City Manager Dan Jessen clarified staff followed the city's noticing policy and that the applicant initiated the rezoning; the planning commission tabled the application and it will be re-noticed when revised materials are submitted.
The council took no action on the zone change at this meeting; Mayor Mollie Halterman reminded attendees the hearing originally planned for the evening had been re-noticed because the planning commission had tabled the request and a future properly noticed hearing will be scheduled.
