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Commission adopts ordinance to allow asphalt production; Staker & Parson get business license
Summary
The commission approved a business license for Staker & Parson Companies' ready‑mix plant and adopted Ordinance 26-3 adding a conditional-use designation for asphalt production in agricultural zones, allowing the company to pursue a conditional-use hearing later in May; benefits cited include eliminating ~50,000 tons of asphalt trucked over Logan Canyon annually and creating 3–4 local jobs.
The Rich County Commission on May 13 approved a business license for Staker & Parson Companies to operate a ready‑mix concrete plant and gravel facility on SR-30 and then adopted Ordinance 26-3 to add a conditional-use designation for asphalt production in the agricultural zone. Company representatives Jason Lutz and Jake Goodle described the proposed asphalt plant adjacent to the quarry and said it would reduce hauling through Logan Canyon by about 50,000 tons per year and create 3–4 local jobs.
County Attorney Ben Willoughby explained the statutory context: although Utah Code authorizes asphalt batching as an extension of gravel pit operations, the existing conditional-use process is required because Parsons' permit postdates an agricultural zoning restriction. The ordinance adds asphalt production as a conditional use so the company may proceed through Planning & Zoning; a conditional-use hearing was already scheduled for later in May. No public comment was received at the hearing, and the commission voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 26-3.
The business license and ordinance approvals allow Staker & Parson to pursue the conditional-use hearing and required air-quality permitting; company officials said air quality would be managed with a state-regulated baghouse.
