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Parowan dedicates 1200 West to complete land swap with Iron County
Summary
The Parowan Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously approved a plat to formally dedicate 1200 West as a 60-foot public right-of-way, a step required to complete a property exchange that transfers the landfill parcel to Iron County and gives Parowan ownership of a gravel pit and an adjacent 17-acre staging parcel.
Parowan’s Planning and Zoning Commission on July 1 voted unanimously to approve a plat dedicating 1200 West as a public road, a procedural step city staff said was necessary to complete a property exchange with Iron County. City Manager Dan Jessen told commissioners the road exists physically but had not been formally dedicated, so the City will record the plat and deed the 60-foot right-of-way to the city prior to transferring the underlying landfill parcel to the County.
Jessen outlined the terms of the trade: “the City is conveying to Iron County the land underlying the county-operated landfill near 1200 West, and in return, the City is receiving the gravel pit on 300 East along with the adjacent parcel behind it.” He said survey work — funded by Iron County as part of the agreement — recorded several existing easements on the landfill property, including a waterline from the mountain, an access road to property above the landfill and to the City’s water tank, and utility infrastructure such as a tower used for radio-reading meters and an InfoWest tower.
Jessen said the parcel behind the gravel pit is roughly 17 acres and will serve as a staging area for gravel operations. “The 17-acre parcel serves as a needed staging area, and together with adjacent City-owned parcels, it allows the City to effectively operate the gravel pit,” he said. He added that acquiring operational control over the gravel pit also supports the City’s water infrastructure plans: in high-runoff years the City intends to sink recharge water into the gravel pit to benefit the local aquifer, a use previously allowed by agreement with the County but now under direct City control.
Commissioner Weston Reese asked for confirmation about what the City receives in the trade; Jessen said that after accounting for recorded easements and the road dedication, the exchange is roughly acre-for-acre in usable land. The County will retain mutual access to mine gravel from both sites, Jessen said. Andy Nelson moved to approve the road dedication; Jerry Vesely seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
The plat-recording and dedication are administrative steps the City needed to complete before the deed transfer to Iron County. The Commission did not attach conditions to the dedication; staff will proceed with the recording and the subsequent property conveyance processes.
