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Commission recommends modified-agricultural uses and development agreement for large ranch property, with city coordination urged
Summary
The commission recommended that county commissioners allow limited commercial uses in an agricultural zone (hotel, restaurant, cabins) under a development agreement for roughly 1,800 acres, while urging coordination with the neighboring city on water, emergency services and annexation implications.
The Kane County Planning Commission voted May 13 to recommend that the county commission approve a development agreement allowing specified commercial uses within an agricultural zone on two large parcels (roughly 1,800 acres total), while preserving the remainder under a conservation easement.
Staff told the commission the proposal keeps the land in the agricultural zone but authorizes specific uses by agreement rather than a broad rezoning; applicants described a plan to place the majority of acreage into a conservation easement and to limit built area. “The development agreement is for the project conceptually… before anything is finally approved there would actually need to be a PUD with full site plan, all of the engineering,” an applicant representative said.
The Kanab city manager addressed the commission and said the city had not yet made a decision and asked for close coordination on water, fire and police response; he said many services for the project would be best coordinated with the city and that the city has 90 days to respond on annexation and intergovernmental coordination. Commissioners debated whether the county should presuppose future annexation; several members urged strong coordination but stopped short of mandating annexation. One commissioner also expressed concerns about how conservation easements are funded and whether public dollars would be used to purchase easements.
After discussion, a motion recommending approval of the development agreement and permitted modified uses was moved, seconded and carried. The commission’s recommendation, including suggested conditions about city coordination and infrastructure planning, will be transmitted to the county commission.
