By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
Following a public hearing on the
Mona City Water Tanks Annexation, council members adopted
the annexation ordinance.
The new annexation consists of
562.95 acres. Some of the property, in the annexation, is
designated R-1 (residential), some as C-1 (commercial) and
some is designated as being in a transition holding
zone.
Allen Pay, water master,
questioned why the annexation had the holding, or transition
zone. He wondered at the two separate zones, the R-1 and the
Transition zones.
"We have agreements with those
who are seeking development," said Cory Squire, council
member.
Those areas were given the R-1
zone. Other areas, those above the freeway, for example,
will be designated as commercial development , or C-1.
Currently, Barnes Bullets will have that
designation.
Other properties in the
transition zone as they seek development, will need to apply
as subdivisions and will then need to have a zone
designation.
A transition zone is the area at
the periphery of the residential zone and is often
predominately residential but may also include retail and
office uses or other uses which may be designated in future
zoning plans. Its development intensity is compatible with
existing or future development.
Pay also questioned the
acceptance of part of Pat Painter's developed property
saying that the water line did not meet current city code.
The line should be 8-inches and should be looped. It was
6-inches, he said, and was not looped.
"The standard was 6-inches at the
time," said Painter. "We met the requirements of that
time."
He could not be held to the new
subdivision ordinance since his construction pre-dated the
annexation of his property.
Property east of the freeway to
the water tanks, north of Cemetery Lane, is part of the
annexation. That property, excluding Barnes Bullets to be
built east of the freeway, belongs to Patrick and Tonya
Painter, Gordon and Rhonda Jarrett, Utah Power & Light
Co. and Mona Irrigation Company.
However, the largest number of
acres being annexed which belongs to approximately 27
landowners, is located south and west of the freeway. That
property will become residential.
The property east of the freeway
is being considered as possible commercial development
property.
The city is also planning the
development of a holding pond. Plans are to build the pond
this construction year.
Harry Newell, council member,
said he thought it was a good plan to build the water
storage pond this year.
"Should the sewer be a
consideration before the annexation is adopted?" asked Lynn
Ingram, city planning commission chairman.
If the city does adopt a plan to
build a city sewer system, said Bryce Lynn, mayor, all
subdivisions will need to put in the sewer lines as part of
the development of infrastructure during the early stages of
construction.
That will come along with
streets, gas lines, water lines, utility installation and
secondary water lines.
"We should decide, fairly soon,
what we are going to do about the sewer system," said Gordon
Anderson, council member. "We need to decide whether or not
we are going to develop a sewer system."
Putting a sewer system in the
early stages of development was much less, almost one-third
the cost, of putting sewer lines into an already developed
area.
Pay said the city needs to have
the tanks annexed into the city to give them greater control
over the culinary water source protection.
Source water best management
practices are standard operating procedures that can reduce
the threats that activities at homes, businesses, farms, and
industries can pose to water supplies.
With the water tanks as part of
the annexation, the city will have the needed power to help
protect drinking water sources.
The council approved the
annexation ordinance and authorized Mayor Lynn to sign the
necessary documents.
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