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June 30, 2021

 

 

  • Commissioners approve three new subdivisions within county

By Myrna Trauntvein
TN Correspondent

Three county subdivisions were considered by the county commission on Monday and all three were approved but one had some conditions attached.

Colby Park, county planning director, and Tracy Painter, assistant planning director, met with commissioners to get approval for the four subdivisions.

The first was Sunrise Mountain Estates that will be built between the Current Creek Electric Plant on the south and the sPower solar farm both located west of Mona.

“It will be built along the Goshen Highway just north of the White Barn Estates,” said Park. “They have agreed with the White Barn Estates to use the same well for water.”

The well would be sufficient to serve the homes, he said. The state wants one-half acre foot per lot and they have that.

The estate, as proposed by Mark and Caleb Washburn, will have three five-acre lots and was recommended by the county planning commission.

Clinton Painter, commissioner, made the motion to allow the subdivision and Marvin Kenison, commissioner, made the second. Richard Hansen, commission chairman, called for a vote and all three voted in favor.

The second was located west of Nephi west of Stotz Equipment, at 2060 West Highway 132 on property once known as the Hadley Pitts Farm.

“It is located at approximately 3000 West,” said Park. “Dr. Grant Rasmussen, MD is proposing a six-lot subdivision to be known as the Rasmussen Farm Subdivision.”

“There is a well but they will need to refresh it,” said T. Painter.

The county planning commission also recommended accepting the subdivision, said Park.

C. Painter made the motion to accept the subdivision, Kenison made the second and all voted in favor.

John’s Way Subdivision is located by the Kay’s Subdivision in northeast Mona and would have three one-acre lots.

Doran Kay and Bill Sutherland applied for a permit to build the subdivision but need to agree with the owners of the Kay subdivision on who should pay for the other half of the road, said Park.

“The planning commission said that there should be a condition that they should work to solve the road issue and that they should also have a turnaround,” said T. Painter. “The road would need to be surfaced.”

A request of the road department is that they should have a turnaround to make it possible for garbage and road equipment to turnaround there, said Lynn Ingram, county road department superintendent,

“I think it needs to be put into a written agreement,” said Hansen.

“A building permit cannot be issued until the conditions are met,” said Park.

Ryan Peters, county attorney, said that Perry Davis, senior deputy county attorney, would work on the agreement with the developers.

Kenison made the motion to approve the subdivision with the conditions that the road surfacing issue be resolved and that there be a turnaround. C. Painter made the second and all commissioners voted in favor.