By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
State law does not require that county commissioners
sign-off on subdivisions but Juab County ordinance does.
For that reason, commissioners agreed to allow final
approval for three subdivisions in Juab County which are all
located near Mona. They did so on condition that the
subdivisions meet requirements of a final review by the
county planning commission.
The three subdivisions approved were Burraston View,
Burraston Hill and Old 91.
"We will verify the mylar which we just received,"
said Glenn Greenhalgh, the county planning commission
director.
"All three subdivisions do meet our current
ordinance," he said.
Bob Garrett, county road supervisor, does not like the
subdivisions, said Greenhalgh.
"He thinks the roads in the subdivisions should be
paved," he said, "as do many other folks."
However, the roads are not paved but will be graveled
because the ordinance covering building in the county did
not specify that roads must be paved in cluster
subdivisions. New planning ordinances are changing that and
roads will now be paved.
"In the future," said Neil Cook, commission chairman,
"all roads in subdivisions in the county will be paved."
The subdivisions will each have a low number of homes.
The first, Burraston View, will have six lots and the other
two will have seven each.
"The subdivisions are smaller than they were when they
were first proposed," said Greenhalgh.
Developers, Jim McWilliams and Paul McPherson, will be
installing septic sewer systems and will drill a well for
each subdivision.
The Utah Division of Water Rights (State Engineer's
Office) regulates the drilling of water wells. Before the
drilling of a well commences, the well driller must receive
a start card from the State Engineer's Office.
"The state has always had a limit of how many
households could be on one system," said Greenhalgh. "They
will not approve a permit for more than seven households on
a single system."
Those limit are based on the state average of 3.13
people per household (Census estimates 2004).
The planning commission chose from the options of
naming a road in the subdivision or numbering it.
"The road has a quarter-block jog and so it is off a
bit," said Greenhalgh. "We decided to still refer to it as
1450 South."
In addition, he said, 200 West lines up with 200 West
in Mona which may be important to the future as the property
between the subdivisions and the city is adopted.
"One area of concern has been the number of access
roads leading onto Old 91," said Greenhalgh. "We required
them to close one for the safety of those entering the
road."
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