By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
A revised subdivision ordinance was approved by Juab
County Commissioners on Monday, two weeks after the proposed
amendment to the county zoning ordinance was tabled because
of the lack of a number which would fit the new county
numbering system.
It will now be 30 days before the new ordinance
replaces the old ordinance in the county books. However, the
first ordinance will remain in effect until that time.
"The ordinance goes into effect 30 days after the
ordinance is published," Glenn Greenhalgh, planning
commission director, said.
However, the entire ordinance does not need to be
published. State law makes provisions that notice of the
changes needs to be made but does not demand that the full
38-page document be published.
Greenhalgh was unable to attend the meeting held two
weeks ago but was in attendance at Monday's meeting to
explain the changes being made and the reasons for those
changes.
"I sat down with Perry Davis, one of the deputy
attorneys, and David Leavitt, county attorney," said
Greenhalgh.
The three determined, in keeping with state law, to
have commissioners approve the changes in two stages. In the
first, commissioners called for repealing the existing
ordinance from the county code.
The second replaced the ordinance with the new version
in which the two changes were made.
"Section one deals with the act of repealing the
subdivision ordinance and section two contains the new
wording and will be placed in the ordinance in place of the
repealed ordinance," said Greenhalgh.
The number for the new ordinance was also worked out.
The county recently changed the way ordinances are numbered,
which lead to some confusion among commissioners, as to what
number needed to be used to identify the ordinance.
When all county documents were codified and entered
into the county computer system, the way numbers was
assigned was modified.
Two weeks ago, Leavitt and Davis advised commissioners
to go ahead and table action on the ordinance until
Greenhalgh was able to be at the meeting.
Two small changes were designed to be placed in the
ordinance. All of the preliminary hearings have been
conducted and no protest was entered.
One of those changes limits the places cluster
subdivisions will be allowed. The planning commission
recommended the change to control where such cluster units
may be built and to protect farm ground.
Several housekeeping changes were made and
misspellings and grammar mistakes were corrected, Greenhalgh
said.
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