By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
Juab County Commissioners accepted a pre-plat for a
proposed development located in the hills west of Mona
Reservoir.
Through the preliminary plan developers, J&R
Development, are proposing a 160-acre planned unit
development. There would be 51 sites for homes.
The proposal meets the requirements of the county
subdivision ordinances with one outstanding
exception&emdash;the width of the interior roadways.
"I make the motion we go ahead and accept the preliminary
plat plan," said Joseph Bernini, commissioner. He said the
commission would still have the opportunity to accept or
reject the final plat plan if changes were not made in
roadway width.
"The development is located on the west side of the road
leading past the reservoir to Goshen," said Glenn
Greenhalgh, county planning commission director.
The county commission does have the authority to allow
the development if it is not within the proposed growth area
of a community and, even if it were, the development could
be allowed if the community refused annexation.
There is a spot along the roadway from Mona to Goshen,
said Greenhalgh, where travelers can leave the paved road to
go to the shore of the reservoir. The development would be
just west of that roadway.
"One issue they will need to address is that they have
proposed a 55-foot right-of-way," said Greenhalgh. That
would result in a 28-foot strip of pavement. "The state
requires a 60-foot right-of-way," he said.
Narrow roads are not desirable even when they are city
streets, said Robert Steele, commissioner. "Nebo Heights
subdivision in Nephi has narrower streets that the 60-foot
requirement and it leads to a lot of congestion."
He said, in his opinion, the proposed subdivision should
be held to the 60-foot requirement.
Rocky Ridge, the newest community in the county, had
needed only a dirt road into the property before it became a
town and was just a farming area. Now that it was a growing
community, a better road was needed.
"We need to be sure we get all the development
requirements in writing before the construction phase," said
Steele.
"Do they have the necessary culinary water?" asked Wm.
Boyd Howarth, commission chair.
If the commission approves the preliminary plan, said
Greenhalgh, then the developers could get the necessary
water. They needed the preliminary approval to purchase the
water and get approval for the change of source from the
state.
"This is not the final plan," said Greenhalgh.
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