By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
A draft copy of the codification of Juab County
ordinances was presented to the county commission for the
commission to study before adopting.
"My guess is that there are things that you may want to
change," said David Leavitt, county attorney. "We have given
it our best shot and it represents a good deal of work but
that doesn't mean you will agree with everything."
Commissioners will study the work and make
recommendations at the next commission meeting, Monday Dec.
20.
"I would like to recommend a change right now," said
Robert Steele, commissioner. "The ordinance doesn't
specifically name RS2477 roads in the wording."
Leavitt said the wording was specifically selected to
reflect a county government attitude that all county roads
would be considered equal by commissioners. Deeded roads,
use by prescription roads, and RS2477 roads were all the
same in the ordinance.
"We can put the RS2477 road designation in the ordinance
in the definition of roads," said Leavitt.
Steele said that would make him more content with the
definition of roads and would, in his estimation, close a
loophole that may occur if the wording were left as is.
The 161 page document would take some time for
commissioners to read, said Wm. Boyd Howarth, commission
chair. However, he said, the commission would try to have
the reading done post haste so the document could be
prepared, in a final form, for adoption before the new
year.
"It is prepared so that single pages can be changed
without having to redo the entire document," said
Howarth.
Leavitt said the ordinances are all on the county
computer system and, at any time, an ordinance can be
changed without all ordinances having to be changed at the
same time.
"The codification of our ordinances was long over-do,"
said Leavitt. "They needed to be updated."
There are several headings under which the ordinances
have been arranged such as administration, amusements,
animal control regulations, building, franchises, disaster
response and emergency management.
There are also ordinances to cover fire prevention and
business regulations, nuisances, offenses and miscellaneous
provisions, roads and highways, sewers, wells, shafts, solid
waster, taxation and traffic.
There are general provisions, a county development code,
and an historic preservation commission all included in the
draft ordinances.
"This will take more than just light reading," said
Joseph Bernini, commissioner.
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