Conditional Use Application in Pinecrest
November 16, 2018
Yesterday morning, the Emigration Metro Township Planning Commission met to review a conditional use application, #30473, by Mr. John Walsh for commercial and private recreation on his property at 2348 Pinecrest Canyon Rd.
The application includes a request for a pistol range, a rifle range, parking, a picnic gazebo, zip lines, and a sledding area. A packet of information is available at: https://www.utah.gov/pmn/files/441425.pdf
The application has been in review by Salt Lake County Planning and Development Services for about the last year. The Emigration Metro Township Planning Commission became aware of this application two weeks ago, when they were notified by the County of the need for a meeting to consider this application.
At the Planning Commission meeting yesterday, the Emigration Canyon Community Council Chair, Steve Borst, submitted a statement on behalf of Canyon residents (read below). More than 20 Canyon residents expressed concerns including wildfire hazards, limitations of the narrow road in Upper Pinecrest, noise from the proposed firing ranges, impingement on rights of way for trails, stress on water resources, and lead hazards from discharged ammunition.
We thank the Commissioners for allowing each person to speak and for their thoughtful consideration of all comments.
The County will post the minutes and a recording of the meeting on the Public Meeting Notification website: https://www.utah.gov/pmn/sitemap/publicbody/1562.html. On that page, you can click “Email Subscription” to receive future meeting notices by email.
The Planning Commission deferred a decision until more information can be obtained and all citizen’s concerns can be expressed. A Planning Commission meeting in December will be a “site visit” to the Walsh property. Information about that meeting will be posted on the Public Meeting Notification page above.
The Emigration Metro Township Planning Commission and the Salt Lake County Planning and Development will continue to receive community input. You may write a letter regarding this application and email it to Curtis Woodward at cwoodward@slco.org.
Sincerely,
The Emigration Canyon Community Council
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