A major sand and gravel producer’s alleged attempts to evade local land-use authority in Salt Lake County has resulted in another lawsuit over Utah’s booming aggregate-extraction industry.
The city of Draper seeks to block the gravel producer’s attempt to evade local land-use rules as it expands Point of the Mountain quarry.
The city of Draper filed suit Monday, asking the 3rd District Court to invalidate Geneva Rock’s claim that its Point of the Mountain quarry is a “vested mining use” under Utah law. Yet in November, Geneva filed a notice with the county recorder, declaring a right to mine at its operations at Point of the Mountain, setting off alarm bells for Draper city officials who fear the quarry aims to exploit loopholes in state law.
Reached Monday, Ally Isom, chief marketing officer with Geneva’s corporate parent Clyde Companies, gave a brief statement, striking a conciliatory tone.
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