Proponents of a limestone quarry claim to have a “vested” right to mine 634 acres they own three miles up Parleys Canyon from Salt Lake City.
Sponsor Rep.The law now appears to have put
County officials dismiss quarry proponents’ claims as posturing and vow to stick with the new zoning amendment that bans new mines in the Wasatch foothills. Don’t count on that, said deputy mayor of regional operations Catherine Kanter, who believes that Bateman is misinterpreting the law. County officials say they have a duty to protect the health of county residents, who spoke in complete unanimity in support of the zoning change.
“It’s focused on minerals and mineral extraction. So [Tree Farm’s] focus on critical infrastructure materials doesn’t make any sense to us because it’s not in there,” Kanter said. ”There’s a distinction in the law between minerals and critical infrastructure materials.”In a letter to Utah’s property rights ombudsman, Bateman alleged the ordinance amounts to a “regulatory taking” warranting “just compensation” to Tree Farm.
Tree Farm is part owner of a century-old quarry a mile down the canyon, but the site of the proposed limestone, a ravine in the northeast side of Grandeur Peak, appears largely undisturbed.
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