Loophole is closed on town incorporation
But lawmakers failed to bail out the residents of the proposed town of Powder Mountain and three would-be town incorporators in Wasatch County. An amendment to make the bill retroactive and stop all incorporation petitions filed after Jan. 1, 2008, failed in the Senate.
HB164 closes up most of the loopholes caused by a messy bill pushed through at the tail end of the 2007 Legislative session. That bill allowed developers to incorporate a town if there are at least 100 residents and there is support from landowners possessing more than 50 percent of the property's market value and more than 50 percent of the land within the area proposed.
Now, HB164 will define several steps developers must go through to incorporate a town, and residents will have a say nearly every step of the way.
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