Series 23791

A separate agency history is available.

DESCRIPTION: Utah law provides each municipal government with the opportunity to appoint a planning commission to create and carry out zoning plans within the community (Utah Code Annotated, 1953, 10-9-4). The Brian Head town council created a planning commission in 1977. The five-member commission works closely with the council on all issues relating to land use and development, and in creating and revising the town's master plan. All development proposals in Brian Head must be conceptually approved by both the planning commission and the town council before developers can proceed with building details, water connection, and review by engineers and other necessary inspectors. Final proposals must be re-approved by both the planning commission and town council. The commission's primary function is evaluating development proposals. The commission provides time for public hearings on proposals and for evaluating potential conflicts of interest between board members and proposed projects. Planning commission minutes provide a summary of the planning commission's discussion as well as the names of those present.

ARRANGEMENT: Brian Head planning commission minutes are arranged chronologically by meeting date with all relevant attachments filed after the minutes for each meeting.

RESEARCH NOTE: In addition to minutes, this series includes agenda for each meeting. Beginning in 1985 the minutes also include numerous additional documents relating to commission business. Extra documents include such things as blueprints, maps, correspondence, public notices, copies of the master plan, petitions, ordinances, and development plans from other resorts. A copy of the master plan as revised in 2000 is the last item on reel 4.

RELATED RECORDS: The planning commission works very closely with the Brian Head town council, whose activities are documented in COUNCIL MINUTES, series 23790. The Brian Head board of adjustment, documented in BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MINUTES, series 23851, reviews exceptions to zoning regulations. Brian Head ORDINANCES, series 23792, provide much of the legal foundation on which the planning commission operates.

PROCESSING NOTE: Brian Head planning commission minutes were microfilmed as part of Utah State Archives Millennial Project in September 2001 and processed by Rosemary Cundiff in May 2002.

PREFERRED CITATION: Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

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