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Show mi Don't Favor Development t By MARK D. MICKELSEN FARMINGTON A Davis County official said Wednesday Wednes-day he does not want to see the Charles Clark subdivision built near Farmington, but admits there is little the county can do now to stop the construction. con-struction. COM. MORRIS Swapp said Farmington city ought to be the one to make the final decision deci-sion on the project since they will have to provide services to the multi-lot development, located lo-cated on 1800 West and Burke Lane. Since Mr. Clark already has claim to the water rights and owns the land there, the county coun-ty commission has very little recourse on the matter. A COUPLE of residents who now live near the development area, and a lawyer for the Mormon Mor-mon Church complained to the commission two weeks ago that the new subdivision will endanger Spring Creek, one of the area's natural waterways, and decrease the culinary water wa-ter supply for existing occupants. occu-pants. Com. Swapp said if the county decided it did not want Clark to build in the area.and Clark sued, there is little doubt Mr. Clark would win the suit. HE SAID the only recourse the residents of the area have is to convince the developer not to build in the area. But as for the county. Com. Swapp said, "You can only hold him off so long, then he's going to have to put us to the test." HE NOTED that officials from Farmington city have taken no action to stop the development, de-velopment, nor have they contacted con-tacted the county about a plan to do so. Asked about the danger of pollution to. Spring Creek, the: commissioner said if Clark's! development causes problems for the tributary, the owners of the Spring Creek Irrigation Co. will have to deal with those problems. The commission, he said, would have no jurisdiction jurisdic-tion over the matter. AT PRESENT, the county commission has taken the Clark issue under advisement until a storm drainage plan can be approved for the develop-ment. develop-ment. . Residents of the area near the proposed subdivision have complained that water pressure press-ure and water supplies in the sector are already in bad enough shape without adding more homes to the area. ONE OF the Mormon Church's lawyers told the commission several weeks ago that the water from one of the wells is so contaminated, the church is hauling in drinking water for its farm employees. One of the Mormon Church's stake farms is located lo-cated only about 50 yards from the border of the proposed Clark subdivision. |