O-51-2025 - Adopting Water Use and Preservation Element as an Appendix to the 2018 EMC General Plan
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Ordinances
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Event Start Date & Time
November 21, 2025 02:50 PM
Description/Agenda
ORDINANCE NO. O-50-2025
AN ORDINANCE OF EAGLE MOUNTAIN CITY, UTAH, ADOPTING THE
WATER USE AND PRESERVATION ELEMENT AS AN APPENDIX TO THE 2018
EAGLE MOUNTAIN CITY GENERAL PLAN
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, Utah Code §10-20-404 requires municipalities to adopt a water
use and preservation plan addressing water demand, infrastructure impacts,
opportunities for conservation, and the elimination of practices that waste water; and
WHEREAS, Eagle Mountain City has worked with Bowen Collins and
Associates over several months to prepare the Water Use and Preservation Element
to meet these statutory requirements and guide future water-related decisionmaking;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposed document and
recommended approval subject to revisions addressing updated population
projections, clarification of infrastructure and Great Salt Lake impacts, and
clarification regarding water sources acquired by residential developers -- all of
which have been incorporated into the final draft; and
WHEREAS, Utah Code §10-20-404 requires adoption of a water use and
preservation plan by December 31, 2025, and the City intends to integrate this
document into the comprehensive General Plan update scheduled for completion in
2026.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of Eagle Mountain City, Utah:
1. The Water Use and Preservation Element is hereby adopted as an appendix
to the 2018 Eagle Mountain City General Plan until the completion of the
City's full General Plan update in 2026.
2. The adopted document is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit A.
3. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its first posting or publication.
ADOPTED by the City Council of Eagle Mountain City, Utah, this 18th day of November,
2025.
EAGLE MOUNTAIN CITY, UTAH