What is SOCs position on real estate development in the Wasatch?
Roughly 20% of the land area in the Wasatch Mountains is privately owned and consequently open to the strong possibility of development. Generally SOC opposes real estate development in the Wasatch, especially that which threatens the watershed and natural wildness of the mountains and canyons. It does recognize that a certain amount of development will take place, but this should be minimized as much as possible and, of course, be subject to the strict enforcement of applicable zoning ordinances, most specifically the Foothills and Canyons Overlay Zone Ordinance, which was enacted in 1998 supported by a broad-based, bi-partisan group of citizens, conservation activists and Salt Lake County officials.
