Salt Lake Tribune · Dec 1, 2019
San Juan County OKs guidelines for Spanish Valley development that could double county population
(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) Five miles south of Moab, Spanish Valley is expected to see rapid growth as a $13 million water and sewer project nears completion.Debate over the future of fast-growing Spanish Valley dominated meetings over the past few weeks in San Juan County as a multiyear planning process advances for thousands of acres of private and state trust land south of Moab.
Ordinances and zoning maps for the area were passed by the San Juan County Commission on Nov. 19, just days before the expiration of a six-month commercial building moratorium. The actions impose initial guidelines for a development that could eventually double the county’s current population of 15,000.