St. George • A proposal to build an RV park, hotel and gas station near the northwest entrance to Zion National Park has been rejected by county commissioners who said the rural area wasn’t equipped to handle that kind of commercial development.
Washington County commissioners unanimously voted down the proposal Tuesday despite an earlier approval from a county planning commission, the Spectrum newspaper in St. George reported.
A company called Juniper Investors was asking the commission to rezone land near the town of New Harmony off Interstate 15.
The area is near an entrance to Zion National Park that leads to a 5-mile scenic drive through the Kolob Canyons area.