Dakota Pacific Development

The company has one year to file final paperwork and make a town out of the 50 acres it hopes to develop.

Whether or not the town happens is up to the developer, not voters.

While the developer seeks permits and administrative approvals, its application to form a town is still active.

Utah law requires a public hearing on the town, but a 2025 state law appears to allow the development regardless of whether incorporation proceeds.

Local government took the ordinance off the books since a state law allows the project anyway.

A judge had ruled the referendum moot since the Kimball Junction development is allowed under state law.

Protect Summit County wants the county council to undo the Kimball Junction development's first approval, paving the way for a second legal challenge.

A judge says a referendum wouldn't have any effect on the controversial Kimball Junction development because it's allowed under a new state law.

A pending court case concerning the referendum on the December agreement loomed over their decision Wednesday.

The clerk's attorneys responded to a citizen petition in court Monday, arguing Utah referendum law is black-and-white.