The owners of 350 acres in Wasatch County, where a new resort development was proposed, withdrew their application to have the land annexed into Midway.
The public hearing scheduled for Monday night has been cancelled.
The plans would have turned what’s currently agricultural land into a resort including a 100-room hotel, 35,000 square feet of retail and 23 cottages. It would be located at 225 East 850 South in Midway.
Local sanitation agencies protested the annexation, saying the resort would be too close to the open-air sewage and wastewater treatment facility. The Midway Sanitation District and the Heber Valley Special Services District said the facility won’t be able to meet the needs generated by the development.
And a county attorney, Shelby Thurgood, said in September the annexation shouldn’t be approved because it mostly includes environmentally sensitive land.
“Most of the proposed annexation area consists of sensitive lands, and all of the concept area consists of sensitive lands,” she said.
The land under discussion also includes some individual property owners, whom Wasatch County had invited to share their opinions at the now-cancelled public hearing.
According to a county leader, the developers are expected to draw up a new proposal and resubmit their application.
