The undoing of the rezone for two development projects in Tooele County at the polls in November 2020 had their origins in a movement that started in Erda in 2018.
As 2018 drew to a close, the Tooele County Clerk Marilyn Gillette was verifying signatures on six referendum petitions for developments approved for Erda that would put those land use decisions by the Tooele County Commission on a ballot.
One of the petitions was for the Skywalk development, a 246-acre planned unit development south of state Route 138 and west of the Tooele Valley Airport.
Tooele County officials declared that petition for a referendum to be invalid, because the development agreement for a planned unit development is an administrative action and according to state code only legislative decisions are subject to referendums. A judge agreed with the county’s decision, but the judge left a door open for Erda citizens with the statement that the development agreement requires the developer to seek zoning c