11-3-1. Stansbury Recreation Service Area.

The Stansbury Recreation Service Area was established by Ordinance No. 81-18 which was adopted on December 12, 1981. Ordinance 81-18 took effect upon its publication which was on December 29, 1981. Ordinance 81-18, as amended, is as follows:

(1) Establishment of a County Service Area. There is hereby created and established in the County of Tooele, State of Utah, a County service area. Said service area is ordered and declared duly formed, organized and established under and by virtue of the provisions of Title 17, Chapter 29, U.C.A 1953, as amended, (redesignated as Sections 17A-2-401 through 431 in 1990 by the Utah Legislature), and the same is hereby deemed a body corporate and politic and a quasi municipal public corporation of the County of Tooele, State of Utah.

(2) Name of Service Area. The corporate name of said service area is and shall hereafter be known as "Stansbury Recreation Service Area of Tooele County". (The name of this service area was changed from Tooele County Service Area No. Two by Ordinance No. 84-7)

(3) Authority of Service Area. Said service area shall have and exercise through its proper officers all the power and authority conferred upon service areas by law for the purposes as herein provided.

(4) Boundaries. The boundaries of said service area and the territory included therein are commonly known as Stansbury Park and are described with particularity, definiteness and certainty as follows:

Beginning at a point at the junction of the South right-of-way line of State Highway 138 and the West right-of-way line of State Highway 36, said point of beginning lying N 6230' E. 1650 feet more or less from the SW Corner of Section 10, Township 2 South, Range 4 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, thence following said West right-of-way line S 542' E. 4647.92 feet; thence continuing along said West right-of-way line S 1135' W. 4491.14 feet; thence N 7100' W. 820 feet; thence N 7900' W 470 feet; thence N 6600' West. 750 feet; thence N 8800' W. 680 feet; thence N 3900' W 870 feet; thence N 6200' W 360 feet; thence S 7900' W. 430 feet; thence S 5600' W. 1020 feet; thence N 5500' W. 1090 feet; thence N 4500' W. 3013 feet to the South right-of-way line of State Highway 138; thence following said South right-of-way line N 5908' E. 1740 feet; thence N 6100' E. 710 feet; thence N 6242' E. 1945.62 feet; thence N 5900' E. 1560 feet; thence continuing along said right-of-way line N 5050' E. 3891.91 feet to point of beginning. (Containing approximately 938 acres.)

(5) Services Provided. The service area is hereby empowered to provide and extend the following services to the area as they are deemed necessary and desirable by the governing body thereof and as the needs for such services arise and develop, to-wit: acquisition, development, operation and maintenance of recreation facilities, which may include but are not limited to golf courses, tennis courts, playgrounds, athletic fields, swimming pools, lakes, clubhouses, and such other recreation facilities as may be owned by said service area.

(6) Board of Trustees.  The Board of Commissioners of Tooele County shall initially appoint a board of trustees for said service area, consisting of 3 members to serve for terms of 2, 4 and 6 years respectively, from the first Monday in January, 1983.  After the initial appointment, except for appointments made to fill unexpired terms, all trustees of the service area shall be elected to four-year terms by the qualified voters of the service area as follows:

An election shall be held on the first Wednesday in December, 1984, for the appointed trustee whose term expires the first Monday in January, 1985.  Thereafter, an election shall be held each succeeding 2 years on the first Wednesday in December next preceding the expiration of the term of office of an incumbent trustee.  Each trustee so subsequently elected shall serve for a term of four years and until his successor is elected.  (Elections for the Board of Trustees was provided for by Ord. No. 84-7)

(7) Authority of Board of Trustees. The board of trustees of the service area shall have, and they are hereby vested with the powers, duties and responsibilities conferred upon such board by Title 17, Chapter 29, U.C.A. 1953, as amended, (redesignated as Sections 17A-2-401 through 418 by the Utah Legislature in 1990), and all laws amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and such as may be by law hereinafter provided.

(8) Organization of the Board of Trustees. The members of the board of trustees as initially designated herein shall meet as soon after enactment of this ordinance or is practicable, and shall organize into a board of trustees in the manner prescribed by law. Each of said trustees shall execute, record and file a corporate surety bond in the amount and in the manner prescribed by law for County Commissioners. The premiums on said bonds shall be paid for by the service area.

At the time of the first meeting of the board of trustees, each trustee shall take an oath of office and shall file the same with the County Clerk of Tooele County as required by law.

(9) Payment for Services. Payment for services that are to be provided to the service area as listed in this ordinance shall be by means of ad valorem property taxes levied upon the property of the area, or by the imposition and collection of service charges or fees from the users of the services provided, or shall be by a combination of both such taxes and charges or fees. The details of payment for such services shall be as established by the board of trustees of the service area at the time when the cost of such services can be accurately determined, or at the time when it is determined that bonds or other obligations of the service area will be necessary to provide for the financing of the desired facilities. (Ord. 95-19,9/12/95; Ord. 92-5, 9/1/92)