MELVILLE v. SALT LAKE COUNTY

No. 13734.

536 P.2d 133 (1975)

Marvin A. MELVILLE and Renee B. Melville, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SALT LAKE COUNTY, a body politic, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Knowlton, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

R. Paul Van Dam, Salt Lake County Atty., Kent T. Lewis, John G. Avery, Deputy Salt Lake County Attys., Salt Lake City, for defendants-respondents.


ELLETT, Justice:

The plaintiffs appeal from an adverse ruling holding that the Albion Basin was properly and legally zoned so that no house could be erected on less than fifty acres of ground. They contend that the zoning ordinance is capricious and arbitrary and that it was not legally enacted.

It will be noted that Salt Lake City, which derives a part of its culinary water from the basin, makes no contention of pollution; that the County Fire Department...

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