Road Grand Opening - On June 2nd, a two-mile section of Mountain View Corridor from 12600 South to Rosecrest Drive (14400 South), will open to the public and give you the opportunity to run it before you drive it. Join your community by participating in the free 5K Fun Run or 1 Mile Walk...stretch your legs on our new stretch of road. The fun starts at 10:00 a.m. at Foothills Park (14090 S. 4830 W.). Refreshments and activities in the park until Noon.  No registration required.

4800 West Road Closure - Effective June 4, 2012, 4800 West will permanently close from Juniper Crest Road to Cedar Point Peak Drive. The new Mountain View Corridor will connect to Cedar Point Peak Drive, Juniper Crest, Rosecrest Drive and Mt. Ogden Peak Road. Citizens south of 13400 South can connect to the northbound section of the Mountain View Corridor via Rosecrest Drive. To see a short video on navigating MVC from 12600 South to 14400 South, click here.

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012, the Riverton City Council accepted the Mayor's Tentative Budget for 2012-2013. As part of the budget process, Riverton City will hold public hearings on June 5th and June 19th at 6:30 p.m. at Riverton City Hall to receive citizen input regarding the tentative budget. Click here to review the Mayor's Budget.

Come run with us and support the American Cancer Society in the 2nd Annual Cancer Thrasher 5K in conjunction with the Riverton Arts Festival on Saturday, June 9^th. Race will start at 7:00 a.m. at the Riverton City Park, 12765 S. 1400 W. Register online by June 7^th at www.active.com/running/riverton-ut. T-shirts are guaranteed with all registrations received by June 1. For additional information, contact Brittany Gonder at britterny@comcast.net or at (801) 953-9417. 

The 2012 Riverton Arts Festival will be held on June 7th, 8th, and 9th and will host "hands-on art" activities as well as live performances. Festival times end each night at 10:00 p.m. Opening times are Thursday at 5:00 p.m., Friday at Noon and Saturday at 7:00 a.m. The festival will be held at Riverton City park located at 12800 South 1450 West. Free admission

In April of this year, the Riverton City Council adopted changes to the City's ordinance regarding detached accessory buildings such as garages and sheds.  The purpose of the ordinance amendment was to clarify the requirements in the ordinance, and to help address concerns regarding the potential impacts of large accessory buildings on adjacent properties. One of the more significant changes was to the section of the ordinance dealing with buildings smaller than 120 square feet, which includes small sheds. The previous ordinance required the same building materials and placement on property for small sheds as for large detached garages. The City Council adopted updated language that allows more flexibility on placement and building materials for accessory buildings smaller than 120 square feet. Another change was to the maximum allowed height of accessory buildings. The maximum height for an accessory building was set at twenty (20) feet for all lots under one acre in size, and accessory buildings on those lots are now limited to a single story. The language regulating exterior building materials was also clarified, with the requirement that for buildings over 120 square feet, only materials used on the home can be used on the accessory building. The ordinance includes allowances for accessory buildings used for animals and other agricultural use. The full text of the ordinance is available online, or at the Riverton City Planning Department. Please feel free to contact the Planning Department at 801-208-3141 with any questions or concerns regarding these changes.

The Salt Lake Valley Health Department will hold several Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics collection events this summer. Household hazardous waste is anything in and around your home that is poisonous, flammable, corrosive or toxic. It is many of your cleaning supplies, yard care chemicals, pesticides, fuels, batteries, used oil and antifreeze. SLVHD cannot accept explosives, radioactive materials, or old tires. Electronic waste (e-waste) includes televisions, computers, printers, fax machines, scanners, computer parts, keyboards and cell phones. Following is the 2012 Community Collection schedule. Times are 7:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. only.

SLC Sugarhouse Park (Mt. Olympus Pavilion) – 1500 E. 2100 S. - June 7, July 5, August 2
Sandy City Public Works – 8775 S. 700 W.  -  June 14, July 12, August 9
Holladay City – 4626 S. 2300 E.  -  June 21, July 19, August 16
Draper City Park – 12452 S. Galena Park Blvd. (550 W.)  -  June 28, July 26, August 23

Riverton Parks & Recreation is now accepting parade and retail vendor applications for our Riverton Town Days celebration. For more information, contact us at (801) 208-3101, or by e-mail at parksandrec@rivertoncity.com or by visiting our website at http://recreation.rivertoncity.com.

The Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center (“VECC”) responds to your 9-1-1 call and dispatches needed firefighters and police officers. These same dispatchers can also send out emergency notifications to you and the community. If you see “0000000000” on your Caller ID, answer the phone because it could be fire, police or the City calling with emergency information. To send those emergency messages, VECC uses a 9-1-1 database for home and business phone numbers obtained from Qwest. Unfortunately, if your phone service uses the Internet to make your connection, such as Comcast cable, or you use a cellular phone as your home phone number, you could be missed. To register your mobile number, visit the VECC website by clicking here. This service is quick, free and secure. You will be asked to create a login and password in order to protect your information. This will make sure you don’t miss future emergency notifications.

The City of Riverton requested a comparison study be conducted to evaluate the cost of changing the primary source of culinary water for the City. The study is being conducted in an effort to explore the City’s options to increase water quality. This study was limited to the comparison of two alternatives; 1) continue pumping water from wells owned by the City for its primary source and purchasing water from Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (JVWCD) as a back up water source for secodary and 2) convert the water purchased from JVWCD as the primary source and use well water from City owned wells as back-up culinary water source. This study includes a qualitative comparison of the two alternatives and a quantitative analysis to compare the total cost of operating the culinary water system under each of the two alternatives. To read this study, click here.

The US Census Bureau recently released census data for 2010. If you would like to review census information for Riverton City, click here.