A contentious election over whether to create a new town on a stretch of rolling hillsides near Kamas is officially off after the Utah Supreme Court refused Tuesday evening to reverse a lower court decision blocking the vote.

The ruling means that the vote on whether to incorporate Summit County’s West Hills — which had split residents who cherished their rural lifestyle and those who wanted more latitude to divide and develop their property — will have to wait until at least next year.

The decision came hours after the justices heard arguments from an attorney for Derek Anderson, the developer proposing the new township, urged the court to let the voters — who had already received ballots — decide West Hills’ fate.

A week from Election Day, Justice Paige Petersen acknowledged the cou

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