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Show Page Ten-- May 24, 1979 SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS dards for road construction within the county. OBJECTIVE 2: Encourage adjuncts to transportation within the county such as railroads, walkways, bridal paths, and diversified public transportation systems. PROGRAMS: Eliminate further incompatible land use encroachment screening. by 2. Prohibit reconstruction of any incompatible land use of its value. which has been damaged in excess of 50 1. KANE COUNTY REVISED MASTER PLAN The Kane County Commission has for some time been working on revising the County Master Plan. To get public input into the plan a public hearing will be held June 7, 1979 at 7:30 p.m. in the Courthouse. Follow ing is a tentative Goal, Objective, Policy and Program statement to assist residents in understanding the revisions. Goals are broad general statements of what you want your county to be like in the future. Objectives are measurable pieces of that goal which can be achieved in the near future. Policies are statements used to guide the achievement of different facets of each objective. Programs are the tools used to put the policies into effect. HOUSING GOAL: A safe, decent, sanitary dwelling unit for every family living in the county. OBJECTIVE 1; Maintain Kane County as a county of strong residential qualities. qualities. Policies: 1. Insure that new housing development be closely coordinated with the Countys growth policy as determined by the Countys Master Plan Land Use Element. 2. Require that new housing development be of a density compatible with adjacent land uses and public facilities. 3. Insure an orderly transition between residential zones of different densities; and residential zones and other land use zones. 4. Maintain adequate comprehensive property development standards which will provide for visual privacy, sound privacy, sufficient open space, and limit pollution and congestion within the County. 5. Encourage new housing developments to reflect new and innovative planning and construction techniques and criteria that mitigate adverse environmental impacts. 6. Reduce and prevent deteriorating conditions in the County through private and public conservation and rehabilitation programs. PROGRAMS: Ordinances to assure Elements, Zoning and consistancy of implementation as part of the procedure. 2. Prepare an information sheet and application form detailing the countys willingness to consider proposals for new and innovative construction techniques. Distribute this reinformation both to persons submitting quests and those filing for building permits. 3. Seek to obtain Housing Rehabilitation Grant Funds from HUD, FmHA and FHA. OBJECTIVE 2: Promote safe housing for all. n POLICIES: 1. Encourage site and housing desing that will discourage street crimes and crimes against property. 2. Establish a program of building code enforcement for the purpose of insuring structurally sound housing, and rehabilitating deteriorating housing stock. 3. Protect the interests of the resident by the enforcement of standards, regulations, codes and procedures for the preservation and elimination of substandard, blighted, unsanitary and inadequate housing accommodations. 4. Encourage residentail rehabilitation. 5. Implement programs. PROGRAMS: 1. Prepare and make available an information sheet on Defensive Design Technique in House Construction and Siting. 2. Require the building officer to spend at least one quarter of his time in the field on building inspection andor zoning enforcement. 3: Encourage rehabilitation of existing OBJECTIVE housing throughout the county. POLICIES: 1. Insure that new housing bfe of a density compatible with adjacent land uses and public facilities. 2. Provide educational and technical counseling to homeowners. 3. Insure a balance between residential land use intensities and the capacities of the circulation and service system facilities, and disapprove housing developments that disturb this balance. 4. Insure that all housing w'hich fails to meet prevailing standards of health and safety shall be rehabilitated or removed through a systematic program of building and housing code enforcement so as to maintain the residential character and quality of the neighborhood. 5. Strengthen neighborhood identity by physical design related to public improvements and beautification, neighborhood organization, and community facilities. 6. Involve the residents, on continuing basis, in participating in housing and neighborhood preservation and rehabilitation activities. 7. Protect residential neighborhoods, designated by the General Plan, from encroachment by incompatible land uses. 8. Restrict the expansion in incompatible land uses within residential neighborhoods and take action toward the elimination of the incompatible land uses. 9. Improve the maintenance, landscaping and appearance of existing public property within residential areas. 10. Improve design and locational standards for public facilities. 12. Undertake a continuous review of residential conditions and construction trends, to insure that adopted housing policies and programs are pursued and fulfilled. 13. Support revision of income and property tax laws to encourage housing stock rehabilitation and to discourage the continuation of substandard housing. generations. OBJECTIVE 1: Establish appropriate densities for land uses within the county. POLICIES: 1. Establish densities by amendment or addendum to existing master plan codes and ordinances. 2. Establish densities on the basis of geography, 4: eliminate land uses that threaten neighborhood integrity. POLICIES: Protect residential neighborhoods, designated by rhe General Plan, from encroachment by incompatible land uses. 2. Restrict the expansion of incompatible land uses within residential neighborhoods and take action toward the elimination of these incompatible land uses. 3. Assist owners of incompatible land uses to relocate within communities away from residential areas, to areas more compatible with their organization's activities. 4. Initiate a program which will identify existing neighborhood features that support the identity and uniqueness of neighborhoods. 5. Encourage the development and conservation of features and facilities which will promote the identity and 1. 1. Kane County commissioners should assist railroads, Federal and State agencies in the preparation of the initial E.I.S. and resultant final plans for the railroad layout. 2. Survey existing county rights of way and prepare a Hiking, Bikeway and Bridal Path plan. 3. Contact the Interstate Commerce Commission and private carriers about establishing a transportation loop between Kane, Iron, and Washington counties. 4. Solicit annual citizen input to Circulation Plan Amendments. OBJECTIVE 3: Encourage the development of communication and television systems, systems for the delivery of goods, utilities, and the management of wastes that minimize the need for extensive surface-stree- t or long distance travel. POLICIES: 1 . Cooperate with all communities in the establishment of Spheres of Influence throughout the county. 2. Cooperate with these communities to draft common standards and plans to guide development and thus avoid wasteful duplication of effort. 3. Coordinate annexations with communities on the basis of these adopted Spheres of Influence. 4. Discourage "urban types of densities of development outside these spheres. 5. Encourage incorporation or annexation of currently unincorporated communities. OBJECTIVES: Plan for the land use needs for improving circulation, public service, recreation, open space and the quality of the environment. POLICIES: 1. Consider patterns of existing utility rights of way in planning future roads and highway projects. 2. Encourage the maintainance and operation of telecommunications facility within the county. 3. Consider the establishment of a comprehensive solid waste disposal system. 4. Correlate plans for liquid waste disposal systems with appropriate governmental entities. POLICIES: 1. Correlate all proposed changes in land use with the other elements of the Master Plan. 2. Prepare a Comprehensive Capital Improvements Plan and Budget. 3. Cooperate with appropriate local and state agencies on PROGRAMS: 1. Have utility companies work with the county to prepare a utility rights of way map and use it where possible to plan alignments of future roads and highways. 2. Continue private entity maintenance and operation of a translator station in Kane County. 3. Establish a system of solid waste collection facilities at appropriate locations throughout the county which can be serviced by a single collector unit. 4. Work with local communities and regional and state in the establishment of any liquid waste treatment facility. those proposed improvements to circulation, capital improvements or recreation crossing multi jurisdictional lines. 4: Preserve areas that should be permanently OBJECTIVE protected for future generations due to their unique structure, historical importance, and natural beauty. POLICIES: 1. Include consideration of the aesthetic, structural, historical or environmental importance of a given area in making land use decisions about such an area. 2. Use available land use control regulations, if necessary, to preserve such areas. 5: Fully evaluate the consequences of all OBJECTIVE proposed substantial changes in land use and their impact on the county. 1. Establish standards, criteria, procedures, programs or staff positions, as deemed necessary, to effectively implement and administer adopted goals and objectives. 2. Require the Planning Commission to evaluate all land use decisions on the basis of the adopted plans, codes and ordinances. 3. Invite the public to become involved in the creation or amendment of substantial changes in patterns of land use. OBJECTIVE 6: Make preservation of the rural quality of life in Kane County the overriding consideration in any land use changes. POLICIES: 1 . Preclude any type of development which would have a strong negative effect on the rural quality of life. 2. Encourage only those industries to locate in the county that will have little or no effect on the rural quality of life. 3. Encourage patterns and densities of development which will reinforce the rural quality of county life. 4. Incorporate natural openness as an integrated aspect of development to afford physical relief from dense areas. OBJECTIVE 7: Encourage activities and efficient structure design which favor energy conservation. POLICIES: 1 . Require all development, where geographically possible, to assure individual access to solar energy. 2. Encourage new developments to reflect innovative planning and construction techniques and criteria that mitigate adverse environmental impacts. 3. Incorporate active and passive design techniques where geographically possible into all new county facilities. OBJECTIVE 8: Establish arid maintain well planned programs of residential, commercial and industrial improveto the ments which are initially economically county, aesthetically pleasing, ecologically sound, compatible with the residential nature ofthe county and provide diversified employment opportunities. POLICIES: 1. Seek FmHA, HUD or FHA funds to stimulate residential, commercial, and industrial growth and rehabilitation. 2. Require all development to be initially economically self sufficient. 3. Foster industrial development which will utilize the available labor pool. 4. Prepare for the expected impacts of rapid energy related development by adopting land use regulations, NOW. OBJECTIVE 9: Require that all new developments be compatible with all elements of this Master Plan. POLICIES: 1. Development proposals found to be inconsistant with the adopted plans, codes and ordinances shall be denied, unless these proposals can be made to conform to the adopted guidelines and regulations. 2. Review and if necessary amend the Master Plan once a year to assure consistance and compatibility with chaneinc priorities. 10: Correlate land use planning with OBJECTIVE federal and state agencies, regional and local appropriate entities. POLICIES: 1. Correlate with all communities in the establishment of Spheres of Interest. 2. Work with the state to affect needed changes in rules and regulations. 3. Solicit input from the state on proposed Master Plan and zoning designations effecting state land. 4. Solicit input from and provide input to Federal Land Regulatory agencies by constant close contact with local, district and regional offices. CIRCULATION for Establish a system of rights-of-waroads, streets, highways and public and private transportation which anticipate changes in usage and demands while conserving resources and minimizing adverse environmental effect. OBJECTIVE 1: y POLICIES: 1. Make potential economic benefit to the county the primary criterion for prioritizing proposed new streets and highway construction. 2. Coordinate proposed street and highway construction with appropriate state agencies. 3. Cooperate with needs of industry in constructing new roads. 4. Require all roads, streets, etc., destined to be dedicated to satisfy county requirements. PROGRAMS: 1. Prepare and adopt an official county road map. 2. The improvement of Utah State Highway 136 from Alton to U. S. Highway 89. 3. The development of a scenic access highway from the southern end of Bryce Canyon to connect with Utah Highway 136. . PROGRAMS: geology, ownership, access and ecologic and economic impacts, and other factors as identified. 2: Encourage urban densities and types of OBJECTIVE development only within established spheres of influence. 1. OBJECTIVE Encourage construction of a railroad to serve the industrial and commercial needs of Kane County. 2. Utilize existing and future county rights of way alternate transportation modes. 3. Promote access to public transportation between CedarSt. George and Kane County. 4. Encourage citizen involvement in planning in design and prioritization of improvements to the circulation system. 1 PUBLIC SAFETY -- News From s, POLICIES: GOAL: A pattern of land use which preserves and enhances living conditions in the county for present and future PROGRAMS: Staff and the USU Extension agent should collaborate in making available brochures detailing step by step procedures for simple home rehabilitation projects. 3. Seek to amend county and state law to allow a sliding scale moratorium on property tax increase on houses which have undergone given percentages of rehabilitation in order bike-wav- LAND USE POLICIES: Require staff to compare each new housing development proposal with the Countys Master Plan 1. i 4. Adopt and implement enforceable development stan- integrit of neighborhoods. Page Ten May 24, 1979 OBJECTIVE 1: Provide police protection and promote fire protection for all people and property in the county. POLICIES: 1 . Seek to hire staff persons capable of serving both law enforcement and other county needs. 2. Coordinate law enforcement planning and implementation with all county communities. 3. Each population center should have an organized firefighting unit and all community units should have a program of mutual aid and cooperation in case of need. 4. Equipment should be kept available in readiness at all Kaibab Industries was NO FUELING AROUND Most all of us have become fuel gage watchers, fuel but 33 of the best economists are in Terry Transportation Thompson's Division of Fredonia Kaibab Industries. Five weeks ago the over the road truck drivers began a fuel savings program, to increase their fleet fuel usage average by better driving habits. For the first four week period, the drivers are saving 1000 gallons a week! Now thats trucking! a meeting at Chefs Palace (Tea Room) for all Kaibab Industries log loader operators and log truck drivers. The main purpose of the meeting was to review USFS log load receipt procedures. The meeting lasted about two hours after which all those present enjoyed lunch. NEW GIRL IN KAIBAB IND. OFFICE The newest member of Kaibab Industries office staff is Janice Rowe. She started work part-tim- e on May 14. She e Office will a become EMPLOYEE Clerk in the Voucher Dept, ANNIVERSARIES soon. Those celebrating anniJanice and her husband, versaries during the month of came to Fredonia May at Kaibab Industries Stephen, was transferred Steve when were: ONE YEAR: Glen Sabyan, from the Tonto National to the North Hyrum Evans, Arthur Stev- Forest, Globe, Kaibab Ranger District. The ens. THREE YEARS: Michael Rowes live in Fredonia. Janice still works mornings at Scott, Steve McLemore. TEN YEARS: Theron Black, Waterman Welding while she trains at her new job with Ralph Black. FIFTEEN YEARS: Robert Kaibab Industries. Aiken, James Whitlock, Jay Dutton, Billy Spencer. full-tim- ANNUAL STEAK FRY On Friday, May 17 Kaibab Industries hosted the annual steak fry for their representatives and people from the North Kaibab Ranger District. Everyone met at the lunch room for a discussion period then proceeded to tour the saw mill. Everyone then went to the top of the gut where dinner was served. Several out of town people, representing both Kaibab Industries and the Fprest Servicfe were present. LOAD & HAUL MEETING On Friday, May 18 there times, and practice runs should be held regularly. PROGRAMS: 1 . Seek to hire staff persons capable of serving both law enforcement and other county needs. 2. The sheriffs office shall provide law enforcement as- sessment and planning seminars with each community to pro- vide a forum for improving the quality and quantity of law enforcement in the county. 3. Formalize policies of mutual aid and cooperation for fire fighting by adopting interlocal cooperation agreements between communities and the county. 2 Encourage prompt treatment of injured and OBJECTIVE acutely ill through trained and readily accessible emergency personnel and equipment. POLICIES: 1. Seek to acquire needed emergency equipment and vehicles. 2. Provide the opportunity for para professional medical emergency treatment skills to law enforcement and firefighting personnel. PROGRAMS: Contact LEAA, State Health Department, and the military surplus section of the GAO about the availability of ambulances. OBJECTIVE 3: Insure that codes and ordinances contain measures to mitigate property damage, health and geologic hazards, and provide security, yet allow for innovative design. POLICIES: 1 . Prohibit development within identified flood plains unless sufficient mitigation measures are provided which do not obstruct the natural channel. 2. Prohibit development adjacent to the base of mesas or canyon walls within rockfall range. 3. Exclude development on hazardous terrain. 4. Prohibit development in areas identified as having subsidence tendencies. 5. Require that conformance to state air and water qualstandards be a determining factor in development of comity mercial or industrial activities. 6. Encourage innovative construction techniques which meet sound engineering criteria. PROGRAMS: 1. Amend zoningsubdivision ordinance to prohibit further development within an identified flood plain unless sufficient mitigation measures are provided which protect the development of roads and utilities but do not obstruct the natural channel. 2. Amend the subdivision ordinance to require a soils and geology reports to be submitted to Utah Geological and Mineral Survey for binding commend and review as part of the application review procedure. 3. Require preliminary Impact Assessment be submitted regarding effects on air and water quality as part of the preapplication prodecure. 4. Require an engineering assessment on a case by case basis of each project utilizing innovative construction techniques. OBJECTIVE 4: Prepare a comprehensive emergency preparedness plan for use in the event of natural or manmade disaster. POLICY: Support law enforcement, fire and planning staff in preparation of such a plan. PROGRAM: Prepare the comprehensive emergency plan dealing with procedures for fire, flood, earthquake, social collapse or nuclear war. 5: Efficient and sanitary systems should be OBJECTIVE required for disposal of sewage, garbage and trash. POLICIES: 1. Require all development proposals using septic systems to satisfy state health standards. 2. Require all development occurring within an identified shpere of influence to tie in with municipal waste disposal systems. 3. 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