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Show March 1 03.qxd 12/7/2021 Volume VII Issue X 3:41 PM Page 13 THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 13 March 1, 2003 MASTER PLAN cont. from page 12 safety, better appearance, and room for highway snow removal. Utility corridors are to be considered for pathways, where appropriate, and pathways are required to be restored to their original condition if they have to be dug up for utility work. The County’s sidewalk requirement for new subdivisions has now been replaced by a pathway requirement. Opinion at the community workshops was unanimous that sidewalks, curb, and gutter are not compatible with the Valley’s rural character. Facilities such as trailheads and park- sizes that pathways will be constructed only on public rights-of-way, on property acquired from willing landowners, or on land that is being developed. It is worth noting that Utah has a Limitation of Landowner Liability Statute, which protects property owners from liability when they open their land without charge for public use. Three types of environmentally sensitive areas occur in the Valley and are addressed in the plan: the critical winter range of the Middle Fork area, the Class I fishery of the Ogden River, and the numerous wetlands that are scattered across the Valley. Specific policies are spelled out to help prevent any negative impacts from trails; for example, the Middle Fork area trails will be closed during the winter months to protect the elk and deer herds. North Fork/Sheep Creek Pathway * Avon—Liberty Road Sheep Creek—Wolf Creek Trail * Powder Mountain—Wolf Creek Trail Wolf Creek Pathway * East Eden Pathway * Middle Fork Pathway * Ogden Valley Canal Pathway * Power Line Trail Connection Wolf Creek—Middle Fork Trail * Geerstsen Canyon Trail Connection La Plata Ridge Road La Plata Road & Trail Northern Connection Trail South Fork—Beaver Creek Pathway Pine Creek Road Causey Trail Skull Crack Canyon Road South Ridgeline Trail Bennett Creek Loop Trail South Fork Pathway East Huntsville Pathway South Fork—Monastery Pathway South Bench Canal Pathway The Proposed Pathways ing areas are to be designed into the trail system at appropriate locations. Some trailheads will include equestrian facilities, and some may even include restrooms, depending on the available funding. Trail signs are intended to be consistent in character throughout the Valley and to conform to the local sign ordinance. The maintenance of trails on public rights-of-way will be done primarily by public agencies such as the County. A private trail in a gated development would be maintained privately. The maintenance responsibility for each trail will be determined before the trail is constructed. It is anticipated that most trails will not be plowed in winter, both to save on costs and to allow for activities such as cross-country skiing. Landowner relations were a major concern expressed in the community workshops and are an important aspect of the Pathway Master Plan. It empha- Convenient - Quick Quality Guaranteed AAA DRYWALL REPAIR Jim Zeleznick 552 S. 8600 E. Huntsville, UT 84317N “NO JOB TOO SMALL” Licensed, Insured & Preferred Office/Fax: 801-745-3035 The Plan calls for a valley-wide network of 33 pathways, all of them separated from the highways, as requested by participants at the community workshops. One of these pathways, the Old Trapper’s Loop Road, is already in existence and has been approved for nonmotorized use, although it lacks an adequate trailhead at this time. The rest of Now that the Plan has become law, the design gets down to the nitty-gritty. Developers who apply to the County for subdivision approval are required to include the appropriate pathways as part of their developments. With the growth in the Valley, development applications have been coming in faster than expected, and the County has asked Weber Pathways for advice on the location and type of trails that should be required. Rather than approach this task piecemeal, they intend to plan for the whole trail network, so that trail segments built by different developers will link together, and pedestrians, bicyclists, equestrians, and other users will all have routes that are useful to them. That’s where Weber Pathways needs your help! The best ideas for the trails in a particular neighborhood will come from the people who live there. Should the pathway be on the east side of the road, or the west? Should it be paved for strollers and rollerbladers, or left unpaved for horses? Weber Pathways has been organizing The National Park Service has funded the production of a brochure with the entire text of the Master Plan, illustrated with watercolors by noted local artist Steve Songer. It will be available free of charge at the next Ogden Valley Pathways meeting. Next Steps the pathways are proposed for development, with the ones marked by an asterisk (*) having the highest priority, either to satisfy present demand, to provide significant safety benefits, or because there may be a limited opportunity to create them. Old Trapper’s Loop Road Wheeler Creek—Trappers Loop Trail Pineview Loop Pathway * Ogden Canyon Pathway Radford Hills Trail * Grove Trail Pole Canyon Trail Nordic Valley Pathway Western North Fork Pathway When the Pathway Master Plan was created last year, it was not possible to figure out in detail exactly where each pathway would be located or what its construction details would be. Therefore the Plan describes general routes and important concepts rather than saying that a particular trail will be “x” feet wide and go through “property y” and “property z.” neighborhood committees to figure out the answers to questions like these, and they welcome participation from everyone in the Valley. The next meeting of the Ogden Valley Chapter of Weber Pathways will be Tuesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. at the Ogden Valley Branch Library in Huntsville. Pine trees galore, 1.91 acres, 6 bed., 2 bath, family room, 3-car garage.Secluded yet convenient. $244,900! 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