Show f 4 f fr fA ti I A r j F Y LEST t TOC JUDGING at the Snow College annual FF A F champions held aid Day last week Alan Johnson Blake Peterson were and High Cl HIM Clift Q fiord ord Soi Sorensen ensen This winning team rep represented resented ManU Mantl S chap in the competition Land Use Planning Division Serves Six Counties The Land Use Planning Division Di Division Division Di- Di vision of the Central Utah District District District Dis Dis- Office was set up in January January January Jan Jan- uary 1971 for the primary purpose of developing a six county comprehensive plan It was felt by each of the six counties involved that some direction di direction direction di- di for the future development development development develop develop- ment was needed Although the Six County Commissioners Or Organization Organization Organization Or- Or had been in existence existence existence exist exist- ence some 10 ye years rs no efforts had been made to look at the long range development picture Since the counties had many mutual problems as well as many problems that crossed county boundaries and since the cost for planning on a count county scale would be too expensive it was decided that a multi- multi county planning operation was the most practical solution to the problem We serve the following fol following following fol- fol lowing counties Juab Sanpete Millard Sevier Piute and Wayne Although the funds to operate the office come from the De Department Department Department De- De of Housing and Urban Development the Six County Commissioners Organization is held responsible for the program program program pro pro- gram and the planning staff is employed by them Therefore this Six County Commissioners Organization Is the legal entity as far tar as the State of Utah Is concerned for wide area-wide planning planning planning plan plan- ning and review They give the final clearance on federal programs programs programs pro pro- grams in this area in order to make sure that these programs programs programs pro pro- grams are In line with the lon long range goals and plans as well as the basic concerns of the people living here Therefore the Land Use Planning Division Office feels its primary concern must be to serve the needs and de desires desires desires de- de sires expressed by the commissioners commissioners com com- missioners and the people they represent In developing a six county comprehensive plan limited funding made it necessary to stretch the development of the comprehensive plan over a four year period This was also felt to be necessary since theoffice theoffice the theoffice office would handle any local planning Issues where requested request request- ed to do so by the county commissioners Some of the local planning matters they have been working on are the fol following following following fol- fol lowing 1 A policy for subdivision review and approval 2 An Information service on factors a builder should consider consider con con- sider when building on certain types of soils or In certain parts of the county 3 A solid waste management program Includes disposal of junk cars 4 Incorporation procedures 5 Provisional guidelines to help municipalities make decisions de decisions decisions de- de with reference to an annexations annexations an- an zoning changes and land use conflicts It Is the committees committee's feeling that any regulations or policies should be established for tho the protection of ot the developer the individual property owner and the legislative va bodies that apply These policies are not in anyway any anyway anyway way meant to be a deterrent t to o development Hopefully these policies will prevent hardships before they the occur and make it possible to reach some agreement on services to be provided In the case of ot subdivisions In future articles the committee committee committee com com- will be discussing these five local planning matters aswell as aswell aswell well as giving you a progress report on the six county com com- I plan The office I hours are from to Monday through Friday If U you have any questions or concerns f i please feel free tree to call us at If U you are In I Ifield field the committees committee's office Is located on the second floor t of the Richfield Post Office In Rooms and J |