| Show Hand Use Influence and opponents of Utah s land use planning law vigorously all of its aspects save t pending decision to adopt or will significantly influence the of the Utah the t public service of the h was enacted by the 1974 Utah ire but suspended by referendum it could take Vote of i electorate in November will t the law into immediate that the land use planning issue i one of the most emotional e issues in the Foundation t that identical language in the r be cited by proponents as reason for its approval and by s as equally compelling reason everyone accepts some jid use planning by g ordinance which protects you ie location of a pig farm adjacent city home is a much quoted the Foundation points are also fearful of too much planning rigid regulation by which would minimize and oy private property ie search for the amount planning and the definition i the amount also varies that lies behind so much of the ING the use of and of the that lie in it and the buildings jd upon has been generally it the local level for many are generally es-in most parts of the n enacted the first state-use law in many states ted some form of land use pending in Congress which would extend land use planning to the Federal Many property owners are fearful that government will usurp their own right to use their land as they see IS not a question of we plan land but of should do the planning the or government and if so what level of or the Utah's land use law was enacted with substantial margins in both houses of the two in the Senate and in the Yet the referendum petition which temporarily suspended the law and places the issue before the electorate quickly acquired more than the required number of signatures to make it SUPPORTERS of the law say it was misrepresented by sponsors of the Supporters of the referendum petitions vigorously deny Utah Foundation makes it clear that it is taking no direct part in the but is following its traditional policy in seeking to provide factual Arguments both for and against the land use law are cited as they have been presented by their own LAW could stop development in the state within five years of passage we could lose our property said one opponent of the believe in land use not to stop growth but to accommodate it in an orderly fashion and turn it to maximum said a supporter of the LEADERS of every point of view on the central issue do agree on one the Foundation report decision on land use planning in 1974 is likely to have vital long-range results affecting the future development of the All of them urge citizens to express their considered opinions at the voting |
