1.2 Statement of Purpose

After considerable public input and several public hearings over a period of three years, this Code was developed, designed and enacted to implement the goals and objectives of Amalga Town’s 1996 General Plan, a document designed to protect its special rural, agricultural quality of life. More generally, the following goals and objectives define the major purposes of this Code: (a) To promote the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the community. (b) To encourage and facilitate the orderly growth and development of the community and to implement the goals and policies of the Town General Plan. (c) To provide adequate open space for light, air, agriculture and environment; to prevent overcrowding of the land and to minimize congestion on the streets. (d) To secure economy in municipal expenditures and to encourage adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewage, schools, public safety, parks and other public facilities and services . (e) To increase the security of home life and to preserve a more favorable environment for the citizens and visitors of the community. (f) To ensure safety from fire and other man-made or natural dangers. (g) To stabilize and protect property values and to place compatible uses together in the community. (h) To enhance the economic and cultural well being of the inhabitants of the community. (i) To promote the development of a more wholesome, serviceable and attractive community resulting from an orderly, planned use of resources. (j) To establish proper zoning regulations; to ensure the suitability of the land for particular uses, and to conserve the value of buildings and encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the community. (k) To preserve the rural, agricultural quality of life enjoyed by the residents of Amalga Town. (l) To further the purpose of this Code and to promote the objectives and qualities of the respective zones. It is the intention of the Town in adopting this Code to fully exercise all of the powers granted to the Town by the provisions of the Utah Zoning Enabling Act, Section 10-9-1 et seq. Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amended, and all other powers granted by statute or by common law for the regulation of land uses and improvements. The intention of the Town is to assure the managed, proper and sensitive/critical development of land within Amalga Town and to protect and enhance the quality of rural life in general. The Code is intended to allow development in a manner that encourages the preservation of scenic values, historic structures, the unique agricultural setting of Amalga Town, and provide for well-planned commercial and residential centers, smooth traffic circulation, and efficient delivery of municipal services. The Code seeks to prevent development influenced by existing geologic hazards, erosion, flooding, or other conditions that create potential dangers to life and safety in the community, or development that influences critical wildlife habitats, or developments that detract from the rural quality of life in the community.