8D.11.2 Standards
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The official Bear River City code is at https://www.bearrivercityutah.gov/city-ordinances/.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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In addition to the principles and standards in these regulations, which are appropriate to the planning of all subdivisions, the applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that the street, parcel, and block pattern proposed is specifically adapted to the uses anticipated and takes into account other uses in the vicinity. The following principles and standards shall be observed:
(a) Proposed agricultural or industrial parcels shall be suitable in area and dimensions to the types of agricultural or industrial development anticipated.
(b) Street rights-of-way and pavement shall be adequate to accommodate the type and volume of traffic anticipated to be placed thereupon.
(c) Special requirements may be imposed by the City with respect to street, curb, gutter, and sidewalk design and construction.
(d) Special requirements may be imposed by the City with respect to the installation of public utilities, including water, sewer, and storm water drainage.
(e) Every effort shall be made to protect adjacent residential areas from potential nuisance from a proposed commercial or industrial subdivision, including the provision of extra depth in parcels backing up on existing or potential residential development and provisions for a permanently landscaped buffer strip and/or fencing when necessary or required.
Streets carrying non-residential traffic, especially truck or equipment traffic,
shall not normally be extended to the boundaries of adjacent existing or potential
residential areas or uses.
8E.1
8E SPECIFICATIONS FOR DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED
Sketch Plat
Sketch plats submitted to the Planning Commission, prepared in pen or pencil, shall be drawn to an engineers' scale of not more than one hundred (100) feet to an inch and shall show the following information. These requirements are the minimum, other information may be required by the Zoning Administrator and/or Planning Commission as the need dictates.