14-12-101 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
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The official Bountiful code is at https://www.bountiful.gov/197/Land-Use-Code.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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The purpose of the Mountain Development and Watershed Protection Zone is to provide for the controlled development of the mountains and protection of the watershed areas east of Bountiful City. It is deemed in the public interest that unnecessary and scattered conversion of open space to developed uses be controlled and the resultant adverse impacts of development, conversion and destruction of natural habitats be prevented and mitigated, including:
A. despoliation of the area's natural environmental quality by air, water and noise pollution;
B. destruction of scenic beauty;
C. disturbance of the ecology and natural habitat;
D. unnecessary roads;
E. hazards related to geology, fire and flood;
F. loss of lands which provide watershed for the urban areas; and
G. excessive costs of providing the necessary public services and infrastructure to accommodate isolated and dispersed pockets of development.