11-2 Policies Promoted
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11-2.1. This Chapter promotes the following policies:
11-2.1.1. Encourage the appropriate location, design, and development of proposed projects while mitigating any hazardous conditions associated with hillsides, including rock falls, storm water runoff, and mass movements;
11-2.1.2. Preserve the views of Kanab City’s hills and mountains.
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11-2.1.3. Protect and preserve natural drainage areas, streams, slopes, ridgelines, rock outcroppings, vistas, natural plant formations, trees, and other areas of historical or visual significance;
11-2.1.4. Encourage development that is harmonious with the natural terrain and the character of the area;
11-2.1.5. Minimize the adverse effects of grading and cut-and-fill operations, avoid the highly visible scarring of hillsides, and discourage mass grading and terracing of large pads while allowing flexibility for reasonable development practices;
11-2.1.6. Establish hillside development standards that protect the scenic value of proposed projects;
11-2.1.7. Minimize adverse soil and slope instability, decrease the potential for erosion, and prohibit activities and uses that degrade fragile soils and steep slopes;
11-2.1.8. Stabilize steep hillsides, prevent erosion, and enhance the natural scenic beauty of hillsides;
11-2.1.9. Minimize grading and prevent unreasonable "padding" or "staircase" effects from grading.
11-2.1.10.Encourage road design that follows the natural topography to minimize cutting and grading;
11-2.1.11. Establish land use densities that preserve significant natural features;
11-2.1.12. Require the landowner to hire experts who will assess the conditions of potentially unstable land and impose restrictions on development;
11-2.1.13. Prevent uses that present unreasonable risks to persons or property related to geological and natural hazards or geotechnical limitations; and
11-2.1.14. Prevent fraud in land sales relating to the geologic or other condition of real property.