01.030 Intent and Purpose

The purpose of this Code is to implement the goals and policies of the Lehi City General Plan. This Code contains standards, provisions and requirements intended to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Lehi City by striving to ensure that adjacent and neighboring properties are protected from potential negative impacts in the development and use of land and resources. It is the intent of this Code to provide predictability and consistency in the use of land and individual properties, to guide and direct the development of land, and to achieve a balance between the desires of the individual property-owner and the citizens of the City of Lehi. These purposes are met by: A. implementing the various policies and other provisions of the Lehi City General Plan; B. guiding the growth and development of the City in an orderly manner consistent with the land use and environmental goals and policies of the City; C. directing and guiding land development so more intense development is located in areas of the City having adequate Levels of Service (LOS) capacity sufficient to meet the demands of the development activity and redevelopment; D. promoting the public health, safety and general welfare by regulating the location and use of buildings, structures and land for residential, commercial, and other specified uses contained within this Code so as to achieve: 1. a physical environment which provides for the housing, employment, business, service, recreational, social, cultural, educational, entertainment, open space and conservation needs of the City and maintains and enhances a high quality of life for its residents; and 2. a physical environment which protects the City's natural environment and manages the development of land in areas containing environmentally sensitive areas as defined in the City’s General Plan and this Code; E. reducing damage and injury from disasters such as fire, flood, geologic and seismic hazards and other dangers; F. avoiding excessive concentration of people and overcrowding of the land; G. assuring adequate transportation facilities, public utilities, schools, parks, open space and other public facilities and improvements; H. directing and managing, through the establishment of use districts, the type, distribution and intensity of activity; I. ensuring the maintenance of property in the City by requiring each owner, occupant or other person in charge of any property to keep it in good repair and in compliance with the provisions of this Code; J. providing that development proposals relate to the provisions of the Lehi City General Plan; K. protecting landowners from potential adverse impacts from adjoining uses; L. securing economy and efficiency in the allocation and expenditure of public funds; M. balancing the interest of the citizens of the City of Lehi with those of the individual property owners; and N. protecting and preserving areas, sites and structures of historic, cultural, scenic, archaeological and natural significance.