3-1 Tooele County General Plan

(1) To accomplish the purposes set forth in the Utah Land Use Development and Management Act, the Tooele County General plan is comprehensive in scope and addresses: (a) the present and future needs of the county; and (b) the growth and development of the land within the county or any part of the county, including uses of land for urbanization, trade, industry, residential, agricultural, wildlife habitat, and other purposes. (2) Any amendment to the Tooele County General Plan shall provide for: (a) health, general welfare, safety, energy conservation, transportation, prosperity, civic activities, aesthetics, and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities; (b) the reduction of the waste of physical, financial, or human resources that result from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population; (c) the efficient and economical use, conservation, and production of the supply of: (i) food and water; and (ii) drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources; (d) the use of energy conservation and solar and renewable energy resources; (e) the protection of urban development; (f) the protection and promotion of air quality; (g) a land use element that: designates the proposed general distribution and location and extent of uses of land for housing, business, industry, agriculture, recreation, education, public buildings and grounds, open space, and other categories of public and private uses of land as appropriate; and may include a statement of the standards of population density and building intensity recommended for the various land use categories covered by the plan; (h) a transportation and circulation element consisting of the general location and extent of existing and proposed freeways, arterial and collector streets, mass transit, and any other modes of transportation that are appropriate, all correlated with the land use element of the plan to include an official map, pursuant to Title 72, Chapter 5, Part 4 UCA, Transportation Corridor Preservation; (i) an environmental element that addresses: the protection, conservation, development, and use of natural resources, including the quality of air, forests, soils, rivers and other waters, harbors, fisheries, wildlife, minerals, and other natural resources; and the reclamation of land, flood control, prevention and control of the pollution of streams and other waters, regulation of the use of land on hillsides, stream channels and other environmentally sensitive areas, the prevention, control, and correction of the erosion of soils, protection of watersheds and wetlands, and the mapping of known geologic hazards; (j) a public services and facilities element showing general plans for sewage, waste disposal, drainage, local utilities, rightsof-way, easements, and facilities for them, police and fire protection, and other public services; (k) a rehabilitation, redevelopment, and conservation element consisting of plans and programs for: historic preservation; and the elimination of blight and for redevelopment, including housing sites, business and industrial sites, and public building sites; (l) identifying future uses of land that are likely to require an expansion or significant modification of services or facilities provided by each affected entity; TOOELE COUNTY LAND USE ORDINANCE – CHAPTER 3 (m) an economic element composed of appropriate studies and an economic development plan that may include review of county revenue and expenditures, revenue sources, identification of base and residentiary industry, primary and secondary market areas, employment, and retail sales activity; and (n) the protection or promotion of moderate income housing. (3) The plan shall define the county's local customs, local culture, and the components necessary for the county's economic stability. (Ord 2005-22, 9/13/05)