Enoch City General Plan

ENOCH CITY GENERAL PLAN

ORDINANCE NO. 97-07-02

AN ORDINANCE OF ENOCH CITY, IRON COUNTY, UTAH, ADOPTING THE ENOCH CITY GENERAL PLAN, RELATING TO GENERAL LAND USE PLANNING.

PREAMBLE

In order to provide for the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Enoch City, Utah, the Enoch Planning Commission and Enoch City Council are committed to establish a general plan which will specify goals, relating to land use, housing, the environment, transportation and public facilities, and services, which the residents of Enoch City hope to achieve during the next twenty years and those policies which will facilitate those goals.

The Planning Commission and General Plan Committee completed an extensive public planning process to develop this General Plan. Seventeen citizen committees were formed to analyze and discuss individual areas within the City for historical and future direction. The committees recommended questions that polled the residents, in the form of a survey, as to the direction and design they wished their community to have. These questions were compiled into a survey which was mailed to the residents of the community. Fifty nine percent of the surveys were completed and returned, assuring that the voice of the people would be heard in the development of this plan.

WHEREAS, the City desires to adopt a general plan to be known as the Enoch City General Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Enoch City Council is authorized to adopt a general plan; and

WHEREAS, the general plan may address issues relating to land use, transportation and circulation, the environment, public services and facilities, rehabilitation, redevelopment and conservation, the economy and recommendations for implementing the plan; and

WHEREAS, the General Plan Committee and Planning Commission have held several publicly noticed meetings to discuss the provisions of the general plan; and

WHEREAS, Utah State Code sections 10-9-301 through 10-9-306 set forth procedures for the adoption and content of a general plan; and

WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of Enoch City held a duly advertised and noticed public hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment regarding the content of the general plan; and

WHEREAS, the City Council of Enoch City held a duly advertised and noticed public hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment regarding the content of the general plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of Enoch, Utah, as follows:

(1) The general plan attached is hereby adopted as the Enoch City General Plan.

(2) No street, park, or other public way, ground, place, or space, no publicly owned building or structure, and no public utility, whether publicly or privately owned may be constructed or authorized until and unless it is in compliance with the General Plan or any amendments to the General Plan, pursuant to Utah Code 10-9-305.

(3) All ordinances adopted subsequent to this General Plan shall comply with the goals and policies as set forth herein.

(4) This ordinance shall take effect immediately on passage.

This ordinance was made, voted upon, and passed by the Enoch City Council at a regular city council meeting held on the 2nd day of July, 1997.

DATED this 2nd day of July, 1997.

ENOCH CITY CORPORATION

Worth H. Grimshaw, Mayor

ATTEST:

Noreen G. Gray, Recorder

VISION STATEMENT

In order to determine goals with which future growth and development may be directed, a community must first determine the overall purpose or vision of the general plan. At the outset of the general plan process, a "Vision Statement" was drafted to define the purpose or vision. During the drafting of the "Vision Statement" as shown below, particular attention was paid to strong and weak points of Enoch City as well as traditional values, custom and culture, future economic realities and current issues the City faces. After careful consideration Enoch City, Utah states:

"The vision of Enoch City is a community interconnected with a strong community image and infrastructure. We recognize that there will be growth and development in our area which will be addressed through a planned, organized manner with expansion governed through proper planning and zoning. We endeavor to strive for a wholesome balance while maintaining the quality of life we all desire."

GENERAL CITY GOALS

1. To promote a community center with city offices, a police and fire department, senior citizens' center, library, recreation hall and post office.

2. To promote a safe community.

3. To encourage the planting of trees and shrubs, maintain beautiful parks and a peaceful cemetery.

4. To provide safe walking ways for school children.

5. To aid in county-wide water conservancy district and provide for adequate water drainage and retention throughout the city.

6. To promote safe, well maintained businesses and shopping areas such as, a grocery store, gas station, and businesses along main areas.

7. To encourage a comprehensive commercial district and an industrial area remote from residential area.

8. To support multiple housing in separate and widely-spread areas.

9. To encourage a historic park and museum.

10. To encourage equestrian trails to connect segments of the city with outlying hill areas.

11. To encourage a wide variety of recreation areas and recreational activities, i.e. sporting facilities, rodeo grounds, shooting ranges, swimming pool, trails.

12. To promote smooth flow of traffic in and throughout the city.

Not listed in priority

INTRODUCTION

I. The Enoch City General Plan, as this document is entitled, hereinafter referred to as the Plan, provides in its content, a comprehensive overview of the City's geographical location, its resource base, and development potential. The Plan anticipates growth, while at the same time, ensuring the maintenance and enhancement of the rural, small town character of the community, rather than be eroded by uncontrolled growth and development.

Development has been rapid in Enoch City. With a building boom in Iron County, the realignment of the North Interchange of Interstate 15, the development of large agriculture businesses in Milford, and the completion of the Enoch City wastewater collection system even greater growth rates are anticipated. The City officials saw the need to prepare the 1997 Enoch City General Plan (master plan) to reflect these conditions and others that will influence growth in the area.

Significant environmental issues are discussed. Policies have been defined to maintain and improve the quality of life in the community. The Plan has been designed to help enrich the identity of Enoch as an ideal community in which to live and access employment opportunities. The Plan addresses the need to manage new development, the anticipated transportation needs, and sets policies to preserve the City's natural and cultural resources. Policies are also directed at establishing commercial and light industrial districts, which would be compatible with the nature of the City's residents.

II. ROLE OF THE GENERAL PLAN

The General Plan plays several major roles. The City Council and it's appointed Boards and Commissions use it as a "yardstick" against which all planning decisions are measured, including those by Federal and State Officials. Simply, development that is in concert with the General Plan should be encouraged; development that is not, should be rejected or modified. Following this process, the Plan is transformed from "paper to reality."

It is used by citizens and potential residents in making personal decisions and economic commitments. It plays a key role in helping business and industry make decisions in terms of establishing or relocating in the City or the Annexation Policy Declaration area.

III. VALUE OF THE GENERAL PLAN

The Value of the General Plan is only as good as the support that it gets from the leadership and the citizens of the City. While it is conceived and created, to a great degree, by the City Council with guidance from the Planning Commission, its ultimate long-term support and success must come from the City as a whole.

With challenges posed to the City from Federal and State land management programs, few long term employment opportunities, and expansive distances between necessary services, the residents cannot absolve themselves of their civic responsibility. It is hoped that this document will encourage involvement by all citizens to make Enoch City an even better place to live.

IV. AMENDMENT PROCEDURES

As stated above, Utah Code Annotated provides an avenue for city governments to develop and implement planning and related programs. In addition to this, and recognizing that the general plan is a dynamic and changeable document, Utah Code Annotated provides for amendments to the general plan as needed. The code outlines the procedures for amending the plan and specifies all requirements to satisfy due process. For cities, sections 10-9-303 & 10-9-304 deal with amendment procedures.

THE PLANNING PROCESS

SECTION I. INTRODUCTION

Existing conditions that will affect development in the City were inventoried and analyzed. This inventory included aspects of land use; physical characteristics such as soils, flood plains, drainage patterns, and noise impact areas; development in the adjacent county; existing and projected population; etc.

Development issues and opportunities were identified based upon community input and analysis of the items mentioned above. Following identification of issues, community development goals were formed, revised, and finalized. These goals addressed the issues and opportunities which the community identified.

This General Plan will provide a framework for assessing and integrating day-to-day decisions so that Enoch becomes the community envisioned.

Implementation is dependent upon development standards and controls. The public and private sectors must share the responsibility of balancing livability and quality of life with market and fiscal conditions in the community.

The General Plan will be amended as needed to remain consistent with the desires and needs of the community. The General Plan is presented in a series of elements, each addressing a specific topic, they are carefully coordinated to function as a whole. Revision of one element may necessitate adjustment to other elements to maintain the balance of the Plan.

The Plan is a regulating document to be followed. Consistence in its implementation by the City's elected officials and appointed Planning Commission will help ensure that the goals, visions and aspirations of the community are attained. The Plan's development took many hours of research and analysis by committee members, governmental officials, and staff who met regularly over a three year period.

The Plan is divided into the following sections:

Section I Introduction

Section II The City's Planning Function and Approach

Section III Historical Profile

Section IV General Plan Main Elements

SECTION II. THE CITY'S PLANNING FUNCTION AND APPROACH

A. PLANNING AUTHORITY

Title 10-9-301 of the Utah Code empowers municipal jurisdictions to prepare and adopt comprehensive, long range, development plans for their respective jurisdictions.

B. JURISDICTION OF OTHER AGENCIES

Iron County exercises legal jurisdiction on zoning, development, and security in those areas not yet incorporated by Enoch City. County agencies that exercise review of plans and zoning in those areas include the Iron County Commissioners and the Iron County Planning Commission.

State and Federal Agencies also exercise power of plan approval and development of resources in the planning area. Those agencies include:

Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT)

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

State of Utah, Department of Lands and Forestry

Federal Aviation Administration

Soil Conservation Service

United States Postal Service

Utah State Historic Preservation Office

Federal Homeland Security Organization

C. OTHER AGENCIES AFFECTING DEVELOPMENT

Additionally, the following agencies or institutions affect development decisions in the planning area:

All public utility companies.

SECTION III. HISTORICAL PROFILE

(A special thank-you to Estella Jones Grimshaw for this historical information.)

The first white men to enter the Enoch area were Father Escalante and Father Dominguez, in the fall of 1776. They founded a route which was known as the Old Spanish Trail. Markers and remnants of the Old Spanish Trail traverse from the northeast corner of Enoch in a western direction, through the northwest corner of the Garden Park Subdivision, and on to the Iron Springs area in the county.

Johnson's Springs, Johnson's Fort, or Enoch as it is now know, is located six miles northeast of Cedar City, and twelve miles southwest of Parowan.

Southern Utah was settled by pioneers under the direction of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Settlers were sent by companies to establish communities throughout the state.

Several histories have been told and retold, and then accepted as the way Enoch was first settled. In an effort to correct the conflicts that were present, Marjorie R. Christiansen, as secretary for the Genealogy Committee wrote to the Historian's Office in Salt Lake City. Historian Earl E. Olson replied with the following excerpts from the journal of the founder of Enoch, Joel H. Johnson. The journal entries read as follows:

"Having been selected by George Albert Smith to assist in forming a settlement at the Little Salt Lake Valley, in the fall of 1850, I sent out with the expedition my two eldest sons, Sixtus and Nephi, with two teams laden with Iron for Mill building necessary tools and provisions, other necessary arrangements, and started on the 14th day of March, 1851, with a part of my family, and three teams laden with provision and other necessaries for the settlement, and arrived at the settlement in (Little) Salt Lake Valley, later known as Parowan, on the 10th day of April, and found the boys had taken land in the field, and were putting in crops and had done very well. I joined them and took more land and we put in all the grain and potatoes that we could. On the 15th day of May, President Brigham Young, and many of the brethren from Great Salt Lake City, arrived in our beautiful valley on an exploring and visiting expedition. During their stay they organized our settlement into the City of Parowan, and I was elected member of the City Council. I was also sent out with a small company to explore the Coal Creek Canyon and ascertain its resources for coal, timber, etc. And also the Iron Mountain for Iron and on my return I discovered the springs in the edge of the Coal Creek Valley, when I stopped and refreshed myself and team, and on looking about a little, I concluded to make those Springs the seat of my farming operations and place of residence for myself and my family for the future. Accordingly on my return to Parowan, I consulted George Albert Smith upon the subject, who gave me leave to survey all the land I pleased at the springs for myself and friends. In reference to our crops they were tolerable good, considering the dryness of the season, and lack of water for irrigation, although we had a frost in August that injured our potatoes and corn crops. About the middle of September, I sent Sixtus back to Great Salt Lake City for the balance of my family who arrived on the 17th day of October, all in good health and spirits. About this time, George Albert Smith counseled me to build a house and corral at the springs and herd the cattle for the brethren at Parowan and Cedar, through the winter and establish at that place a sugar beet plantation and sugar manufactory as soon as I could. Accordingly on the 19th of November I commenced building a house at the Springs, and on the 6th of December, I moved a part of my family and on the 12th received the herd of cattle from Parowan, on the 15th moved the balance of my family to my new residence at the springs, which now Jan. 1, 1852, known by the name of Johnson Springs".

Joel H. Johnson came to Parowan in 1851. In the spring of 1851, Joel went to Enoch meadows and settled on the bench of the upper meadow. They dug two cellars just west of where the Gibson home now stands. Here they lived for about three years, and the place was then known as Johnson's Springs. These springs were found for a distance of a mile or more both north and south along the bench. By December of 1852, there were seven families living at Johnson's Springs.

The fort was 10 rods (165 feet) square and the walls were made of mud. The bottom of the wall was 2 ½ feet thick, the top was 18 inches thick and nine feet tall. Five adobe rooms were built in a row on the west side of the fort. The fort wall answered for the outside wall of the room. A two-story dwelling was built in the southwest corner of the fort. All windows and doors were on the inside walls of the rooms. A large two-story building was built in the southeast corner of the fort with portholes to be used in defense, against the Indians. This building was called the Bastion or Basties. The building was large enough so all living in the fort could gather there for protection in time of danger. Sheds and corrals were built on the east side of the fort. On the west and north sides were built a grainery, blacksmith shop and chicken coop. All of these buildings mentioned were, even to the corral, built inside the fort. On the north side of the fort was a big high gate made of large logs. On the south side was an opening about 6 feet high and 4 feet wide for people to go in and out. This led to the ditch of water that ran by the south side. These two openings were the only ones in the fort. A well was dug in the center, and this was used for drinking and sometimes culinary purposes. On the outside of the Fort, on the west side, an apple orchard was planted and a space reserved for vegetable gardens was there. Another orchard was planted on the east side. These orchards were planted by the men who built the fort. No better variety of apples was grown anywhere than these two orchards produced. On the south side of the Fort was a farm which was irrigated by water from the Springs in the meadow in the east. On the north were many acres of good pasture land. Cottonwood trees were planted on the south, east, and west sides of the fort.

During the year 1869, John P. Jones and sons moved from the fort and purchased land and springs on the east bench of the community. John P. Jones, who was an iron worker, built a blast furnace and coke oven and melted iron and molded fire grates, dog irons, cogwheels, and even a 500 pound hammer to drive the piles for irrigation dams being constructed in southern Utah. The blast furnace did not use iron ore, but used scrap iron in its operation. The blast furnace was made from the boiler of an old railroad steam engine. This was the first blast furnace west of the Mississippi River.

The community retained its original name of Johnson's Springs until 1890, when they petitioned the government for a post office. As there was already a settlement in Utah called Johnson Springs, the citizens changed the name to Enoch, and the first post office in Iron County was established.

The Cedar City Co-op and Livestock Company was formed, and after several years, distributed the cattle to their stockholders and sold the brand. The Co-op kept the ranch and leased it until 1898. At this time, Cedar city had just completed the first building for the Branch Normal School (known today as Southern Utah University). The "Old Main" building was completed, but no funds were left to install a heating plant. The state would not accept it, or approve it, as an institute of higher learning without the heating facilities. The people had donated money to build the edifice until they were hard pressed, and so, in seeking a way to get the money to put in the heating plant, the stockholders of Enoch sold the ranch and donated the money for the completion of the building, thus ensuring the acceptance of the school by the state.

The community continued the proud pioneer tradition of cattle ranching, farming, and raising fine progressive families. On January 10, 1966, Enoch was approved by the Iron County Commissioners as an incorporated town. Two meetings were held before the action was taken. A petition was drawn up and signed by a majority. One hundred people had to live in the area to qualify, and Enoch qualified with 102. The community was formed to protect their water supply.

The 2000 Enoch Census reflected a population of 3467 and grew at the rate of 8.3% between 1990 and 2000.

SECTION IV. GENERAL PLAN MAIN ELEMENTS

A. Community Design Elements

B. Land Use Elements

C. Circulation and Noise Element

D. Public Services, Facilities, Utilities & Safety Element

E. Economic Development, Community Revitalization & Human Resources Element

A. COMMUNITY DESIGN ELEMENTS

1. Purpose

The Community Design Elements are an integral part of the whole community and are tied together consistent with one common goal, to improve the area and make it a better community.

The purpose of the Community Development Plan is to direct a program which identifies community needs and best allocates resources to address those needs. It contains a capital improvement plan. Housing is assessed in a Housing Elements. The plan is guided by goals, objectives and policies. Properly implemented, the community development program greatly aides in the development of the community.

Goals, objectives and policies have been formulated to guide the areas of land use and development, economic development, transportation and public facilities. General community goals, objectives and planning policies are also included.

2. Population

Population forecasts provide the basis for most planning decisions. Estimates of future population benefit local officials in determining future land use needs and requirements for public facilities and services.

The 2000 Enoch Census reflected a population of 3,467 and the city is continuing to grow at the rate of 10.2% per year.

YEAR POPULATION

1952 194

1966 102

1970 120

1980 1,669

1990 1,947

1995 2,995

1996 3,385

2000 3,467

The population of Enoch City in 2000 represents 10.2 percent of Iron County population for the same period. It is expected that in the coming years Enoch City will increase in population at a rate of about 10% per year.

3. Community Design Goals and Policies

Goal A-1. Protection of Neighborhood Identity

To protect and preserve the character of existing neighborhoods while providing for new development which is consistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan.

Policies: A-1.1 Maintain or enhance the character of existing neighborhoods.

A-1.2 Encourage farmers and ranchers of Enoch City to support specific standards which reflect the lifestyles and character of the area.

A-1.3 Ensure that new development is compatible with the character of the existing surrounding neighborhoods.

A-1.4 Consider all design elements, so that new development does not conflict with the character of the neighborhoods.

Goal A-2. Design Concepts and Quality for the Community

To Encourage design excellence in the development of all public and private projects in the City.

Policies: A-2.1 Identify important design and aesthetic attributes that contribute to the unique character of the City.

A-2.2 Provide for residential uses in proximity to business/commercial centers in a manner which promotes the neighborhood/village/town center planning concept, emphasizing a country theme design.

A-2.3 Encourage key gateway design themes to the City's overall community image.

A-2.4 Encourage the establishment of design themes while avoiding monotony within individual developments of the City.

A-2.5 Promote opportunities for greater bicycle, pedestrian walkways, equestrian orientation and lifestyles.

A-2.6 Maintain performance and design standards for buffer areas at the interface between uses.

Goal A-3. Treatment of Commercial Districts

To promote design excellence in the development of business/commercial centers.

Policies: A-3.1 Identify an appropriate area for business and a retail City Center.

A-3.2 Support business/commercial in developing criteria standards to improve the appearance and function of business and commercial centers. Encourage the rural design of the exterior of buildings to maintain country atmosphere.

A-3.3 Promote the development of commercial business' and a retail City center.

A-3.4 Encourage the establishment of mixed use and neighborhood commercial centers throughout the area and provide opportunities for plazas and urban open spaces.

A-3.5Encourage design and uses of commercial districts and related housing that provides for safe and secure day and night time activities, i.e., historic districts within the City.

Goal A-4. Historic Buildings and Features

To continue to preserve and maintain special historical features and landmarks as focal points in the planning area.

Policies: A-4.1 Identify historical areas and structures of local significance to Enoch City and surrounding area.

A-4.2 Encourage design standards for new development in historic areas, such as requiring adequate buffers between historical areas and other land uses, also the use of compatible or similar construction materials and architectural styles so as not to detract from the integrity of historical features.

A-4.3 Provide architectural aid to buildings of historical and/or architectural significance.

A-4.4 Permit non-conforming uses, as appropriate, for buildings of historical and/or architectural significance.

A-4.5 Encourage the use of historic lighting styles in historical districts to create a special sense of place.

A-4.6 Encourage the development and preservation of areas of historic significance, i.e. the Old Spanish Trail.

Goal A-5. Natural Resources Preservation

To preserve and integrate the prominent and distinctive natural features of the community as open space for the use and visual enjoyment of all City residents.

Policies: A-5.1 Encourage retaining natural drainage ways and watershed areas.

A-5.2 Develop guidelines for any development located in view corridors or near prominent or unique land forms.

A-5.3 Where possible, incorporate attractive natural amenities, such as rock outcroppings, vegetation, streams, and drainage areas, into the development of future projects to protect the environment and provide landscape opportunities, visual interest, and recreational opportunities.

Goal A-6. Open Space Areas/Park Design

To protect and enhance open space areas that provide visual and aesthetic character and identity to the community.

Policies: A-6.1 Encourage programs and maintain established buffer ordinances that will be effective in providing visual relief and separation between development and parks.

A-6.2 Establish recreational areas for both passive and active activities.

A-6.3 Develop a park diversification program (regional, community, neighborhood/local, special use parks) which conforms to community recreation needs.

A-6.4 Promote the concept of combination neighborhood parks and open space areas. Where possible integrate neighborhood parks with a community-wide system of trails, hiking trials, historic trials, bicycle paths, and equestrian trails.

A-6.5 Promote the preservation and enhancement of open space and recreational uses tied to the City's natural drainage courses and historic corridors.

A-6.6 Promote visual and physical buffer by the use of easements, roadways, trails, and other features, to delineate various neighborhoods in the planning area.

A-6.7 To the extent possible, promote the development of equestrian trails in open space areas to connect with trails in public lands in addition to locations within and adjacent to road easements.

Goal A-7. Circulation System Design

To develop a safe and efficient circulation system that protects and enhances the overall community character.

Policies: A-7.1 Promote design principles for major roadway construction which are consistent with functions and which address roadway improvements, landscaping, aesthetics, signage, lighting, and pedestrian enhancements.

A-7.2 Encourage identifiable entryway for the overall community, identifiable residential neighborhoods, and unique or principal business/commercial districts of the City.

A-7.3 Encourage the protection of views along major scenic highways and road corridors.

A-7.4 Support the development of trails and walkways in all rural areas; such trails and walkways need not always be located adjacent to the street and may meander within landscaped areas and link neighborhoods and services.

A-7.5 Protect residential neighborhoods from intrusion of undesirable through traffic, yet still maintain and enhance accessibility with the city.

A-7.6 Provide for adequate and standard roadways as required by ordinance to serve the community.

A-7.7 Establish roadway alignments.

A-7.8 Promote safe routes to schools and other public facilities for pedestrians and vehicles.

Goal A-8. Signs and Billboards

To ensure that signs throughout the City are visually attractive and minimizes distraction.

Policies: A-8.1 Maintain the comprehensive sign ordinance which calls for the elimination of non-conforming signs.

A-8.2 Encourage distinctive signage which identifies principal entries to the City, unique neighborhoods, and public buildings and parks.

A-8.3 Review new billboards in the City to ensure compliance with city and state ordinances and Utah Department of Transportation regulation.

Goal A-9. Landscape Architecture

To promote superior landscape design which emphasizes aesthetics, function, and water conservation.

Policies: A-9.1 Encourage landscaping around residential, commercial, and industrial buildings and parking areas to enhance views from roadways and surrounding uses.

A-9.2 Utilize landscaping techniques to screen different land uses and create transition and buffer zones between conflicting use areas.

A-9.3 Encourage major landscape themes to provide visual relief in the more urbanized areas.

A-9.4 Develop landscape themes to accentuate the major public access to the City neighborhoods.

A-9.5 Support City-wide landscape and tree planting guidelines which promote low maintenance, drought-tolerant and fire-resistant species.

A-9.6 Encourage incorporation of indigenous landscape materials such as, native stone, river rock, and indigenous vegetation into landscape themes.

A-9.7 Promote the establishment of volunteerism for the landscape maintenance in open spaces and trail districts, homeowners associations, or other methods within the planning area.

A-9.8 Encourage the development of a tree and shrub planting and replacement program.

Goal A-10. Infrastructure

To achieve a coordinated and efficient infrastructure system which is visually unobtrusive while designed to meet the current and future needs of the planning area.

Policies: A-10.1 Encourage placement of backbone distribution power lines and other mechanical equipment underground, where feasible, to maximize safety and minimize visual distraction.

A-10.2 Require that new electrical, telephone, cable television, mechanical equipment and other distribution lines be placed underground.

A-10.3 Require that all new on site connections and utilities are installed underground and consider implementing an underground program for existing development, where possible.

A-10.4 Ensure the efficient placement and consolidation of utility facilities within new development.

A-10.5 Support landscaping, underground installation, berms, and other techniques and design measures to integrate public facilities, such as water tanks and major water transmission lines, where visible, into the community design.

A-10.6 Promote the use of the land under high power transmission lines for landscaping, tree farms, additional safe recreation areas, and other appropriate feasible uses.

A-10.7 Encourage a community design relative to housing, commercial, and industrial areas that provides convenience and fiscal stability.

4. Implementation of the Community Design Element

The primary tools with which the City may undertake to implement the Community Design Element of the plan include:

1. Design guidelines

2. A comprehensive zoning ordinance

3. Subdivision agreement

4. Development agreements

5. Special Standards Districts

6. Street median and parkway landscaping programs

7. Multipurpose Trails Plan

B. LAND USE ELEMENT

1. Purpose

The Land Use Element of Enoch City is designed to preserve the rural character of the land and promote sound land use decisions in the City. The land use element is developed to plan sufficient land for residential, agricultural, commercial, industrial, and public uses. These uses need to be located so as to enhance community character, preserve natural resources and enable the City to provide adequate public services for City residents.

2. Definitions

"Urban Growth" refers to a predominance of areas or uses which exhibit one or a combination of the following:

Intensive use of land for buildings and structures;

High percentages of impermeable surfaces;

Incompatibility with the primary use of the land for production of food, other agricultural products, or fiber, or the extraction of mineral resources:

1. streets, roads, highways, sidewalks, street and road lighting systems, and traffic signals

2. domestic water systems

3. sanitary sewer systems

4. storm sewer systems

5. park and recreational facilities

6. schools

7. fire protection and suppression

8. law enforcement

9. public health

10. education

11. recreation

12. environmental protection

13. other governmental services, including power, transit, and libraries

"Characterized by Urban Growth" refers to areas with Urban Growth and land located in relationship to an area with urban growth as to be appropriate for urban growth.

"Sprawl" Sharpening our understanding of the problems of sprawl has been a knotty issue, largely because it encompasses such a different sweep of issues that the term "cost of sprawl" means different things to different people. To the developer, it might mean the cost of manhole covers, sewer lines, curb, and sidewalks. To the environmentalist, it may refer to the loss of wetlands or poor air quality. Sociologists may find suburbs alienating, and for local government, sprawl is often part of the discussion about how the weakened fiscal capacity of urban areas drives residents to more financially sound locations. Planners worry about all of these factors particularly how to ensure that a region's ability to maintain services, quality of life and costs are not hampered by the forces of decentralization.

"Development that exceeds a community's capacity to absorb it, triggers the abandonment of prior public and private investment, and helps neither the local economy nor the local tax base in the long run." Quoted from the National Trusts for Historic Preservation.

3. Key Issues

a. Accommodation of Growth in Accordance with the City's Goals and Policies (see Land Use Map). The Land Use Element establishes a planned pattern for development of the City for the next twenty years and beyond. The Element provides an advanced view of what the City should become in the years ahead and acts as a guide for informed decision making in development matters. It keeps in mind important concerns such as infrastructure availability, development compatibility and the City's desire to retain the natural environment.

Additionally, the Land Use Element provides the basis for the implementation of appropriate growth coordination techniques within the City. This element, in conjunction with other plan elements and the general plan as a whole, provides the structural basis for assuring that future growth occurs in accordance with the City's vision.

b. Development Guidance. The Land Use Element provides direction and predictability for both developers and decision-makers. It establishes the City's vision of the future and guides development of land accordingly. Individual developments must fit into the overall development pattern described in the plan (see Land Use Map). Development approvals, capital improvement programs, service level provisions, implementation ordinances, financing and regulatory fee mechanisms of the City to the extent not inconsistent with the law, shall be consistent with this general plan and each element of the general plan shall be internally consistent with each other; unless findings of fact supporting a statement of overriding consideration can be made.

In order to best accommodate the needs of present and future Enoch residents, consideration must be given to the most logical and efficient location of residential and supporting commercial development to satisfy those needs. For existing partial development in outlying areas, the City will, by it's development procedures, make certain that any developer make adequate provision for services to future residents. Even in light of these provisions, development from a service availability standpoint should remain in areas which currently enjoy service and infrastructure development or which can be reasonably considered by means of location as a viable residential area.

4. Annexation/Proposed Zoning

In order to best accommodate the needs of present and future City residents, consideration must be given to the most logical and efficient location of residential and supporting commercial development to satisfy those needs. Even these provisions, development from a service availability standpoint, should remain in areas which currently enjoy service and infrastructure development or which can be reasonably considered by means of location as a viable residential area.

Through it's land use goals, policies and mapping, the City will encourage residential growth within existing City boundaries in an effort to best serve the residents of the City. The City has developed a Land Use Map which delineates different areas of the City into various zones.

5. Growth Goals and Policies

Goal B-1. Growth Management

To preserve the rural character and integrity of Enoch City by permitting orderly growth through the synchronization of development with the availability of public facilities such as roads, sewers, water service and schools needed to support it.

Policies: B-1.1 Develop and implement a Public Facilities requirement that defines and requires that adequate infrastructure exist or be programmed for construction within a defined period of time as a condition of development approval.

B-1.2 Maintain the capability to provide adequate public facilities and services in a timely manner.

B-1.3 Support the preparation of a Consolidated Plan and a Capital Improvements Plan.

B-1.4 Revise the Community Development Plan and the Capital Improvement Plan annually to reflect the status of all Elements, i.e. water, sewer, roads, and other City projects.

B-1.5 Continue to pursue a policy of cooperation with Cedar City, Iron County, and other entities with jurisdiction within the planning area; and seek adequate documentation, notification, and mitigation of infrastructure impacts bordering the City's boundaries.

B-1.6 Promote involvement with the Iron County Coordinating Council to aid in resolving problems within Iron County.

Goal B-2. Types and Mix of Land Use to be Designated in the Planning Area

To achieve the development of a well balanced, financially sound, and functional mix of residential, agricultural, commercial, industrial, open space, recreational, institutional, and educational land uses, while maintaining the desired rural and agricultural character and integrity of Enoch City.

Policies: B-2.1 Encourage the orderly and controlled development of a range of housing types to meet the needs of existing and future residents of the planning area. Encourage a limited number of multiple housing types to maintain the rural character of the City. Consider design standards and site planning criteria that incorporates and encourages mini farms, cluster homes, and ranches so as to stay compatible with existing neighborhoods.

B-2.2 Promote the development of service and neighborhood commercial development to meet existing and future needs. These centers must be non-intrusive, sensitive to surrounding residential land uses, and should be located adjacent to arterial roadways.

B-2.3 Designate appropriate locations for manufacturing, light industrial, office and other activities that will not adversely impact the environment, while providing employment opportunities.

B-2.4 Encourage the development of landscaping, pedestrian walkways and other unified design standards for commercial areas.

B-2.5 Warehousing and distribution centers should be located in proximity to freeways or other major transportation thoroughfares to facilitate the efficient movement of goods and minimize disruption and congestion on local and commercial streets.

B-2.6 Encourage complimentary land uses which promote the development of visitor serving uses.

B-2.7 Explore the use of utility rights-of-way for tree farms, nurseries, crops, trails and greenbelt activities.

B-2.8 Encourage the development of equestrian zones that are presently equestrian oriented, and support the surrounding equestrian land uses that are compatible with the area.

B-2.9 Provide for the reservation of land to meet projected institutional and infrastructure needs.

B-2.10 Promote the retention of open spaces to preserve significant rural and environmental areas, to provide land use buffers, and to provide for public safety.

B-2.11 Consider the development of strip commercial centers and corner mini-shopping centers, and a permanent farmers market complex which offers a variety of seasonal goods.

B-2.12 Support the retention of existing agricultural businesses.

Goal B-3. Distribution and Intensity of Land Use Development

To achieve a balanced environment through planned land use.

Policies: B-3.1 Promote the development of community centers which encourage a pedestrian orientation and can accommodate a mixture of commercial, entertainment, recreation, town square/meeting place(s), and multi-use complexes throughout the planning area.

B-3.2 Promote the concentrated development and establishment of community centers having historical and/or community wide interest.

B-3.3 Encourage the development of attractive greenbelt areas, gymkhana (equestrian), open spaces, golf courses and entertainment/recreational amenities along Interstate 15, and along similar state routes within the planning area.

B-3.4 Encourage multiple uses of public easements and public lands, such as flood inundation areas and power line areas, for recreational purposes.

Goal B-4. Quality and Maintenance of Development

To ensure that development in the city is consistent with the overall community character and that it contributes in a positive way toward the city's image.

Policies: B-4.1 Maintain a land use map that is constructed around the established city framework and a linear system of streets and roads.

B-4.2 Promote the development design identification measures that will promote a positive community image.

B-4.3 Support setbacks, landscaping, or other measures to provide physical and visual buffers between land uses to minimize potential land use conflicts between dissimilar uses.

B-4.4 Promote the preservation, rehabilitation and/or upgrading of historical areas where appropriate.

B-4.5 Support the development of appropriate land use zones.

B-4.6 Direct that signage on new and existing development is visually attractive and provides a high quality image for the city.

B-4.7 Retain standards to ensure that buildings and/or property are maintained.

B-4.8 Enforce building and safety codes and regulations concerning the rehabilitation, or removal of deteriorated and dilapidated buildings, structures and sites.

B-4.9 Encourage maintenance of the rural qualities found in the existing neighborhoods.

B-4.10 Encourage the preservation of significant architectural, historical and cultural structures and landmarks within the planning area.

B-4.11 Promote lighting in new and existing development so that it does not unduly contribute to night time visual pollution and glare, and is compatible with surrounding land uses.

B-4.12 Encourage landscaping, art and other design amenities that compliment and enhance the street scape and the design of new development.

B-4.13 Promote the development of greenbelt corridors and setbacks along major and arterial streets.

Goal B-5. Preservation of Natural Resources

To provide protection of the environmental setting and habitat through the location of land uses and the use of sensitive planning.

Policies: B-5.1 Encourage responsible and sensitive development of hillside areas, and development on ridge lines.

B-5.2 Designate that development, grading and landscaping are to be sensitive to the natural topography and major land forms in the planning area.

B-5.3 Provide guidelines, as needed, for the preservation of natural features and resources.

Goal B-6. Housing

To protect and enhance the integrity of existing residential neighborhoods and to encourage affordable housing.

Policies: B-6.1 Encourage housing rehabilitation efforts, or replacement programs, on deteriorating residential housing.

B-6.2 Continue to encourage development of new housing, while ensuring that the character, scale and density of new residential development is compatible and complimentary to existing rural residential neighborhoods.

B-6.3 Provide for the retention of existing residential neighborhoods which are primarily developed with-single-family homes.

B-6.4 Ensure that new development is compatible with and complimentary to existing development in terms of scale, architecture, and density.

B-6.5 Retain the planning of the multiple-family ordinance and ensure that new development is compatible with existing structures.

B-6.6 Support affordable housing opportunities for low and moderate income family and senior citizen households.

Goal B-7. Responsible Growth Management

To preserve the character of Enoch City through planned development practices and the provision of private and public capital improvements, facilities, and services to support existing and future development.

Policies: B-7.1 Ensure that the demand for public facilities and services does not exceed the ability to provide and maintain such facilities and services; necessary facility improvements should be planned and coordinated with future development.

B-7.2 Ensure that facilities and services are provided in a timely manner through collection of developer fees within the city's power.

B-7.3 Establish and implement necessary safety measures and standards so that development is appropriately in areas where natural hazards are present, (seismic, geologic, flooding, fires, etc.) unless such hazards can be mitigated.

B-7.4 Encourage the school board to institute an impact fee to provide funds for education facilities future growth.

B-7.5 Consider water and sewer capacity when evaluating development proposals under the land use plan.

B-7.6 Review unincorporated annexation areas for compatibility with existing city planned growth, and make adjustments when necessary.

B-7.7 Encourage organized, coordinated and efficient planning, construction and improvement of urban infrastructure, so the development does not exceed the capacity of infrastructure.

Goal B-8. Compatibility of Land Use and Infrastructure Services

Ensure that all developments are compatible with public infrastructure improvements.

6. Open Space Goals and Policies

Goal B-9. Preservation of Natural Resources

To preserve the special natural area which gives Enoch City distinct form and identity.

Policies: B-9.1 Encourage that major environmental features (significant land forms, water sources and

storage, and other natural resources) are considered for open space within the planning area.

B-9.2 Support a long-term plan to consolidate and acquire open space and to maintain viable natural ecosystems in conjunction with the orderly development of the planning area.

B-9.3 Link buffer areas to provide for contiguous areas of open space wherever possible.

B-9.4 Consider the adoption of an ordinance requiring the developer to do re-vegetation of graded areas with native, and/or indigenous drought-resistant plant species while ensuring that such programs are consistent with fire prevention efforts.

B-9.5 Encourage landform grading standards which minimize the impact of grading operations.

Goal B-10. Open Space Areas for Outdoor Recreation Uses

To preserve open space areas for recreational use.

Policies: B-10.1 Support the acquisition of park and open space through grants, budget allocations,

exactions, and other innovative techniques.

B-10.2 Promote a diverse mix of recreational use and view areas within open space sites.

B-10.3 Encourage the cohesive development of trails and open space as a unified system, contiguous throughout the city and planning area with linkages to county, state, federal, and other park lands and trail systems.

B-10.4 Utilize the Old Spanish Trail as a focal point for development of an integrated system of bikeways, equestrian trails, parks, and open space.

B-10.5 Actively seek opportunities to obtain easements, dedications, and acquisitions of land for new trails.

B-10.6 Support the efforts of neighborhoods in reducing noise impacts of new active recreational areas through such measures as the use of buffer zones, landscaping and walls as mitigation.

B-10.7 Encourage parks sites and recreational open space areas of natural scenic beauty which can be conserved and enjoyed by the public.

B-10.8 Consider the establishment of Homeowners Associations and/or Landscape Maintenance Districts within new developments as a means of preserving and maintaining on site recreational and open space areas.

B-10.9 Support the development and coordination of equestrian, bike, pedestrian, jogging, and hiking trails.

Goal B-11. Open Space Designations as Protection Against Natural Hazards

To use the open space designation to protect the public health and safety and welfare in areas subject to natural hazards.

Policies: B-11.1 Integrate natural hazard regions, such as flood and seismic fault zones, into the open space

areas.

B-11.2 Encourage adequate flood hazard measures to protect residents, employees, and buildings from flood hazards by regulating new development in areas which may be significantly impacted by flooding.

B-11.3 Make information available to the public about flood hazards in recognized flood zones designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

B-11.4 Protect public health and safety by designating areas of significant unmitigatable environment hazards for permanent open space areas.

B-11.5 Incorporate the use of flood control measures which maximize groundwater recharge and the use of flood ways as native habitat.

B-11.6 Design slope drainage concepts consistent with the identity of community character in the area for the following items:

B-11.7 Minimize the need for slope irrigation.

B-11.8 Encourage measures for groundwater recharge.

B-11.9 Minimize the construction and placement of slope drainage structures which are intrusive,-out-of-scale, and/or incompatible with the surroundings.

Goal B-12. Water Resources Preservation

To protect the quality and quantity of local water resources, including the natural productivity of all surface and groundwater, and important watershed and recharge areas.

Policies: B-12.1 Protect and preserve the supply and quality of water resources in cooperation with federal, state, and regional water resource planning programs and regulations.

B-12.2 Prohibit the flow of polluting chemicals or sediments into groundwater recharge areas.

B-12.3 Identify and protect groundwater recharge areas and encourage the development of spreading and impoundment areas.

B-12.4 Encourage storm control systems, where necessary, to conform with the natural drainage patterns of the area.

B-12.5 Utilize flood ways for the purpose of recreation, scenic relief, groundwater recharge, wildlife protection, and other compatible uses.

B-12.6 Support local and regional waste water recycling.

B-12.7 Encourage intergovernmental coordination and cooperation among all agencies involved in the management, conservation and utilization of water resources by jointly developing strategies for a secure water supply.

B-12.8 Establish and implement a city-wide water conservation program.

B-12.9 Encourage the use of zeroscaping and geoscaping as well as drought tolerant plants for revegetation and landscaping. Encourage and implementing zeroscaping on city parks and lands.

B-12.10 Protect ground water quality through the establishment of a sanitary sewer system hook

up program to require the connection of all city uses/densities.

B-12.11 Carefully consider transfers in water use, acquisition of new water, creation of conservancy districts, development of water markets, the promotion of water conservation and alternative uses of water brought on by new water demands and needs in relationship to the history, traditions, and culture of Iron County.

B-12.12 Regulate all industries whose operation or refuse is potentially contaminating to the water supply or whose use of a private well may seriously overdraft the aquifer.

B-12.13 Establish, through resolution, policies that equitably distribute and regulate the use of reclaimed water.

Goal B-13. Recycling of Natural Resources

To encourage the sorting and recycling of all possible materials and the reduction of future landfill space requirements.

Policies: B-13.1 The city recognizes that, at this time recycling is cost prohibitive; but we feel that an education program should be implemented.

Goal B-14. Preservation of Historical, Cultural, and Archaeological Resources

To protect the historical and culturally significant resources which contribute to community identity and a sense of history.

Policies: B-14.1 Support the preservation of valuable historical structures and consider the development of historical and cultural resources ordinance for this purpose.

B-14.2 Encourage the identification and preservation of significant archaeological sites.

B-14.3 Integrate historic sites with recreational and open space areas wherever possible.

B-14.4 Incorporate historic sites into proposed development in such a manner as to preserve the integrity of the site whenever possible.

7. Housing Goals, Policies and Programs

A survey of the dwelling units in Enoch City was conducted in June of 1992. This survey was designed to determine the type, number and condition of existing dwelling units in the City. The number of vacant lots for future development was also counted. Single family housing is the most predominant type. Mobile homes comprise approximately five percent of the total. There are no apartment buildings or condominiums in Enoch.

Results of this survey are on file in the City Office. The survey may be periodically readdressed as deemed necessary.

Goal B-15. Development of New Housing

Encourage a variety of housing types for all income levels and assist in the development and provision of affordable and proportionally priced and sized homes to meet the needs of all community residents, including, but not limited to, low and moderate income, large families, handicapped, families with female heads of households, and the elderly.

Policies: B-15.1 Continue the land use plan which provides opportunities for the development of a wide

variety of new housing types within the City.

B-l5.2 Ensure that development proposals are consistent with the City's land use plan.

B-15.3 Monitor the residential development planning so that it supports the housing needs of the future population of Enoch City.

B-15.4 Promote the development of compatible mixed use projects in order in there respective zones to create a well planned community.

B-15.5 Support programs to increase the supply of diversified housing throughout the region. Give full consideration to the impacts on environmental, market, infrastructure, public services, utilities, human resources, and other factors.

B-15.6 Encourage the private sector to provide opportunities for needed quality and creative housing in the City (e.g. loft apartments, commercial/residential).

Programs: B-15.1a Alternative Development Standards

Use planned unit development techniques while considering environmental, market infrastructure and other factors to permit alternative housing programs where such projects result in attractive, desirable housing types, including affordable housing.

B-15.1b Existing Needs Accented

Accent housing projects which fulfill the existing needs of the City's various communities.

B-15.1c Planned Unit Development

Encourage development requests that promote housing developments which meet the needs of the community.

B-15.1d Manufactured Housing

Continue manufactured housing on lots located in-single-family zones with same development standards as the specific single-family zone.

Goal B-16. Availability Of Land For Residential Development

Establish zones for various housing areas that are compatible with development standards contained in the zoning ordinances, and public services and utilities needed to facilitate residential development.

Policies: B-16.1 Implement the Enoch City General Plan land use element which provides opportunities for a range of housing densities and types within designated expansion areas.

B-16.2 Periodically review development standards contained in the zoning ordinance to maintain consistency between the ordinance and the General Plan, including provisions to facilitate affordable housing without diminishing quality.

B-16.3 Existing and future infrastructure, health safety, water availability and sewage disposal needs should be addressed in connection with considerations for new development proposals.

B-16.4 Seek development which facilitates the efficient use of infrastructure, contributes to solutions of existing deficiencies, and anticipates and facilitates the orderly provision of future development and infrastructure consistent with this General Plan.

B-16.5 Encourage the development of residential units which are accessible to handicapped persons and adaptable for conversion to use by handicapped persons.

B-16.6 Encourage the exploration of non-traditional housing models to accommodate affordable housing and/or the need for temporary or transitional shelter for special needs such as for the abused, neglected, divorced, homeless, handicapped, etc.

B-16.7 Ordinances shall not be amended capriciously. However, periodically the City should review and revise planning, zoning, and development regulations to make them compatible with the needs of the City.

B-16.8 Encourage residential development and housing for the elderly in close proximity to public transportation and commercial land uses, and in close proximity to public services and recreational opportunities.

B-16.9 Coordinate a computer based land use information and mapping system (graphic information system) noting acreage, existing and potential development, and other pertinent information.

Goal B-17. Affordable Housing

To promote sites suitable for a variety of housing types for all income levels and encourage the development and provision of affordable and proportionally priced and sized homes to meet the needs of all community residents, including equestrian oriented households, low and moderate income, large families, handicapped, families with single heads of households, and the elderly.

Policies: B-17.1 Implement the Enoch City land use element which provides opportunities for a range of housing densities and types.

B-17.2 Periodically review development standards contained in the Enoch City Zoning Ordinance to ensure consistency between the ordinance and the General Plan.

B-17.3 Maintain the ordinances that allow mobile homes in mobile home parks, and manufactured housing on residential lots.

B-17.4 Existing and future infrastructure needs should be planned in connection with considerations for new development proposals.

B-17.5 Support development which facilitates the efficient use of infrastructure, contributes to solutions of existing deficiencies, and is consistent with this General Plan.

B-17.6 Promote opportunities for the development of adequate housing to provide low and moderate income households.

B-17.7 Encourage low and moderate income and senior citizen housing programs financed by other levels of government.

B-17.8 Encourage the development of residential units which are accessible to handicapped persons and adaptable for conversion to use by handicapped persons.

B-17.9 Encourage the maintenance and improvement of the existing housing stock, particularly the affordable portion of the housing stock, where feasible.

B-17.10 Promote programs such as low cost loans, equity sharing, and deed restrictions that increase the amount of affordable housing.

B-17.11 Participate in state and federal housing assistance programs.

B-17.12 Utilize public, redevelopment and other funds to upgrade and construct drainage, sidewalks, street lights, and public transit.

B-17.13 Develop a community center which will provide multiple-use opportunities for the residents of the City.

B-17.14 Promote provisions for all subdivisions to be site accessible to the disabled Site accessibility includes curb cuts, and consider wider private sidewalks, ramps instead of or in addition to steps, and wider entry doors with level thresholds to permit wheelchair access, in special types of housing such as senior or handicapped housing.

Goal B-18. Maintenance of Existing Affordable Housing

Encourage the maintenance and improvement of the existing housing stock, particularly the affordable portion of the housing stock, where feasible.

Policies: B-18.1 Encourage the upkeep, maintenance, and rehabilitation of existing housing in the City.

B-18.2 Promote the maintenance of existing affordable housing throughout the City, including dwellings occupied by households utilizing Section 8 programs and other governmental and/or non-profit housing assistance programs.

B-18.3 Utilize programs, such as Community Development Block Grants, to improve the condition of the existing housing inventory.

B-18.4 Promote increased awareness among property owners and residents of the importance of property maintenance for long term housing quality.

B-18.5 Continue to utilize the City's code enforcement program to bring substandard units into compliance with City codes and to improve overall housing conditions.

B-18.6 Promote residential rehabilitation programs which provide financial and technical assistance to lower income property owners to enable correction of housing deficiencies which could not otherwise be undertaken.

B-18.7 Encourage the retention of existing-single-family neighborhoods which are economically and physically sound.

B-18.8 Maintain and enhance the quality of residential neighborhoods.

B-18.9 Support ongoing State programs for manufactured housing and encourage the retention and maintenance of existing mobile home parks within the City, where consistent with standards for a suitable living environment and compatible with surrounding land uses.

B-18.10 Require by ordinance property owners to consistently maintain their property in a clean, safe, and well kept condition. The ordinance should include reasonable and appropriate warning and enforcement procedures, including the power to issue citations and correct problems and bill the owner later.

B-18.11 Continue to enforce compliance with the City's zoning, fire, health and safety, and building codes. Implement with code enforcement officers.

B-18.12 Work with government and private institutions to establish and implement a low-interest loan program for lower income home owners enabling them to make needed home repairs. The program should focus on senior citizens, and the disabled.

B-18.13 Evaluate the rehabilitation programs to ensure that all areas in need of assistance are being served. Funding can be preserved for these areas. Funds to be utilized would include the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).

Goal B-19. Meeting Housing Needs

To address maintenance, improvement, and development of housing where appropriate and legally possible.

Policies: B-19.1 Promote reasonable processing time and fees.

B-19.2 Support development of areas for future housing rehabilitation and maintenance programs.

B-19.3 Encourage funding for the maintenance and development of affordable housing.

B-19.4 The City shall review the impact of proposed ordinances, assessments and fees, on housing affordability and availability.

Goal B-20. Development in Natural Resource Areas

To provide new housing opportunities which are sensitive to rural, aesthetic, and environmental needs.

Policies: B-20.1 Restrict housing development in areas containing important natural resources consistent with other goals and policies pertaining to natural resource areas.

B-20.2 Promote the variety and visual appeal of residential development.

B-20.3 Designate areas of restricted development due to their highly sensitive natural characteristics; such areas include significant ecological areas, and water resources.

Goal B-21. Development Sensitive to Energy Conservation

Support new housing opportunities which are environmentally sensitive and energy efficient.

Policies: B-21.1 In accordance with international building codes, require the incorporation of energy conservation features in the design of all new housing developments and encourage the installation of conservation devices in existing development.

B-21.2 Promote water conservation through education, public service announcements, and other similar techniques.

B-21.3 Support programs for energy and water conservation.

B-21.4 Encourage landscaping plans which feature drought tolerant, fire resistant, and xeriscape of low water consumptive materials, with irrigation methods that maximize efficiencies.

B-21.5 Water resources and water accumulation areas shall be identified for the protection of drainage channels and natural percolation areas.

B-21.6 Support infill development to maintain the continuing viability of existing rural areas.

B-21.7 Within Enoch annexation area, higher density development should be encouraged as identified on the Land Use Map.

B-21.8 Urbanizing areas shall provide a balance of land uses, including sufficient commercial area to meet the needs of community residents for neighborhood commercial uses.

B-21.9 Within urbanizing areas, high density residential uses shall be located principally adjacent to major collector or arterial streets, adjacent to existing, or other planned non-residential uses or adjacent to residential areas where site configuration and project design can encourage compatibility between such uses.

B-21.10 Encourage compatibility between the plans and policies of Enoch and the County or other "effected cities". The joint planning process shall be undertaken in two steps:

1. Support the Iron County Coordinating Council and the interlocal agreement which establishes the process and subjects of the joint planning, which may include such things as appropriate levels of service, zoning, subdivision of land, adequacy of public facilities, capitol improvements, etc.

2. After the discussion on the items have been completed and agreed to by all parties, the proposed joint plan will be subject to the General Plan amendment process of the City. This shall include all statutory notice and public hearing requirements and any other matters as indicated in the General Plan.

8. Parks and Recreation Goals and Policies

Goal B-22. Comprehensive System Development

Provide, develop, and maintain parks with quality recreational facilities, and recreational equipment to serve neighborhood needs.

Policies: B-22.1 Promote a combination of local park acreage, park facilities, and recreational equipment to serve neighborhood needs.

B-22.2 Develop a variety of park types and sizes, (community, neighborhood) which are distributed adequately to serve all area residents and to prevent overcrowding and overuse.