Ogden Valley General Plan Recreation Element
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Ogden Valley General Plan Recreation Element OCTOBER 2005 Weber County, Utah TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .......................................... 1 Project Purpose................................................... 2 Planning Background .............................................. 3 Ogden Valley Vision Statement....................................... 5 Relevant General Plan Goals and Objectives ............................. 7 OVGP Goal: Enhance Quality Recreational Opportunities ............ 7 Document Overview ............................................... 8 CHAPTER 2: LAND USE AND ZONING ANALYSIS........................... 9 Land Use and Development Assessment ............................... 10 Ogden Valley’s Development Potential ................................ 19 Current Conditions.......................................... 19 Higher Development Intensities through Clustering.................. 21 Summary of Ogden Valley’s Development Potential................. 26 Powder Mountain Resort Development Analysis ......................... 27 Resort Land Ownership ...................................... 27 Development Constraint Assessment ............................ 30 Resort Development Potential.................................. 31 Summary of Development Potential at Powder Mountain Resort ....... 34 Snowbasin Resort Development Analysis .............................. 34 Development Constraint Assessment ............................ 36 Resort Development Potential.................................. 38 Summary of Development Potential at Snowbasin Resort............. 40 Nordic Valley Resort Development Analysis ............................ 40 Development Constraint Assessment ............................ 41 Resort Development Potential.................................. 43 Summary of Development Potential at Nordic Valley Resort........... 44 CHAPTER 3: RECREATION ANALYSIS ................................... 45 Community-Oriented Recreational Facilities and Resources ................. 45 Public and Private Recreational Facilities and Resources................... 52 Forest Recreation ........................................... 54 Pineview Reservoir .......................................... 56 Trails - Hiking, Biking, and Equestrian ........................... 57 Fishing ................................................... 58 Hunting .................................................. 58 Camping .................................................. 59 Climbing.................................................. 60 Recreation Element vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Scenic Driving ............................................. 60 Golf..................................................... 61 Snow Skiing .............................................. 61 Snowmobiling............................................. 62 Tourism Visitation ............................................... 63 CHAPTER 4: ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ANALYSIS................... 69 Natural Resources................................................ 70 Soil Resources............................................. 70 Water Resources ........................................... 71 Vegetation Resources........................................ 72 Wildlife Resources.......................................... 73 Environmental Constraints......................................... 73 Steep Slopes .............................................. 73 Geologic Hazards .......................................... 75 Stream Corridors and Wetlands................................ 76 Floodplains ............................................... 76 Essential Wildlife Habitat..................................... 77 Scenic Corridors ........................................... 78 Agricultural Lands.......................................... 78 Development Suitability Analysis .................................... 79 Sensitive Lands Ordinance......................................... 80 CHAPTER 5: TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS ............................. 81 Existing Roads and Their Capacities .................................. 82 Ogden Canyon Road (SR-39)................................. 82 New Trappers Loop (SR-167) ................................. 83 North Ogden Divide (Weber County 3464) ....................... 83 SR-39 ................................................... 84 SR-158 .................................................. 84 Huntsville to Eden Roads (Weber County 3468) ................... 85 Eden to Liberty Roads (Weber County 3464) ..................... 86 Avon Divide Road.......................................... 87 Existing Levels of Service (LOS)..................................... 87 Existing Transportation Improvement Projects .......................... 90 Recommended Transportation Improvement Projects..................... 90 Potential Revenue Sources for Transportation Improvement Projects ......... 91 Ogden Valley General Plan viii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 6: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND OPINIONS...................... 95 Stakeholder Committee Meetings .................................... 96 Public Workshops ................................................ 97 September 2004 ............................................ 97 December 2004 ............................................ 99 April 2005 ............................................... 102 Visual Preference Survey.......................................... 109 CHAPTER 7: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES................................ 111 Growth Along the Wasatch Front.................................... 111 Growth Potential of Ogden Valley................................... 112 Rural Character Versus Growth Potential.............................. 113 Some Resources Are at Capacity, Others Are Not ....................... 114 Future Roles for Expanded and New Resorts........................... 115 Traffic ........................................................ 116 Open Lands Protection ........................................... 117 Sprawl Verses Nodal Development .................................. 117 Transfer of Density .............................................. 118 CHAPTER 8: ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS .................. 123 Baseline Data for the Alternative Development Scenarios ................. 123 Overview of the Alternative Development Scenarios ..................... 125 Alternative Development Scenario I: Low Intervention and Current Trends.... 126 Alternative Development Scenario II: Large Lot Preference and Open Space . 129 Alternative Development Scenario III: Density Transfer and New Resorts ..... 132 Alternative Development Scenario IV: Combination ..................... 136 CHAPTER 9: RECOMMENDED POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ........................................... 141 Structure of the Chapter .......................................... 143 Community Recreation Facility Investments ............................ 144 Implementation Strategies.................................... 144 Public and Private Recreation Facility Investments....................... 146 Implementation Strategies.................................... 146 Tourism Facility Investments ....................................... 150 Implementation Strategies.................................... 150 Transportation Facility Investments .................................. 151 Implementation Strategies.................................... 151 Environmental Resource Protection.................................. 152 Implementation Strategies.................................... 152 Recreation Element ix TABLE OF CONTENTS Resort Development Guidelines .................................... 152 Implementation Strategies................................... 153 REFERENCES....................................................... 163 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Land Ownership Acreage by Planning District in Ogden Valley. ........ 10 Table 2. Distribution of Ogden Valley Land by Land Use Categories. .......... 13 Table 3. Distribution of Ogden Valley Land by Zoning Category. ............. 15 Table 4. Distribution of Buildable Land by Planning District and Zoning Category.................................................. 18 Table 5. Distribution of Potential Housing Units by Planning District and Zoning Category.................................................. 20 Table 6. Amount of Moderately Sloped Land (30-40 percent slope) by Zone Category and Planning District. ................................ 23 Table 7. Potential Housing Units in Ogden Valley Using Intensive Clustering..... 24 Table 8. Potential Amount of Open Space Protected by Encouraging Clustering................................................. 25 Table 9. Lands Owned by or Associated with Powder Mountain Resort......... 28 Table 10. Base Density Calculation for Powder Mountain Resort Under Current Zoning. ....................................... 32 Table 11. Powder Mountain Resort Base Densities under Different Forest District Zoning. .................................................. 33 Table 12. Lands Owned by or Associated with Snowbasin Resort. ............. 35 Table 13. Base Density Calculation for Snowbasin Resort Under Current Zoning. .................................................. 39 Table 14. Snowbasin Resort Base Densities under Different Forest District Zoning. ............................................ 40 Ogden Valley General Plan x TABLE OF CONTENTS Table 31. Housing Units and Open Space Acres for Each Alternative Development Scenario................................................