TOOELE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN Gillies Stransky Brems Smith Architects Wikstrom Economic & Planning Consultants CH2M Hill Williams & Hunt John Becker Public Relations November 1995 9906150184 990218 PDR ADOCK 07200022 B PDR Tooele County General Plan UTAH The lyrics of a John Gorka song titled "Houses in the Fields" poignantly describe the loss of a rural lifestyle and open space: They're growing houses in the fields between the towns... And the spaces won't be spaces anymore... Developers paid better than the corn But this is not where they were born... There's houses in the fields And the last few farms are growing out of here. The common thread of public comment received during the development of this plan was directed towards maintaining the rural lifestyle and open spaces of Tooele County, while accommodating growth and change. The public policy recommendations in this plan are directed toward a future for Tooele County where the spaces will be spaces. Acknowledgments Steering Committee John Wright Earl Tate Bill Simonich Karen Perry Ann Allen Gilbert Davies Carol Johnson J. Raymond Johnson Leland Hogan Neal Cline Tooele County Staff J. Raymond Johnson, Director of Department of Engineering Neal Cline, Planning Director Planning Commission John Olson Shirley Worthington Gilbert Davies John Beagley Ann Allen Lois McArthur County Commission Teryl Hunsaker Gary Griffith Lois McArthur Consultants Gillies Stransky Brems Smith Architects Wikstrom Economic & Planning Consultants CH2M I-fl Williams & Hunt John Becker Public Relations TOOELE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ................................................. CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY Backroundand Purpose Tooele's Place in the Region ..................... I CHA&rER TWO: PLAN PROCESS AND DATA ANALYSIS GeneralPlan Process: H-1 Plan Strategy ..................................... H-1 PlanningAssumptions andForecasts .................. Plan Vision ...................................... 11-2 Plan PolicyAreas: Tooele County PlanningDistricts ...... 11-3 PublicParticipation Process Workshop andSurvey .............................. 11-5 Steering Committee Meetings on DistrictIssues ........... 11-6 PublicMeeting ................................... 11-8 Other Comments/DataResources ..................... 11-8 PublicReview andAdoption ......................... 11-8 GeneralPlan Process: Plan Format PlanFormat .................................... H-10 Growth and the Plan .............................. II-10 Updatingthe Plan ................................ II-10 Summary of Existing Conditions Land Use Analysis Residential ................................ II-11 Agricultural ............................... I-11 Commercial Indstrial ...................... II-1 Open Space Preservation ..................... 11-12 Economic andDemographic Analysis Economic/Demographic...................... 11-14 Population ................................ 1I-14 HouseholdIncome/Poverty .................... 11-15 Employment ............................... 11-1711-16 11-17 Wages/Salaries ............................. .... 11-18 Housing ............... Affordable Housing ......................... 11-19 11-29 Gross Taxable Sales ......................... 11-22 Economic Analysis .......................... Transportation 11-23 RoadDesigniations..................... Regional/ l Roads ....................... 11-26 11-27 County Features............................ 11-27 Road Fumding ............................. ......................... 11-27 DesignConstruction 11-28 RailroadSystems ........................... Airport ................................... 11-29 Environment . .- 31 EnvironmentalAnaysis ................... 1-31 oeVegetation/ldlfe ............. 11-31 II-33 Sensitive Lan s .......................... Foothill Sensitive Lands ...................... 11-33 Recreation 11-35 Resources and Uses ...................... Parks, Trails, and Public Facilities ............. 11-35 Public Facilitiesand Utilities InfrastructureAnalysis .................... 11-36 WaterlWastewater ....................... 11-36 Water/WastewaterSystems .................... 11-37 Eergy/CommunicationFacilities .............. 11-38 Solid Waste Management ..................... 11-38 Local Governments Land Ownership and Administration ............ 11-39 Military and FederalInterface ................. 11-39 IncorporatedCities ......................... 11-40 PublicServices Emergency Services ........................ 11-41 1142 Law Enforcement ....................... Culturaland Scenic Resources Historica1/ArcheologicalResources ............. 11-43 Scenic/HistoricSites ......................... 11-43 Community Events .......................... 11-44 CHAPTER THREE: PLAN GOALS & POLICIES GeneralPlan Goals Management ....................... Goalsfor Growth 111-2 Goalsfor Quality Environment ....................... Management .................. 111-2 Goalsfor Infrastructure 111-2 Goalsfor Resource Development ...................... GeneralPlan Policies Growth Management 111-3 Land Use .................................. Quality Environment I11-14 Environment ............................... InfrastructureManagement Transportation............................. 111-18 111-21 Public Facilitiesand Utilities .................. Resource Development Economic ................................. 111-24 Recreation ................................ 111-25 Culturaland Scenic Resources ................. 111-28 CHAPTER FOUR: TOOELE VALLEY IV-] Land Use .............................................. ResidentialDevelopment ............................ IV-2 Agricultural ...................................... IV-2 Commercial/Industrial.............................. IV-3 IV-8 Economic and Demographic ............................... ......................................... IV-9 Transportation IV-14 Infrastructure ......................................... Environment ...................................... IV-14 IV-18 Recreation ........................................ IV-20 Culturaland Scenic Resources ............................ CHAPTER FIVE: RUSH VALLEY Vol Land Use ................... V-1 ResidentialDevelopment ................ V-1 V Agricultural ................... V-2 Commercial/ndtl al ............................ V2 Economic andDemographic ........................... .......................................... V-2 InfrastructureTransportation ...................... V-3 V-6 Environment ........................................... V-6 Recreation ....................................... Culturaland Scenic Resources ............................. CHAPTER SIX: SKULL VALLEY FT-17-1 Land Use ................... ..................... ResidentialDevelopment ............................ Agricultural............................ Vt-I Commercialndtrial.......................... W1 Economic andDemographic .......... .......... V1-2 ................................... Transportation .... * 1,-2 ...................................... Infrastructure .............. VI-3 Environment ............................ VI-4 Recreation ...................................... VI-4 Culturaland Scenic Resources ......................... CHAPTER SEVEN: WEST DESERT VII ...................................... Land Use V71-1 ResidentialDevelopment ........................... Agricultural................................ VII-1 Commercial/Industrial.......................... V*1** VI-1 Economic and Demographic .............................. ........................................ VII-2 Transportation VII-2 ............................. Infrastructure V.1-2 .......................................... Environment V11-3 .. Scenic.Resources......................... I- RecreationCulturaland Scenic Resources ............................ CHAPTIEF EIGHT: 1-80 CORRIDOR VIII-I Land Use ............................ VIII-) ResidentialDevelopment .......................... .................................... VIII-1 Agricultural VIII-2 Commercial/Industrial........................... VIII-2 Economic andDemographic ................. ......................... VIII-3 Trat sportation * VIII-3 Infrastructure ................................ V7I17I Environment VIII-8 ................................ Recreation . 9 Culturaland Scenic Resources ........................... CHAPTER NINE: IBAPAH - GOLD HiLl IX-) Land Use ............................ IX-I ResidentialDevelopment ............................ IX-) Agricultural..................................... Commercial/Indusi.al ......................... IX IX-I Economic andDemographic ............................... Transportation ................................... IX-2 IX-3 Infrastructure ....................................... IX 3 Environment ........................................... IX-4 Recreation...................................... Culturaland Scenic Resources ............................. IX-4 CHAPTER TEN: IMPLE•MhEfNTATION Introduction .................................... X-1 Recommendation Summary ................................ X-1 RPFERENCES APPENDIX A: Summary of Community Workshop Responses ...................... APPENDIX B: Summary ofMail Survey Results ................................ APPENDIX C: Summwy of Commentsfrom PublicMeetings ...................... APPENDIX D Open Space Design Illustrations ................................ CHAPTER NINE: IBAPAH-GOLD HILL PLANNING DISTRICT LAND USE Use," chapter three for more on this general land use recommendation.) The Ibapah-Gold Hill planning district contains a large amount of Bureatu of