TOWN OF ALTA GENERAL PLAN NOVEMBER 2005 UPDATED MARCH 2013 TO INCLUDE CONTEXT, VISION STATEMENT AND CHANGES TO SECTION 4.3 (COMMERCIAL ELEMENT) UPDATED DECEMER 2016 TO INCLUDE SECTION 4.3.A COMMERCIAL CORE PLAN 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................... ii Alta’s Context ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Alta’s Vision Statement ................................................................................................................................. 1 CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 2 SECTION 1.1 OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................................... 2 SECTION 1.2 EXISTING PLANS AND POLICIES ............................................................................................ 2 SECTION 1.3 EXISTING PERMITS ............................................................................................................... 2 SECTION 1.4 PLAN PROCESS ..................................................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER 2 – BACKGROUND INFORMATION ................................................................................................ 3 SECTION 2.1 – GENERAL DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 3 SECTION 2.2 – HISTORY ............................................................................................................................. 3 SECTION 2.3 – DEVELOPMENT HISTORY ................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER 3- GENERAL POLICIES .................................................................................................................... 5 SECTION 3.1 – WATER QUALITY AND WATERSHED PROTECTION ............................................................ 5 SECTION 3.2 WETLANDS ........................................................................................................................... 6 SECTION 3.3 – SLOPE, SOIL EROSION, AND SOIL STABILITY ...................................................................... 6 SECTION 3.4 – CONSTRUCTION AND AVALANCHE HAZARD ..................................................................... 7 SECTION 3.5 – VEGETATION ...................................................................................................................... 8 SECTION 3.6 – VISUAL IMPACT ................................................................................................................. 8 SECTION 3.7 – ANNEXATION ..................................................................................................................... 9 SECTION 3.8 – PRIVATE LAND ACQUISITION ............................................................................................ 9 SECTION 3.9 – INTERAGENCY COORDINATION ......................................................................................... 9 SECTION 3.10 – PUBLIC SAFETY ................................................................................................................ 9 SECTION 3.11 – PUBLIC UTILITIES ........................................................................................................... 10 SECTION 3.12 – UTAH HIGHWAY 210 ..................................................................................................... 10 SECTION 3.13 – ALBION BASIN ROAD ..................................................................................................... 12 SECTION 3.14 – FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES................................................................ 12 SECTION 3.15 – WILDLIFE ....................................................................................................................... 12 SECTION 3.16 – HUNTING ....................................................................................................................... 12 ii SECTION 3.17 - TOWN SITE AND PUBLIC FACILITIES ............................................................................... 13 SECTION 3.18 – PLAN FOR MODERATE INCOME HOUSING .................................................................... 13 SECTION 3.19 – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................... 13 SECTION 3.20 – EDUCATION ................................................................................................................... 13 CHAPTER 4 – LAND USE POLICIES ............................................................................................................... 14 SECTION 4.1 - ZONING ............................................................................................................................ 14 SECTION 4.2 - RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................... 14 SECTION 4.3 – TOWN CENTER COMMERCIAL ......................................................................................... 15 SECTION 4.3.A – COMMERCIAL CORE PLAN ........................................................................................... 17 SECTION 4.4 - SKI AREA EXPANSION ....................................................................................................... 18 SECTION 4.5 - BACKCOUNTRY WINTER RECREATION ............................................................................. 18 SECTION 4.6 - HELICOPTER USE .............................................................................................................. 19 SECTION 4.7 - PROPOSED COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT ROUTES ................................................................. 19 SECTION 4.8 - SKIING AND TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIONS .............................................................. 19 SECTION 4.9 - CAMPING AND PICNICKING ............................................................................................. 19 SECTION 4.10 - HIKING ............................................................................................................................ 20 SECTION 4.11 - MOUNTAIN BIKING ........................................................................................................ 20 SECTION 4.12 - OFF-ROAD VEHICLE USE ................................................................................................. 20 SECTION 4.13 - MINING .......................................................................................................................... 20 CHAPTER 5 – IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES ............................................................................................ 21 SECTION 5.1 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ................................................................................................ 21 SECTION 5.2 - DEVELOPMENT REGULATION .......................................................................................... 21 SECTION 5.3 - PRIVATE LAND ACQUISITION ........................................................................................... 21 SECTION 5.4 - RECREATIONAL ISSUES ..................................................................................................... 21 SECTION 5.5 - COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ................................................................ 21 SECTION 5.6 - INTERAGENCY COORDINATION ....................................................................................... 21 MAPS ........................................................................................................................................................... 22 Annexations ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Commercial Core..................................................................................................................................... 24 Hunting.................................................................................................................................................... 25 Instability Hazard .................................................................................................................................... 26 Land Ownership ...................................................................................................................................... 27 iii Land Use .................................................................................................................................................. 28 Roads ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Slope........................................................................................................................................................ 30 Soil Erosion Hazard ................................................................................................................................. 31 Topography ............................................................................................................................................. 32 Wetlands ................................................................................................................................................