Utah Planner
Vol. 29 No. 8 American Planning Association, Utah Chapter October 2003
Visit us online at http://utah-apa.org
President’s Message
By Chuck Klingenstein, AICP
Utah APA Chapter President
FEATURED INSIDE THIS ISSUE
rd th
he conference is on and the dates are October 23 and 24 ! The entire
executive committee, lead by Jay Aguilar (CMPO), has been hard at work. It will
Page 2: be at the University of Utah, Fort Douglas. The theme will be, Turning
Challenges Into Opportunities. In this issue, a tentative program agenda is
Planners on the Move shown so you have an idea of what to expect. Please note that we will mail out
the final agenda as soon as it is complete.
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Program for Kennecott Land’s Daybreak As of July 1, 2003, the Graduate School of Architecture incorporated the Urban
Receives Envision Utah Award Planning Program from the Department of Geography, and has been re-named
the College of Architecture + Planning (CA+P). The planning for the College of
Conflicts Between Governmental Architecture and Planning celebration dinner is completed and the celebration
Entities on Land Use Planning dinner will be on October 10, 2003, at the University’s Fine Arts Museum. Look
for information in the mail and on our website.
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I have just received my 1000+ page packet for the Fall Leadership Meeting for
Schedule for Remaining 2003
Citizen Planner Seminars
APA in Chicago. It is very large since I receive everything for the big five
leadership:
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APA Board of Directors
Utah Wind and Solar Energy AICP Commission
Conference Chapter President’s Council
Divisions Council
Job Opportunity Student Representatives Council
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As your President, I am a member of the Chapter President’s Council (CPC) that
Utah Chapter – Tentative Agenda for the is made up of the Presidents of the respective Chapters of the nation. While we
American Planning Association are an influential group (or so we think), all the final decision making for National
Fall Conference 2003 APA rests with the Board of Directors. Nora Shepard (Summit County Planning)
is our current representative in her capacity as Region 5 representative. Think of
MRS Tracks City Issues — Big Box the CPC as an influential advisory body to the Board of Directors. As you know
Stores from my previous messages a major concern of mine, substantiated by your
many comments, has been the lack of perceived benefit by membership. I, along
Page 7: with other CPC members, have been raising this issue for the past couple of
years in the context of the Development Plan (DP) (on our website and formerly
Calendar of Events
known as the ODP) and its implementation by the budget. I have not read the
packet yet but I hope that the staff has been able to demonstrate how the DP is
being implemented by the budget. Further, they need to clearly define how
services are being delivered to membership. While this is not a simple task, I
believe it to be very important. National APA has had concerns about retaining
and growing membership. I believe the most important factor in membership
retention and developing new membership is a clear demonstration of received
value. Given the many comments that I have received from my part of the world
– the Utah Chapter – I would hazard to say that National has not done a good job
demonstrating this. I have also been arguing that if National wants to maintain
and expand membership then they should devote more resources directed to the
Chapter level.
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2003 Utah APA Executive Board
President: Chuck Klingenstein, AICP
I have been particularly proud of the Utah Chapter’s efforts to expand its level of
PSOMAS service. While we have expanded service somewhat, our main focus has been
(801) 270-5777 to improve the level of service. For instance we have endeavored to have the
Vice President/Membership: Melissa Anderson, AICP newsletter out consistently 10 times a year. We endeavor to keep the website
Salt Lake City Corp. (801) 535-6184 updated. We have expended services through the establishment of the list
Secretary: Sherrie Christensen, AICP
serve, the creation of a Small Town and Rural Areas Fund, and supporting the
Mountainland AOG (435) 783-6682 efforts of allied organizations whether that is educational or professional. We
hope to continue to expand our services though this will only occur through the
Treasurer: Robin Cohn, AICP
SWCA Inc. Environmental Consultants (801) 322-4307 volunteer efforts of our membership. The Executive Board is working hard and
lets remember that they are all volunteers.
Past President/Legal Committee: Neil Lindberg, AICP
Lindberg & Company (801) 553-6416
I would like to report that there has been a significant trend for our Chapter.
Professional Development: John Nepstad, AICP When I received the last update, our membership numbers astonished me. I
Fehr & Peers (801) 261-4700
went back to September of 2001 and saw that we had 334 members. As of
Program Committee Chair: Kirsten Whetstone, AICP August 2003, we now have 480 members. What can I attribute this too? I would
Park City (435) 615-5066
like to think that it is because the planners of Utah perceive the receipt of
Legislative Committee Chair: Wilf Sommerkorn valuable services from the local Chapter. Also, Planning Director’s have been
Davis County (801) 451-3278 supporting our efforts through the enrollment of more planning commissioners.
Awards Committee Chair: Phillip Hill, AICP Planning Directors – thank you! We need your support so your staffs and
Midvale City (801) 567-7204 planning commissions can become more involved in this organization. Some
Education Committee/Historian: Gene Carr, FAICP
other reasons for this trend might be caused by the efforts of a new executive
University of Utah (801) 581-6491 director at National APA, Paul Farmer, plus a change in direction at the National
level. I certainly hope that Utah planners are sensing a new and positive
Small Cities
Planning Official Development Officer direction. Whatever it is, the Executive Board will continue to push hard to make
Nicole Cline, AICP sure that you receive the best benefits possible at the local level. As for
Tooele County (435) 843-3160
National, I will continue to push for: (1) reforms that will allow for the better
Planning Official Development Officer delivery of services at the local level and to you, (2) information clearly
Soren Simonsen, AICP demonstrating the relationship between the DP and the budget, and (3)
Cooper Roberts Simonsen (801) 355-5915
making sure that National is run as efficiently as
Newsletter Co-Editors: Mirinda Gibbons, Salt Lake County possible.
Planning (801) 468-2818 mgibbons@co.slc.ut.us and Peter
Matson, Layton City Planning (801) 546-8524
pmatson@laytoncity.org I am looking forward to seeing you all on October
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23 and 24 at our Fall Conference. Please attend
Article Submissions, Editorials, Comments: Mirinda Gibbons,
Salt Lake County Planning (801) 468-2818 since it is the one time of the year we can get
mgibbons@co.slc.ut.us and Peter Matson, Layton City together and say hello to old friends
Planning (801) 546-8524 pmatson@laytoncity.org
and celebrate our profession!
Professional Affiliations:/Western Planner Liaison/Conference
Coordinator: Jay Aguilar, AICP
Cache Metropolitan Planning Organization (CMPO)
(435) 716-7154
Internet Webmaster: Aric Jensen
Davis County
Phone (801) 451-3278
FAX (801) 451-3281
E-mail: ajensen@ccpublicworks.com
Student Representative: Frank Lilly
Div. of Facilities Construction & Mgt.
(801) 538-3412
Planners on the Move
The Utah Chapter of the American Planning Association
publishes the Utah Planner. Circulation is to APA members. Brian Tucker, who was a planner for Tooele County,
The Utah Planner welcomes submission of original articles,
editorial letters, and any other information of interest to both has taken a position as Planning Director for Uintah
professional and citizen planners.
County in Vernal.
Please submit address changes to:
American Planning Association
122 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60603-6107
Tel: (312) 431-9100
Fax: (312) 431-9985
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Planting Program for Kennecott Land’s Daybreak Conflicts Between Governmental Entities
Receives Envision Utah Award On Land Use Planning
Envision Utah has recognized Kennecott Land’s Daybreak Political Subdivisions Interim Committee
master-planned community in South Jordan with an Award June 18, 2003
of Merit for its ecosystem approach to planting design,
plant procurement and landscape maintenance. Last Friday I saw an article in the Salt Lake Tribune with
the headline ―Ground Broken for Water Treatment Plan.‖
Kennecott Land, committed to presenting the Daybreak The article talked about how representatives from the
community as a showcase for sustainable development, Metropolitan Water District, Draper City, Sandy City, Salt
has made many important choices regarding water and Lake City and the State Legislature stood side-by-side with
energy conservation, use of open space, and landscaping shovels in the ground for a grand new $140 million facility
on the 4,200-acre site. Local landscape architectural firm that would provide 70 million gallons of water per day for
G Brown Design, Inc. developed Daybreak’s planting many of the valley’s residents.
program, which ensures the installation of drought tolerant
trees and plants to significantly reduce water consumption. From the tone of the article, little would anyone have
At least 75% of the open space at Daybreak will be guessed that just a few months earlier, there was almost
planted with water-wise, native plants requiring little or no ―blood on the floor‖ between the Water District and Draper
irrigation. The use of native trees, shrubs, forbs and City with regard to sitting and approving this facility, with
grasses in streets and parks will also help to reduce total others as involved spectators and the legislature roped into
water consumption by more than 50% compared to a role as referee. Local government officials are
conventional Utah areas. concerned about what happened in the last legislative
session with Senate Bill 50 because of how it may affect
Kennecott Land is also planning carefully to ensure that local planning and land use. There may be more such
large quantities of quality plants will be available in the conflicts to come, as we deal with things like where to put
sizes and types required to meet project needs. Hundreds new sewage treatment plants, solid waste disposal (or
of thousands of trees, shrubs and flowers will be installed transfer) facilities, airports, transit stations, even schools.
at the Daybreak site over a ten-year period. Some
acquisitions will be made as spot market purchases from Years ago, most cities and towns were truly separate
existing growers, others will be grown on a contract basis, communities. You had to drive through farm fields and
and yet others will be grown on the Daybreak site in open areas to get from Salt Lake City to Murray, or Sandy,
nurseries set aside to ensure a long-term supply. or Bountiful. When communities were so separate, they
In addition to overseeing the installation and maintenance pretty much did their own thing. The city leaders knew
of plants, Kennecott Land will implement a quality they had to have a place in or near town for the water
assurance program to ensure the correct installation, treatment plant, a town jail, and the city dump. And the
establishment, and survival of the plants. ―It is unusual for basic structure for our laws for planning and zoning were
a land developer to establish a landscaping project that written in those days. Most states in the country adopted
takes responsibility for the supply and long-term State Enabling Acts for planning and zoning in the 1920’s.
maintenance of thousands of trees and shrubs,‖ said Greg
Bell, Chair of Envision Utah. ―Kennecott Land’s carefully Today, we are a very different place. Most of us now live
planned planting program for Daybreak is entirely in a massive metropolitan area spread along the base of
consistent with Envision Utah’s quality growth strategy.‖ the Wasatch Mountains. We still have cities, but there is
often very little or no separation between them. Brigham
Young himself said many years ago, ―one day there will be
Daybreak has been planned as a mixed-use community. so many homes and businesses in this valley, you won’t be
Distinguishing features of the development include the able to tell where one city stops and the next one starts.
large size and scope of the project, the quality of innovative We will make this valley blossom as a rose.‖
planning, the prime location in South Jordan, and the
company’s long-term commitment to the community. In such a world, it makes sense to ―share‖ some services
Kennecott Land was established in 2001 to focus and facilities for the sake of efficiency and cost
exclusively on the opportunity to develop Kennecott Utah effectiveness – sewage treatment plants, jails, waste
Copper Corporation’s significant non-mineral land and disposal sites, airports, transit facilities, schools, water
water assets. Both companies report directly to London- treatment plants. But because such facilities now serve
based parent company, Rio Tinto, one of the largest large numbers of people, they are often large and can
mining companies in the world. have significant impact on the communities in which they
are located. Thus, conflict results. On the one hand, it
For more information, please contact: doesn’t make sense to allow one community to dictate
Christine.Eggers@Kennecott.com (801) 743-4672 terms (or even just outright deny) a facility that is needed
Vicki.Varela@Kennecott.com (801) 743-4665 for the benefit of the many residents of the region as a
whole. On the other hand, it is not right that the residents
of one small community be made to bear the impacts
(traffic, noise, smell, loss of tax revenue–producing uses)
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of such facilities for the benefit of everyone else in the and rule on its appropriateness, specifying any changes
region. Given the way land use regulation is done in that it may be needed. The applicant and the local
today’s legal environment, conflict is virtually guaranteed government would be bound by the results of the regional
as the interests of the individual city are played against the review board’s ruling. Either body could still appeal to the
interests of the residents of the overall region. What to courts.
do?
This is just a suggestion for a process we might consider
The American Planning Association recently produced an here in Utah. It may help us deal with the conflicts that
excellent publication called “Growing Smart – A arise like those we experienced last year with the Metro
Legislative Guide Book.” (Hold up) The purpose behind Water District, as well as those that don’t rise to that level
producing this huge tome is to help states to update their of attention in permitting of schools, transit facilities, and so
state codes for the enabling of planning and zoning forth.
regulations for local governments.
APA news
Most states’ planning and zoning enabling codes were Schedule for Remaining 2003
originally adopted in the 1920’s, including Utah’s. Many Citizen Planner Seminars
have changed very little since, though we now live in a very
different urban environment from those days, with lots of October 3 & 4 (Friday & Saturday) The Lodge at Soldier
experience behind us. One section of the APA Guidebook Hollow (2002 Olympic Venue in Wasatch Co.) Soldier
is entitled ―Developments of Regional Impact.‖ Hollow Dr., Midway
Developments of regional impact are projects that extend November 7 & 8 (Friday & Saturday) North Logan City
beyond local government borders or that affect more than Library, 2076 N. 1200 E., North Logan
one community. Such projects are also sometimes
December 4 & 5 (Thursday & Friday), Utah Local
referred to as activities of metropolitan significance. They
Governments Trust, 55 South Highway 89, North Salt Lake
raise issues of intergovernmental coordination, the
adequacy of local permitting procedures, and measures to
Each two-day seminar covers such topics as: The Planning
mitigate any adverse effects on the host community and
Process and the General Plan, The Planning Commission,
neighboring areas. Pretty close to what we were dealing
Conducting Public Meetings, Assuring Due Process, Land
with recently with the Metro Water District facility, and will
Use Law, Zoning, Property Owner Rights, Duties of the
deal with again for many different types of facilities.
Board of Adjustment, Subdivisions, Property Owner Rights
and Responsibilities & Liability of Planning and Zoning
According to the guidebook, eight states have enacted
Officials. A professional in land use planning and law will
legislation to address concerns regarding such facilities.
teach each session. Manuals produced by the Center for
They are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts,
Public Policy at the University of Utah and other hand out
Maine, Minnesota, Vermont, and Washington. Most are
materials will provide reference sources for the
based on the American Law Institute’s Model Land
participants. All completing the two-day training course
Development Code. Given some of our recent
receives a Certified Citizen Planner certificate from the
experiences, Utah could learn from the actions taken in
University of Utah.
some of these other states. Minnesota, for example, has
addressed this issue in a way that may provide some ideas
Fifty-nine seminars have been held since the first one in
for us.
January 1996 and more than 1,500 public officials have
successfully completed the two-day training course
In 1967, the Minnesota legislature gave the Metropolitan
necessary to receive their Citizen Planner certification. The
Council of Minneapolis/St. Paul the authority to review
training is valuable to planning commissioners, board of
projects of region wide significance. It is a mediation and
adjustment members, staff, as well as elected officials.
dispute resolution mechanism for local governments in the
Here are comments from a city council member, a mayor
region to use if parties feel they would be negatively
and a county council member official who completed the
affected by a proposed project. The Metropolitan Council
training:
forms a single review committee that evaluates projects
and issues rulings that are to be followed by the project
―The Planning Seminar was very well put together, very
sponsor and the local government reviewing the permit
informative and very useful to me as a council member.
application. A similar process could be instituted in Utah,
There were topics, which were more right to the point for
with some modifications. We could define facilities of
me, such as, what people perceive during City Council
regional significance. We could then leave the review and
meetings and what should or should not be happening
permitting process with the local governments, as it
during those meetings. The seminars in general were
currently exists.
excellent. I did not regret one minute of my experience
there. The presenters were excellent and VERY
If an applicant feels, after going through the local process,
INFORMATIVE. The information we received as students
that it is being unfairly or inappropriately treated, an appeal
was very helpful and really got you thinking. I personally
could be lodged with a regional review board, possibly
believe that every City Council public official would gain
established as part of the regional Associations of
much insight by attending one of your seminars. I was very
Government (AOGs). The regional review board,
pleased and felt it was time well spent!!‖
comprised of local elected officials and special district
Marsha Paskett, Saratoga Springs City Council Member
representatives, would review the local permitting process
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Tentative Agenda - Utah Chapter RURAL TRACK
Zoning Enforcement and Animals
American Planning Association
Fall Conference 2003 URBAN TRACK
October 23 and 24 Community Sensitive Design
* PLANNING PRACTICE
Thursday, October 23 Challenges of Ethics-round table discussion
12:00 p.m.
Golf Tournament 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Mountain Biking- Bonneville Shoreline Trail
Tour of Fort Douglas RURAL TRACK
Location TBA Sexually Oriented Businesses
5:30- 7:00 p.m. URBAN TRACK
Opening Reception Corridor Preservation
Salt Lake City Library- Fourth Floor
209 East 500 South PLANNING PRACTICE
Making TDR Programs work in Utah
Dinner on your own
* 5:15 – 5:45 p.m. – Continuation of TDR session
Friday, October 24
Officer’s Club at Fort Douglas 5:15 - 6:15 p.m. - FORT DOUGLAS OR TRAX TOUR
University of Utah Meet outside the Officers club at 5:15 pm.
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. - Registration and Continental Souvenir APA t-shirts will be given out at the end
Breakfast of the conference.
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. WELCOME
9:00 10:00 a.m.- KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Olene Walker, Lt. Governor of Utah (invited) MRS Tracks City Issues — Big Box Stores
Reprinted from Nation’s Cities Weekly, Official Publication of the
10:00 10:50 a.m. – EnvISIONING & IMPLEMENTING UTAH’S National League of Cities, Volume 26, Number 35, September 1, 2003
FUTURE
Panel Discussion-invited include: ―Big Box‖ stores (30,000 square feet or larger) present
Jon Callender- Kennecott Land Co, Robert Grow-founding chair cities with a dilemma. Cities must often weigh the value of
Envision Utah, State Representative Ralph Becker, and Louis economic development against potential negative
Zungaze, SLC Planning Director outcomes — the impact on downtown businesses, traffic,
and the blight of abandoned stores that are measured in
10:50 - 11:00 a.m. BREAK acres.
11:00 a.m.- noon Local citizen groups often vigorously oppose such
Current Issues in Planning- Legal and Legislative Update development when proposed by local leaders. In some
cases, citizen groups or individual citizens have taken on
12:15 - 1:45 p.m. - AWARDS LUNCHEON both city decision makers and big box retailers in lawsuits.
State of the Chapter Address- Chuck Klingenstein, Utah APA Many cities have risen to these challenges by proactively
Chapter President exerting their authority through zoning legislation to
maintain community standards. Bozeman, Mont., has an
ordinance that not only caps the size of new stores, but
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
also requires developers to meet design standards, submit
plans for re-using the structures if the original tenant
RURAL TRACK
leaves and to design in flexible features such as partitions
Working with UDOT
and multiple entryways to facilitate reuse by multiple
tenants if the store is abandoned. In Boulder, Colo., a local
URBAN TRACK business alliance encourages shoppers to frequent locally
Working with Institutions owned stores, which channel a higher percentage of
revenue and profits back into the local economy. The
PLANNING PRACTICE alliance produces a shopping guide, bumper stickers, and
Cookin’ up the General Plan- Recipes that get Results a community benefit card offering discounts at local stores.
3:05 - 4:05 p.m. - CONCURRENT SESSIONS Several organizations track the issue of big box
development. One interesting website is
www.newrules.org/retail, which has links to city ordinances
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and newspaper articles, as well as a handy guide to show Fort Collins, Colo.
just how big a big box can be. Answer – most are the size Population: 118,652
of 2-3 football fields, and the largest can be up to 20 acres, Address: City of Fort Collins, Planning Department,
including parking. 300 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80522
Contact: (970) 221-6750
The following program descriptions were selected from
NLC’s Examples of Programs for Cities database in Fort Collins’ zoning code sets forth detailed design
response to an inquiry regarding big box stores. Member standards and guidelines for the development of large
cities and state municipal leagues may request additional retail establishments, also known as big box retail or
research on this or other topics by calling the Municipal superstores. Among the physical and design components
Reference Service (MRS) at 202-626-3130. They may to be considered include: architectural character, including
also access the Examples database through CityNet on requirements for facade and roof line variations, minimum
the Web for free (call MRS for details). If your city has an frontage on public streets, and clearly defined customer
innovative program regarding big box development, please entrances; color and materials, including requirements for
notify the MRS staff so that your program can be added to low-reflecting, earth-tone colors, and high quality exterior
the database. facing; relationship to surrounding community/streets,
including requirements for appropriate scale and
Buckingham Township, Pa. proportion, and provision of public amenities such as
Population: 16,442 patios; pedestrian flows, including requirements for
Address: Township of Buckingham, PO Box 413, continuous sidewalks linking all store entrances; and
Buckingham, PA 18912 parking areas, including the requirement that no more than
Contact: Township Hall (215) 794-8834 50 percent of all parking be between the front facade and
the public street.
Buckingham Township requires any developer wishing to
build a store 40,000 square feet or larger to post escrow Source: Site planning for large retail establishments. By
money in an abandonment fund. The law was passed to Christopher Duerksen, Bob Blanchard, Zoning News, (Feb.
prevent the problem experienced by neighboring 1999) p1-3, Chicago, IL: American Planning Association
communities, where big box retailers had closed down,
leaving abandoned stores and acres of vacant parking
lots. If such a structure remains empty for a year, the law Calendar of Events 2003
provides that the escrow fund can be used to raze the
building or adapt it for another use. October 3~4 Utah Local Governments Trust
Citizen Planner Seminar
Source: Newsbriefs. Nation's Cities Weekly, v25 n5 (Feb. 4,
2002) p8, Washington, DC: National League of Cities. October 8 Property and Land Use Conference
Evanston, Wyo. October 10 Kick-Off Celebration Event at the
Year Started: 2000 Utah Museum of Fine Arts Campus
Population: 11,507
October 10~11 Utah League of Cities and
Address: City of Evanston, 1200 Main Street, Towns; University of Utah’s College of
Evanston, WY 82903 Architecture & Planning Celebration
Contact: City Hall (307) 789-9690
October 16~17 ULCT Groundwater
Since the early 1980s, Evanston has had a big box Conference
ordinance restricting the size of stores to 30,000 square-
feet and permitting such stores in only one zoning district. October 16~17
th
In 2000, the city refused to allow Wal-Mart to vacate its 12 Annual Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
Annual Conference, Denver, CO. Everyone on
current site and build a superstore in a different district. the APA mailing list will receive registration
Instead, the city enacted a moratorium on standard big box information in August. Please mark your
buildings, and developed a design standard and review calendars and watch www.law.du.edu/rmlui for
process for such uses. When Wal-Mart decided to open a the most up-to-date Conference information.
new superstore in the same district, Evanston officials
negotiated with Wal-Mart’s realty division to require the November 7~8 AIA Salt Lake Chapter Event
retailer to market its vacated property for reuse, consider
subdividing the property, bear the cost for any required November 13~15 AIA Western Mountain
Region Conference
demolition, take responsibility for signage, keep lights on in
the stores and parking areas, and maintain the property
should it become vacant. The retailer must also regularly
inform city officials of the property's status.
Source: Dark stores cast shadows. By Shannon Armstrong,
Zoning News, (Jul. 2001) p3-4, Chicago, IL: American Planning
Association.
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