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Uniontown
Comprehensive Plan
Prepared
with the guidance of the Uniontown Planning Commission:
Dale
Miller, Chairman
Maurice
Moneymaker, Vice Chairman
Ed
Garretson, Secretary
Eugene
Dixon
Allison
Hardy
With
advice from residents of Uniontown
Planning Consultant Services by Don Brigham
Plus Associates, 928
Reviewed
and Adopted by the Town Council:
David Smith, Mayor
Jeff Jacobs, Mayor Pro Tem
Mike Faerber
Bill Hardy
Jennifer Meyer
Joyce Mayer
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction 1
II. Definitions 3
III. History
A. Narrative Description 5
B. Public Facilities 7
Sewer and Water system map 8
Street surface map 9
C. Physical Environment 10
Existing land use map 11
Soil type map 13
Critical areas map 14
IV. Goals & Policies
Overall Goals 15
Economic Goals 16
Residential & Housing Goals 18
Land Use Goals 20
Environmental & Historic Conservation Goals 22
Public Infrastructure Goals 24
Public Service Goals 26
V. Land Uses
Land Use Plan Map 27
Land Use Categories 28
Map of access corridors to undeveloped land 29
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guide future change and development in the community;
·
promote appropriate and compatible development and uses;
·
guide the maintenance and development of public and private land,
buildings, facilities, uses and programs; and
·
aid the Town in making consistent, objective and fair decisions on
public and private development.
This
document replaces the Comprehensive Plan which was adopted in 1992. This Plan is
not based on a specific time frame. Some of the Goals in the Plan will be
relevant for many years while other elements will need revisions within a few
years due to changed circumstances, and/or unforeseen events. Therefore this
Plan will need periodic review and updates.
The
Plan includes background information on Uniontown, Community Goals, Policies,
recommended implementation activities, and a Land Use Plan map. The Goals
establish the preferred condition and the Policies provide the guide for the
specific activities or decisions. The recommended implementation activities
provide a description of the type of activities which must be undertaken if the
Goals are to be reached.
A
number of factors were considered by the Planning Commission in the development
of the Plan including
*
local resources;
*
personal knowledge and experience of the Planning Commission members;
*
opportunities and constraints of the location and existing conditions;
·
opinions
of residents as expressed in Planning Commission meetings and to Commission
members;
The Planning Commission utilized an active citizen participation process
in the development of this Comprehensive Plan.
A community visioning session was conducted early in the process to
ascertain the goals and dreams of the citizens; many of those concepts were
incorporated into the goals of this Plan. The
Plan was an agenda item and topic of discussion at every Planning Commission
meeting from December, 2001 until the
final proposed plan was approved. Finally,
public hearings were held by the Planning Commission prior to
recommending adoption by the Town Council.
The
Plan is based on the following assumptions
*
due to the central location of Uniontown on highway 195 between Pullman/WSU,
* the number of people working in the surrounding farms and ranches will continue to decline as farms are consolidated and mechanized;
*
Uniontown residents alone do not provide an adequate market for most
retail businesses; and
* to retain a town which is more than a bedroom community to the nearby cities, Uniontown must grow to a population of 400 to 600 and the Town must promote and encourage business development which is compatible with the rural residential environment.
Capital Budget:
means the portion of Uniontown’s budget which reflects capital
improvements for a fiscal year.
Capital
Improvement:
means physical assets constructed or purchased to provide, improve or
replace a public facility and which are large scale and high in cost.
The cost of a capital improvement is generally non-recurring and may
require multi-year financing.
Commercial
Uses:
means activities within land areas which are predominantly connected with
the sale, rental and distribution of products, or performance of services.
Comprehensive
Plan:
means a generalized coordinated land use policy statement of Uniontown
that is adopted pursuant to this chapter.
Concurrency:
means that adequate capital facilities are available when the impacts of
development occur. This definition
includes the two concepts of “adequate capital facilities” and of
“available capital facilities.”
Critical Areas:
includes the following areas and ecosystems:
wetlands; areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for
potable water; fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas; frequently flooded
areas; and geologically hazardous areas.
Density:
means a measure of the intensity of development, generally expressed in terms of
dwelling units per acre.
Goal:
means the long-term end toward which programs or activities are
ultimately directed.
Industrial Uses:
means
the activities predominantly connected with manufacturing, assembly, processing
or storage of products.
Infrastructure:
means those man-made structures which serve the common needs of the
population, such as sewage disposal systems, potable water wells serving a
system, solid waste disposal sites, storm water systems, utilities, bridges and
roadways.
Land Development Regulations: means
any controls placed on development or land use activities by Uniontown,
including, but not limited to, zoning ordinances, subdivision ordinances,
building codes, sign regulations or any other regulations controlling the
development of land.
Level of
Service:
means an indicator of the extent or degree of service provided by, or proposed
to be provided by, a facility based on and related to the operational
characteristics of the facility. Level
of Service means an established minimum capacity of capital facilities or
services provided by capital facilities that must be provided per unit of demand
or other appropriate measure of need.
Multi-Family
Housing: as
used in this plan means housing which is designed to accommodate four or more
households.
Natural
Resource Lands: means agricultural, forest,
and mineral resource lands which have long-term commercial significance.
Objective:
means a specific, measurable, intermediate end that is achievable and
marks progress toward a goal.
Policy:
means the way in which programs and activities are conducted to achieve
identified goals.
Public
Facilities:
includes streets, roads, sidewalks, public lighting systems, domestic
water systems, storm water and sanitary sewer systems, parks and recreational
facilities, and schools.
Public
Services:
include fire protection, law enforcement, public health, education,
recreation, environmental protection and other governmental services.
Right-of-Way:
means land in which the state, county or Uniontown owns the fee simple
title or has an easement dedicated or required for a transportation or utility
use.
Shall:
means a directive or requirement.
Should:
means an expectation.
Single-Family
Housing:
as used in this plan, means a detached single-family unit that is
designed for occupancy by not more than one household.
Utilities:
means facilities serving the public by means of a network of wires or
pipes, and structures ancillary thereto. Included
are systems for the delivery of natural gas, electricity, telecommunications,
water, and the disposal of sewage.
Wild and/or
Dangerous Animals: means any of the
following: venomous species of
snakes, non-human primates and prosimians, bears, non-domesticated species of
felines, including cougars, bobcats and lynx, non-domesticated species of
canines and their hybrids, including wolf and coyote hybrids, the order
crocodilia, including alligators, crocodiles, caiman and gavials.
Zoning:
means the demarcation of an area by ordinance into districts and the
establishment of regulations to govern the uses within those zones and the
location, bulk, height, shape and coverage of structures within each zone.
The
Palouse Prairie/Union Creek flats were first visited by the Nez Perce Indians.
Thomas F. Montgomery settled at the
present site of Uniontown in the early 1870s and received a deed to the land in
1878 from the U.S. Government. A number
of German immigrants from the mid-west had already settled in the surrounding
area and a post office was established by
The
Town was first incorporated on
The
Town grew steadily and flourished after a railroad line came to Uniontown in
1887. In 1888 the business community included: 2 hotels, a brewery, a
distillery, a newspaper (the Washington Journal established 1886), Herboth’s
brick yard, a physician, 2 transfer companies (for ten years Uniontown was the nearest rail point to Lewiston and it developed a flourishing
business in handling and transferring freight and passengers destined for
Lewiston and the Camas Prairie), 2 harness
and saddle shops, 2 shoe makers, a drug store, a hardware store, a dry goods
store, a general merchandise store, a meat market, a farm machinery business, a
blacksmith, 2 livery stables, a real estate agent, a railroad agent, a
contractor, a lumber yard, a few saloons and several other businesses. The Town
also had a wooden Catholic church, rectory, convent and school. Development
continued from the 1880s into the first decade of the 20th century. A Lutheran
church (1891), a brick public school (1893) and a brick Catholic, church (1904)
were additions to the town in the pre-World War I years. The population was
reputed to be 400 in 1894 and the 1910 Census number was 426.
The
era, from 1917 to 1945 saw a marked,
gradual decline in population and business activity. Census figures tell the
story. In 1920 there were 404 people; 1930: 360 residents; 1940: 332 people; and
1950: 254 residents of Uniontown. Mechanized agriculture and the automobile had
their effect upon the town. The public school was closed in 1943 and
consolidated with
The
era from 1944 to the present has seen initial decline, readjustment and some
stability and growth. Very few capital improvement programs were undertaken from
1946 through 1963. In the 1960s
various factors affected the growth and development of the town. The locally
owned telephone exchange was sold to Inland Telephone and modernized. Natural
gas was piped into Uniontown by Washington Water Power in 1966. With the
building of Dworshak and Lower Granite dams, growth at Washington State
University (WSU), and reconstruction of highway 195 and the Spiral highway,
construction workers and others moved to Uniontown. The town saw the development
of mobile home parks, a motel, new home construction, a museum, and the McGregor
Company. To deal with the new type of growth, the Town Council passed the Uniontown Planning Ordinance in 1972 and appointed a Planning
Commission. The decade of the l980s saw more home construction; capital
improvement projects on water, sewer, streets and bridges; burial of telephone
lines; and some businesses closed while others opened. The Catholic school was
closed in 1981. The railroad tracks were removed in 1989. The Census figures
were 1950: 254 residents of Uniontown; 1960: 242 people; 1970: 310 residents;
1980: 296 people; in 1990 there were
280 residents and by the year 2000, the population had grown to 345.
In 2000, there were also 160 housing units.
The businesses in Uniontown in 1991 were: Angell’s
Antiques, Busch Distributors, Cougar Country Cafe, Eleanor’s Corner Saloon,
Farmers State Bank, Inland Telephone, Jim’s Septic Tank Service, McGregor
Company, R & R Cable Company, Shear Dee-Lite Salon, The Shop, Uniontown
Co-op and The Village Store. There is
also a community club and a community center. Public services include town
government (city clerk, building permits, sewer, water, parks, volunteer fire
department and town marshal) a public library, post office and fire station.
The businesses in Uniontown in 2002 are: American West Bank, Busch Distributors, Churchyard Inn Bed & Breakfast, Country Mini Storage, The Cow and Bean, Eleanor’s Corner Saloon, Cougar Country Café, Fab-Mech, Faerber Trucking, High Button Shoe, Hydraulic Source Repair and Design, Inland Telephone, Inland Internet, J & S Bindery, McGregor Company, Premier Alpacas Ranch and Guest Home, R & R Cable, Rim Rock Sporting Clays, Sage Baking Company, Splendid Old Stuff, Sweet Tweets, Uniontown Co-op, Uniontown Deluxe Used Goods, and Whitcomb Trucking. There is also a community club and a community center. Public services include town government (city clerk, building permits, sewer, water, parks, volunteer fire department, and police), a public library, post office, and fire station.
B. PUBLIC FACILITIES
WATER:
The initial water system was installed in 1892, with a drilled well, pumping
plant, a reservoir, 8 and 6 inch mains; 8, 6 and 4 inch distribution pipes, and
8 fire hydrants (cost $7,000). In 1893 the water services were extended with 4
inch calamine pipes laid three and one half feet underground (cost $1,528). In
May 1911 water meters were installed to finance the water system with a water
fund (established in 1914) and a water reserve fund (established 1928). In 1956
a water emergency was declared. New wells were drilled and pumps purchased at a
cost of $7,000. In 1977-1978, a new 300,000 gallon reservoir was constructed and
a new well drilled. In 1997, a new 8- inch water main was installed on
SEWER.
Until 1981 Uniontown had no sanitary sewer system. All buildings were served by
individual septic tanks, drain fields and drywells. A Federal grant helped the
Town build a waste water treatment plant in 1981. In 2002 the system has 141
hookups, 2 lift stations, and lagoons located in the east part of Town.
(See Map on Page 8).
PARKS:
CEMETERIES: The two current cemeteries were
established in 1891, one as a Catholic and the other as a Lutheran cemetery.
Earlier graves were moved from the school site to the new cemeteries.
SCHOOLS: A school was established in 1878 in a
building between Uniontown and
PUBLIC BUILDINGS: Town Hall: The current brick
Town Hall, library, and fire station was built in 1935 at a cost of $3,863.
At one time it housed the town jail with a cell-block in one section. The
C. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT:
Uniontown is located at an equal distance (15 miles)
from
The gentle rolling hills surrounding Uniontown are
used for farming. Uniontown is in the center of the Palouse, one of the most
productive agricultural areas in the
Generally the summers in Uniontown are dry and sunny with the warmest temperatures ranging from 80 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit in July and August. The winters are moderately cold with the coldest temperatures averaging 15 to 25 degrees from December through February. Precipitation averages 18 to 22 inches per year. Snow often occurs from December through February with normal monthly snowfalls of 8 to 12 inches. Wind occurs relatively frequently throughout the year but is not continuous. Generally the wind comes from the south or west. A few times each year winds blow at a velocity which causes some damage to trees. The growing season in this area is approximately 120 days long in the period from May into September.
MONTH:
TEMPERATURE
PRECIPITATION
Average
Average
Average
Average
Daily
Daily
Monthly
Monthly
Maximum Minimum
Precip.
Snowfall
January
34
21
2.7”
13.9’
February
39
24
2.1
9.7
March
46
30
2.1
5.5
April
56
36
1.5
0.6
May
65
41
1.5
0
June
71
46
1.5
0
July
83
50
.4
0
August
91
48
.5
0
September
73
44
1.1
0
October
60
39
1.9
0.8
November
44
30
2.5
3.8
December
37
26
2.7
9.2
Annual
20.5”
43.1’
Uniontown
lies mostly within the general soil association identified (by U.S. Soil
Conservation Service) as the Palouse-Athena Association. These soils, in
general, are well-drained, moderately permeable silt loams. There are 12
specific soil types indicated on the soil map (See Map on Page 14).
Critical
Areas are shown on the map on page 15. The
location of critical areas is an important consideration in planning.
For example, a fair amount of land within Uniontown is in the floodway
and is therefore highly vulnerable to potential damage.
·
Goals describe concepts of what we
want our community to be in 10 to 20 years.
·
Policies provide the principles
to guide the Town in taking actions needed to get to the goals.
·
Implementation activities
describe the work needed to implement the policies, who has lead responsibility
for implementation, and, where possible, a target date for implementation.
A. The overall goals are to
maintain and develop a community with the following general characteristics:
1.
A community that has land uses that protect the
natural and cultural resources, minimize health and safety hazards, provide
economic benefit to the residents, and accommodate individual differences.
2.
A community that provides public services that are
needed to support a sustainable community and are fiscally supportable and
responsible.
3.
A community with well maintained public facilities
(streets, utilities, parks, etc.) needed by a healthy community.
4.
A community with a stable and sustainable economy
that provides employment and services needed by residents and is supportive of
the agricultural uses in the region.
5.
A community that is safe, free of illegal drugs,
and is a great place to live.
6.
A Uniontown/Colton community that maintains and
develops needed area wide facilities and services such as the public schools.
7.
A community that preserves and honors its history
and heritage.
8.
A community with affordable and diverse housing.
9.
A community that is large enough to support basic
needed services but small enough to retain the small town, rural atmosphere.
B. The economic goals are to maintain and
develop a vibrant economic community with the following economic
characteristics:
1.
A community with a stable, sustainable and
diversified economy offering a variety of employment and business development
opportunities.
2.
A community with the services and businesses
needed by the residents in the Uniontown area and Highway 195 travelers
including:
·
Convenience retail services such as light
groceries, fuel, cafe, tavern, etc.
·
Specialty businesses such as bank, antiques, post
office, library, phone office, contractors, etc.
·
Specialty services needed to support a community
with residents of all ages such as home care for elderly, child day-care,
recreation programs for youth, retirement housing, meeting space for
crafts/projects, etc.
·
Agricultural support businesses and facilities.
3.
A
community that supports and encourages the development of economic endeavors of
the residents including home based businesses and self employment that do not
detract from the residential atmosphere and environment.
The policies that guide the Town in working to
reach the economic goals include:
a.
Encourage and facilitate the maintenance and
expansion of viable existing businesses.
b.
Encourage and facilitate the development of
feasible new business that can provide a reasonable family income through:
·
encouraging residents to start and operate home
based and micro-businesses,
·
encouraging building owners to lease existing,
underutilized buildings to new businesses, and
·
supporting and facilitating the renovation of
existing commercial buildings.
Encourage
and facilitate the development of convenience, specialty, and agricultural
support businesses.
Provide
adequate space for retail uses serving residents and Highway 195 travelers,
limit the street front uses of buildings facing Highway 195 between
Provide
zoning for land that accommodates existing and proposed commercial, retail and
manufacturing uses where these uses are compatible with surrounding uses.
Encourage
and support the involvement of residents in planning and implementing
sustainable economic improvements.
Activities
to be used and work to be completed to implement the economic improvement
policies and help the Town reach the economic goals include:
a.
By the end of 2003, revise Land Use Ordinance (zoning code) including
permitting more flexible commercial uses along Highway 195 and light
manufacturing uses along the west side of Washington Street and other revisions
needed to facilitate development of desired businesses that fit within the above
policies and goals.
Responsible parties: Uniontown Planning Commission and Town Council
b.
Recruit feasible businesses which meet the Uniontown economic development
goals by advertising in regional newspapers, or identifying Uniontown/Colton
area residents interested in developing the needed businesses.
Responsible party:
Uniontown Community Development Association.
c.
Promote Uniontown businesses and economic opportunities through
activities such as maintaining a Uniontown web site, facilitating the promotion
of Uniontown events, assisting in the renovation of commercial buildings for new
businesses.
Responsible party: Uniontown Community Developmen
1.
A community with a variety of housing types and
densities that provides affordable housing for all income levels and
accommodates various household types including:
·
families,
·
semi-retired and retired people,
·
single people, and
·
people with disabilities.
2.
A community that is large enough to support basic
needed services but small enough to retain the small town, rural atmosphere (200
to 250 housing units).
3.
A community with housing that provides a permanent
and stable base for the community (a majority of the housing in permanent
structures that are owner occupied).
4.
A community with buildings and lots that are
maintained in safe conditions without an accumulation of material that creates
health, safety or fire hazards, or pest habitat or significantly detracts from
the value of surrounding residences.
5.
A
community with family oriented residential neighborhoods.
The policies that guide the Town
in working to reach the residential goals include:
a.
Facilitate the development of new housing to
increase the number of housing units to 200 to 250.
b.
Facilitate the development of housing for families
and retired people.
c.
Require all new housing outside of mobile home
parks to be permanent structures on full foundations constructed to Uniform
Building Code Standards.
d.
Encourage property owners to repair and
rehabilitate older substandard houses.
e.
Require property owners to correct problems or
conditions that create a health, safety or fire hazard, or provides a pest
habitat or create a significant economic loss to surrounding community residents
or property owners.
a.
By the end of 2003, revise the Land Use Ordinance (zoning code) including
changes as needed to encourage the development of housing needed to meet the
above goals and policies.
Responsible
parties: Uniontown Planning Commission & Town Council.
b.
Identify property available for development.
Responsible party: Planning
Commission & UCDA.
c. Recruit a responsible builder to develop new houses.
Responsible party: UCDA
d. Enforce all building codes, health and safety ordinances and land use ordinances fairly, fully and equally on all residents and businesses.
Responsible party: Building Inspector & Mayor
D.
The land use goals are to maintain and develop a community with the
following characteristics:
1.
A
community with a balance and variety of land uses including commercial,
residential, industrial, recreation, open space and public uses that creates a
full service, sustainable and vibrant community.
2.
A community with the interest and personality
provided through mixed land uses that are compatible (residential, light
farming, professional offices, specialty services, etc.).
3.
A safe and healthy community where incompatible
land uses are separated. (heavy manufacturing separated from residential and
retail areas, high volume traffic uses separated from family residential areas,
etc.)
4.
A community with the natural environmental
features and rural agricultural atmosphere preserved and enhanced.
5.
A community where the unique resource lands,
critical areas (wetlands, aquifer recharge areas, flood plains, streams and high
erosion areas) and historic sites are preserved and protected.
6.
A community where development is encouraged to
occur in locations where adequate public facilities and services exist or can be
provided in an efficient manner and in areas where development is contained
within the incorporated limits.
7.
A community where growth is encouraged at a level
that enables Uniontown to operate as an independent community with the needed
public and private services and with employment opportunities in the community.
The policies that guide the Town
in working to meet the land use goals in
a.
Maintain a Land Use Ordinance
(zoning code) that directly implements the Comprehensive Plan and is easy to
understand.
b.
Permit flexible and varied compatible land uses in
each zone that reflect individual differences and serve community needs while
protecting the health, safety and economic interests of surrounding residents
and property owners.
c.
Separate incompatible uses, provide services to
Highway 195 travelers and encourage synergistic economic activity, concentrate
retail uses and services, other than home-based businesses, in lots facing
Highway 195.
d.
Avoid mixing of incompatible land uses while
providing adequate zoned land to accommodate existing and potential
manufacturing and related uses:
·
Limit the development of heavy manufacturing,
large equipment servicing or storage, contractor shops and yards and other large
storage facilities to the northeast area of Uniontown, generally north of Blair
and Greif Streets and east of Highway 195.
·
Permit light manufacturing, contractor shop and
equipment service activities to locate along the west side of
a.
Allow the keeping of livestock at a low-density
level with adequate pasture. Livestock
should not significantly detract from or impact the residential character of the
neighborhoods and should avoid nuisances (such as odors, dust and noise) which
are not desirable in a residential neighborhood.
Furthermore, the keeping of wild and/or dangerous animals shall not be
allowed.
b.
Facilitate developments that utilize natural
environmental features and preserve the rural atmosphere.
c.
Restrict development on unique resource lands,
critical areas (wetlands, aquifer recharge areas, flood plains, streams and
slide areas) and historic sites.
d.
Limit development to areas that are served by
adequate public facilities and services.
e.
Designate the limits of the incorporated town as
the Urban Growth Area boundaries, to contain development to areas with access to
public facilities.
f.
Preserve the potential for future development by
maintaining access corridors to undeveloped land.
Activities
to be used and work to be undertaken to implement the land use policies and help
the Town reach the land use goals include:
a. Rewrite
and adopt a new Comprehensive Plan by the end of 2002.
Responsible
parties: Uniontown Planning Commission & Town Council.
b. By
the end of 2003, rewrite and adopt a new Zoning Code to provide more flexible
combining of compatible land uses and other revisions needed to implement the
land use policies listed above.
Responsible parties: Uniontown Planning Commission &
Town Council.
c. Enforce all land use ordinances fairly, fully and equally on all residents and businesses.
Responsible party: Mayor
E.
The environmental and historic conservation goals are to maintain and
develop a community with the following characteristics:
1.
A community with the natural resources including
land, air, water, aquifer recharge areas, wetlands, streams, aquifer recharge
areas, and other natural and critical resources are conserved and protected.
2.
A community with the cultural and historic
buildings, sites and resources conserved and protected.
3.
A community with buildings and land maintained in
sound condition that does not create health, fire or safety hazards, or provide
pest habitat or create community economic deterioration.
4.
A community that conserves energy, facilitates
recycling of recyclable wastes, facilitates environmentally sound disposal of
yard wastes and provides for safe disposal of other wastes.
The policies that guide the Town
in working to meet the environmental and historic conservation goals
include:
a.
Restrict development in the flood plain and along
streams to uses that do not contaminate the water or destroy fish or wildlife
habitat.
b.
Encourage, facilitate and support the maintenance
and renovation of historic buildings, structures, sites and areas (the Community
Building, Town Hall, the St. Boniface Church, the community church, the Dahmen
Barn and wheel fence, the Bank, Eleanor’s, etc.).
c.
Support the recognition of historic sites listed
on the Uniontown Registry of Historic Places and encourage the listing of
additional qualified places.
d.
Require the removal of dilapidated and hazardous
buildings, removal of household waste, removal of collections of materials that
create a health, fire or safety hazards, or provides a pest habitat, and require
the screening from public view of large collections of personal property.
e.
Encourage, facilitate, support and/or provide for
the disposal of waste in an environmentally sound manner including:
·
Recycling of waste material that can be recycled.
·
Encouraging and facilitating the disposal of yard
and landscaping through composting or limited burning,
·
Requiring appropriate disposal and preventing the
burning, dumping or burying of toxic waste materials,
·
Operating a sanitary sewage disposal system in
manner that prevents pollution of ground water or streams.
a.
By the end of 2003, rewrite and adopt an updated Land Use Ordinance
(zoning code) to strengthen the protection of natural resources, historic
buildings, and other revisions need to implement the above policies.
Responsible parties: Uniontown
Planning Commission & Town Counci1.
b. Maintain a historic register to encourage the renovation of historic buildings and facilitate the use of tax incentives.
Responsible parties: Uniontown Historic Preservation Commission
c. Conduct a community clean up day one or more times a year with large dumpsters or trucks to carry away rubbish and junk.
Responsible
parties: Volunteer task force & Town Council
d. Require the removal of health, safety and fire hazards or other hazardous conditions by fairly and fully enforcing Town ordinances that require the removal or repair of hazardous building or property conditions and require the removal of junk and garbage that creates fire, safety or health hazards. To correct the problems throughout the Town within a few years, the Mayor will develop and use an enforcement schedule that starts with the properties that impact the largest number of people first: the properties facing arterial streets (Montgomery and Blair), and enforce the regulations over the pre-set schedule based on working from the largest public impact to the smallest public impact.
Responsible party: Mayor
e. Require the removal of all conditions that provide support for the reproduction of hazardous pests (rats, mice, skunks, mosquitoes, etc.) and require the removal of noxious weeds.
Responsible party: Mayor
f.
Require all residents to use a regular garbage
disposal service to dispose of household waste.
Responsible party: Mayor
F. The
Public Infrastructure goals are to maintain and develop a community with the
following characteristics:
1.
A community with existing public facilities
maintained in a manner that, in a cost effective and fiscally responsible
manner, protects the investments in existing facilities, maximizes the use of
existing facilities, and promotes orderly growth.
2.
A community that maintains the basic public
facilities in good condition including
·
a safe domestic water and water distribution
system;
·
a safe sewer system collection and treatment
system;
·
safe streets, sidewalks, and bridges; and
·
parks, community center, library
and the Town Hall.
3.
A community with open space and recreation
facilities for people of all ages that enhance the natural beauty of the area
and build on the natural resources and elements in the community.
4.
A community with a safe pedestrian and bike path
for children going to and from the schools in
5.
New development that provides the improvements
needed to accommodate the growth without reducing the level of services needed
by existing residents.
a.
Maintain
and improve all developed Town streets on a regular schedule.
b.
Maintain
and improve pedestrian walkways on all developed Town streets.
c.
If
land is developed beyond the existing street and utility system, require the
installation of fully improve utilities, paved streets and sidewalks
(coordinated with existing and potential streets and sidewalks on surrounding
properties) as a condition of development.
d.
Pursue
development of streets on existing rights-of-way to accommodate in-fill
development, especially where other infrastructure already exists.
e.
Work with
f.
Maintain and operate the water system to meet high
health standards with minimal possible contaminates and additives.
g. Improve, maintain and operate the sewage disposal system in a manner that avoids contamination of ground or stream water.
a.
Maintain and develop parks and open space that
provides for active and passive activities for people of all ages including a
community center for community events and indoor sports, and outdoor public
areas for picnics, team sports, walking and jogging and stream related
activities.
b.
Retain fully qualified public facilities
operations and maintenance staff with adequate equipment so that the systems and
facilities are maintained and operated in a safe and cost effective manner.
a.
Develop an Infrastructure Maintenance and Capital
Improvement Plan and program by 2004.
Responsible parties. Consultant or special task force with assistance of
town staff.
b.
Through the utility fees, provide water and sewer
system maintenance and replacement reserve funds.
c.
Review the water use permits, well performance and
water quality to ascertain the number of residents and businesses that can be
safely served with the existing system.
Responsible party: Mayor and engineer.
d.
Pave a section of unpaved public
streets each year.
e.
Grade unpaved public streets on a
regular schedule.
Responsible parties: Mayor & Public Works staff
f.
Install and maintain a bike and
pedestrian link between Uniontown &
g. Obtain land for and develop a fishing and picnic park on the creek. Responsible party: Parks and Recreation Commission & Town Council
G.
The Public Service goals are to maintain and develop a community with the
following characteristics:
1.
A community that is safe with critical public
services including fire protection, police, and emergency medical assistance.
2.
A Uniontown/Colton community that supports and
maintains community based schools.
3.
A community with basic recreation and enrichment
programs including a public library and active programs for young residents.
4.
A community that celebrates its history and
continues to recreate itself through community events such as the sausage feed,
holiday decorations, Halloween party for the youth, summer flea market and
others.
The policies that guide the Town in working to
meet the public service goals include:
a.
Support and retain a well-trained and
appropriately equipped volunteer fire department.
b.
Support a volunteer emergency medical service.
c.
Retain a well-trained and appropriately equipped
police department with 40 or more hours a week in police coverage in Uniontown.
d.
Maintain a public library in town.
e.
Provide
active recreational programs for the youth in town.
Activities
to be used and work to be undertaken to implement the public service policies
and help the Town reach the public infrastructure goals include:
a. Provide
recreation opportunities for the youth throughout the year.
Responsible party:
Parks & Recreation Commission & Community Center Board
b. Continue the management and operation of the police and fire departments.
Responsible parties: Mayor & Fire Chief
Listed
below are descriptions of the various land use categories that are illustrated
on the Future Land Use Map:
RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS:
These are areas where 90% or more the land area should be retained in open space
and the uses should be primarily residential and agricultural.
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AREAS:
These are areas where the environment should reflect a low-density (detached
structures for 1 or 2 households) residential neighborhood. 60% or more of the
land area should be retained in open space. The uses should be primarily
residential and other uses which directly support a resident. Supplemental uses
could include home occupations and low intensity agricultural uses as long as
the residential scale and environment is maintained and the effect (traffic
volume, noise, odors, lights, etc.) of the uses do not significantly affect the
residents of the area.
CENTRAL COMMERCIAL AREA:
This is the central downtown area where the principal uses should be retail or
public services. Supplemental production, storage or housing uses should be
permitted as long as these uses do not use any of the street (
ENTRY COMMERCIAL AREAS:
These flat areas adjacent to the highway at the north and south entries to
Uniontown should be limited to retail uses which need easy access, parking and
highway visibility. Supplemental housing, production or storage should be
allowed in these areas as long as these uses are not the street front use.
LIGHT MANUFACTURING AREA:
The uses in this area should be limited to light manufacturing, contractor shop
and equipment service activities. The
location for this land use is along the west side of
COMMUNITY/INSTITUTIONAL AREAS:
These are areas for churches, schools, cemeteries and major active parks or
other potential moderate to high public or semi-public uses.
The arrows indicate the areas reserved to
provide access to undeveloped land. New
construction must leave access along these routes or provide a reasonable
alternative access to the undeveloped land.
It is also the policy of the Town to require the development of through
streets in most areas when new development occurs.
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