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Show Front. This would occur whether the Bonneville Unit would be constructed or not. Accompanying this movement would be a population increase and further urban concentration requiring additional change in land use patterns. Much of this change would involve agricultural land with the associated loss of farm production. Some changes are anticipated in the land use patterns in the Uinta Basin. Oil exploration work is expanding at the present and there is the possibility that the development of oil shale deposits would occur in this area in the foreseeable future. Population expansion accompanied by urbanization would be brought about should a regional oil shale industry develop. To a minor degree, land use patterns would change from an agriculture and grazing pattern to an industrial pattern. The rate at which oil shale may be developed depends on a number of constraints. Key factors are: ( l) technology; ( 2) resource availability, including venture capital; and ( 3) water availability. Duchesne and Uintah Counties are the Utah counties which would be most directly affected by oil shale development. Land use patterns along the Strawberry Aqueduct, however, would not be expected to change much in the future except for increased recreational use. The established uses for grazing, wildlife habitat, and various recreational pursuits would continue with little or no conversion anticipated. Zoning ordinances have been enacted in many areas of the State to regulate land use to acceptable patterns. " These zoning ordinances are designed for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, convenience, order, prosperity, and welfare of present and future inhabitants of an area, including among other things: lessening of congestion in the streets and roads, securing economy in governmental expenditures and safety from fire and other dangers, providing adequate light and air and fostering agricultural and other industries. The ordinances also provide for classification of land use, distribution of 3and development and utilization, establishment of the tax base, and the protection of both urban and nonurban development." 1° Generally, zoning is broken down into four categories: agricultural, residential, business and commercial, and industrial and manufacturing. Some areas within the State have further subdivided these categories for a more specialized form of land. use. Zoning ordinances have been enacted in eight of the 12 counties comprising the Unit area. Those counties without such ordinances are Summit, Piute, Sanpete, and Garfield. 165 |