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CITY of CARLTON
DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PlAN,
GOALS and POLICIES ~~
Prepared By
The Department of Planning
and Development
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City of Carlton
Planning Commission
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INTRODUCTION AGRICULlURE
boundaries are either ClassThe soils within Carlton's
II or Class III soils.
FINDINGS: Within Carlton's municipal boundaries there
are approximately 217 acres of land under intensive
agriculture; this represents . ~~ of the City' 5 total
land area.
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These goals and policies represent the basis of
the City of Carlton's Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
They provide the direction which the governing
bodies of the community will follow in directing
future growth within the community.
(2) The City shall establish agricultural zones and
"holding zones" until agricultural lands are needed for
urban uses.
(3) The City shall encourage Yamhill County tO,restrict
commercial and residential development outside the
Carlton Urban Growth Boundary.
POLICIES: (I) Agricultural land conversion to urban
uses shall be done only when ade,uate public facilities
and services are available to t~_ area(s} proposed for
development.
The Carlton Planning Commission and Carlton's
Citizen Advisory Committee have worked hard assemb-
ling these guidelines for the future. Before they
use these goals and policies as a basis upon which
to review and revise the City ordinances and zoning,
they request your participation in their review.
These goals and policies should reflect, to
the fullest extent possible, the views, needs and
desires of Carlton citizens. CARLTON RESIDENTS
ARE INVITED TO A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE GOALS
AND POLICIES PRESENTED HERE~ THIS MEETING WILL BE
HELD DECEMBER 14, 1978 AT 7:30 PM IN THE MULTI-
PURPOSE ROOM OF CARLTON GRADE SCHOOL. If you are
unable to attend the meeting, space is provided
on the last page of this draft for your written
response.
GOAL: 1)
farmer by
farming.
To preserve the economi . livelihood of
preserving prime agric4~tural land for
the
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HOUSING:
FINDINGS: Presently there are 440 occupied housing
units. Approximately 79% of these are single family,
10% are multi-family and nearly 11% are mobile homes.
Carlton's housing stock has increased by about 13 per-
cent since 1970 which is comparable to the City's pop-
ulation increase for the same time period. The
majority added (64 percent) have been mobile h~s;
nineteen percent have been single family; and about
twelve percent have been multi-family.
Overall housing conditions in Carlton are moderately
good. About 35 percent of the housing stock is in
fair condition, and 22 percent is in poor condition.
Based on a population projection of 2,200 by the year
2000, approximately 212 additional dwelling units will
b~ needed in Carlton.
GOAL: 1) To develop housing oppontunities to meet the
needs of all residents at the lowest possible cost, and
with the highest possible standards.
GOAL: 2) To make available a wider choice of housing
in Carlton.
POLICIES: (1) Within already-developed areas, a
variety of housing types shall be made available using
appropriate density standards.
RECREATION CONT.
Within Carlton, there are three buildings listed in the
Statewide Inventory of Historic Sites and Buildings.
These are the Fredrick Bunn House, the Charles E. Ladd
House and the Log Cabin Tavern.
Within the city limits there is much land in intensive
and marginal agricultural use.
Two small creeks run through the city.
GOAL: 1) To provide adequate park land and recreation-
al facilities for the citizens of the community.
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POLICIES: (1) Recreational facilities and services
shall be expanded as the need arises.
(2) To the extent possible, the acquisition of park
sites in advance of actual need shall be made to assure
the availablility of adequate, properly located sites.
The city shall investigate appropriate funding alter-
natives and other suitable techniques for the acquisi-
tion and development of park and recreational facilitie~
(3) Continued availability and use of school-owned
recreational facilities by the general public shall be
encouraged in the future. In addition, schools ~d • ~;
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parks shall be located on adjacent sites wherever poss-
ible.
(5) The City shall support Yamhill County in meeting
its anticipated demand for future park land for recreat-
ional uses.
POLICIES: (1) The city shall ensure that, as develop-
me~t occurs, adequate land will be retained in permanent
open space.
(4) Development of bicycle and pedestrian pathways
should be examined AS a potential recreational reso,U%~"- _
for the citizens of Carlton.
(2) Mobile home units shall be recognized as a source
of low income housing.
(3) Double-wide mobile homes, with appropriate design
standards meeting all building codes, and placed on
permanent foundations, shall be treated as single family
units and allowed in single family and medium density
areas.
GOAL: 3) To permit new developments only when all
urban services become available. These services shall
include: public water, sewers, electric power, solid
waste collection, streets, schools, parks and recreation
facilities, and adequate police and fire protection.
GOAL: 2)
scenic and
To conserve open spaces
cultural resources.
and preserve natural,
POLICY: (1) Carltor shall adopt standards for mobile
home park development. "'-
COAL:
stock
4) To improve
in Carlton.
and maintain the existing housing
(2) Efforts shall be made to preserve creeks and flood-
plain areas as open space. These areas shall be main-
tained to provide a natural storm water and drainage
system. Bicycle and pedestrian pathways should be
examined for possible inclusion in these areas.
RECREATION
FINDINGS: The City has adequate parkland according to
standards released by the Parks and Recreation Branch
of the Oregon Deparbment of Transportation to meet the
needs of the .city's projected population to the year
2000.
Carlton has two city park3 totaling 15.8 acres. The
eity center park is .8 acres and Wenneberg Park located
on the banks of the North Yamhill River contains 15
acres.
(3) To maintain and improve the visual quality of the
City, outdoor advertising signs shall be regulated,
particularly in non-industrial and non-commercial zones.
Signs throughout the City should be aesthetically
pleasing.
(4) Preservation of Carlton's designated historic
structures shall be promoted by prohibiting the con-
struction of adjacent buildings that would detract from
the visual and aesthetic qualities of the historic
structures.
(5) Carlton's inventory of historic resources shall be
continually updated to include apy additional qualifying
sites or structures. Special funding sources and incen-
tive progrmms for restoration and preservation should
be investigated.
COMMERCIAL
FINDINGS: Retail uses comprise 381a of Carlton's
economic activity Bnd services comprise 19%. Total land
use devoted to commercial activity is approximately 3
acres.
Presently, the downtown commercial core is compact and
easily accessible to pedestrians.
The citizens that responded to the community survey feel
that shopping needs in the community need expansion
(647.).
Itom general observation several factors have been ident-
ified that influence the character of the downtown area:
(a) No buildings with upper floors are occupied on the
upper floors,
(b) There are no major retail-durable goods businesses
(depar~nt stores, clothing, furniture, household items
to provide an anchor or nucleus around which other
stores can locate,
(c) Collectively, the visual and aesthetic atmosphere
of the downtown has the potential for being more
hospitable to shoppers,
(d) Traffic is at times of such volume as to cause
hazardous pedestrian crossings,
(e) Use of the main street by large trucks tends to
compound the traffic problem,
(f) The local transportation network is a major factor
in determining location and growth in the core area, and
(g> Property values and volume of trade will be the
dominant values in determining whether it will be
financially rewarding for businesses to locate in
Carl ton
""tCfXI::-l)--rQ' a~low for coomerciaI activities in types
and amounts to adequately meet the needs of the City of
Carlton and immediate environs.
POLICIES: (1) The City shall designate sufficient
area on the plan map for commercial uses.
(2) The City shall provide for expansion of the
commercial core as the area is utilized over time.
(3) Compatible core area (walk~in) type businesses
shall be encouraged to locate in a designated area, in
and around the existing commercial core. Drive-in type
businesses, incompatible with the commercial-core area
shall be encouraged to locate in designated areas out-
side the commercial-core area.
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(4) Appropriate amendments to the City Zoning Ordin-
ance shall be established to provide incentives for
commercial enterprises to locate in Carlton.
(5) The City shall promote commercial enterprises
which meet the needs of the community and enhance the
overall livability of the city.
TRANSPORTATION
FINDINGS: The automobile is the prime transportation
mode for Carlton residents.
Traffic volumes have steadily increased on Carlton's
major roads between 1971 and 1976.
The greatest City demand, in regards to transportation
is for continued maintenance and paving of City streets
Approximately 151. (1.2 miles) of City streets are un-
paved.
Walking is an important transportation mode due to the
relative short distances between the compact commercial
core and residential areas, and due to lack of heavy
traffic on side streets.
There are no designated bikeways within Carlton. Bi-
cyclists primarily utilize side streets.
The Southern Pacific Railroad line that runs through
Carlton is used primarily for freight, and presently
there are no observable trends or factors to change the
situation.
Inadequate turning areas for large trucks at the inter-
sections of Yamhill and Main Streets and Pine and Main
Streets present serious traffic problems.
Visability problems at the intersections of Main and
Pine and West Grant and Pine Streets are caused by the
bank and post office parking lots.
During harvest season, trucks lined up on Pine Street
awaiting to unload occasionally cause traffic problems.
GOAL: 1) To provide a safe, convenient, aesthetic, and
economic transportation system through a variety of
transportation means.
GOAL: 2) To encourage the development of an attractive
and competitive commercial core providing a variety of
services.
(4) The City shall, with the necessary assistance,
undertake studies to assess potential impacts of the
redevelopment of Carlton Lake as a commercial recreation
area.
and design for both on-
POLICIES":
outlets to
core.
(1) The City shall encourage
upgrade the appearance of the
cOlmlercial
commercial
GOAL: 2) To provide good local access and circulation.
GOAL: 3) To move traffic quickly and safely.
GOAL: 4) To preserve_ the aesthetic quality and charac-
ter of the community.
GOAL: 5) To ensure pedestrian, bicycle and overall
safety along Highway 47.
GOAL: 6) To ensure good layout
street and off-street parking.
(2) The use of brick fronts on all new commercial
structures built in the core area shall be encouraged
in order to maintain continuity in design and appear-
ance.
(3) Future commercial developments shall consider
offstreet parking, pedestrian safety, shopping conven-
ience, and traffic flows on adjacent streets in respect
to site location.
POLICIES: (1) Transportation facilities shall be sited,
designed and constructed so as to minLmize visual and
environmental impacts on the natural and social features
of the area.
(2) Transportation facilities shall respect adjacent
land uses and be designed to be an asset to an area
rather than a disruptive feature.
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(3) TrAnsportation improvements shall be used to guide
urban development and shall be designed to serve anti-
cipated future needs.
The Panther Creek impoundment of 23 million gallons of
holding capacity can provide adequate municipal supply
to the year 2000.
The North Yamhill River provides scenic and recreational
opportunities.
GOAL: 2) To protect groundwater and aquifer resources
from damage by residential, industrial and commercial
development.
PUBLIC FACILITIES and
SERVICES
There is a need for additional treatment capacity within
the Carlton Sewer System. The system is presently ex-
periencing severe infiltration problems. The design lif
of the plant is finished and the plant is in need of
immediate replacement or upgrading.
To protect Carlton's water quality through
with state and federal water quality stand-
GOAL, 1)
compliance
ards.
(7) A widening and rerouting of State Highway 47 to
bypass the commercial core area shall remain a high
priority item in the future development of Carlton's
transportation network.
Automobile
Bicycle & Pedestrian
(6) Automobile routes between residential areas and
major activity centers shall be examined and recommen-
dations shall be made for improvements.
(5) Hazardous and inferior road sections and inter-
sections shall be identified and recommendations shall
be made for improvement through a systematic capital
improvement program.
(4) While automobiles will continue as the primary
means of transportation, Carlton shall encourage the
development of a variety of alternative modes, including
small mass transit systems and bicycle and pedestrian-
pathways.
(8) Carlton shall develop a bikeway plan and route
which will be coordinated with Yamhill County's Bike-
way Plan.
FINDINGS:
Water Supply. System:
(9) Bikeway design standards shall be those recommended
by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
(10) Walking and biking shall be encouraged wherever
possible, especially along major routes between resi-
dential areas and major activity centers.
(11) Pedestrian and bicycle traffic shall be separated
wherever possible, particularly where public safety
warrants such separation.
Public Transit
Carlton's water supply system is adequate to meet the
city's needs to the year 2000. The city is supplied
by a 12 inch main from a 24 million gallon capacity
holding reservoir on Panther Creek.
Sewage Sys tern:
The sewage treatment plant is presently nearing the
end of its original design life, and the plant is in
immediate need of replacement or major upgrading. Pre-
sently the city is initiating plans to upgrade the
sewage system to accommodate a population of 2,200.
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(12) Carlton shall encourage the continued operation
of the existing (County) public transit system.
Railroad
(13) The continuing availability of rail transportation
routes shall be encouraged.
(14) Public safety shall continue to receive top
priority where rail lines cross other transportation
paths.
WATER RESOURCES and
QUALITY
FINDINGS: A survey of surrounding geological formations
reveals that there are no major water bearing aquifers
upon which the City could rely for supply. Therefore
water resource potential for municipal or industrial use
is limited to surface water development.
Surface water resources include the North Yamhill River
and its tributary, Panther Creek.
The flow of the North Yamhill River is highly variable,
ranging from a summer low of 3.8 cubic feet/second anda
winter high of 9,350 cubic feet/second.
S'olid Waste Disposal System:
Carlton's solid waste is presently transported to the~iteson Landfill. The landfill is nearing capacity,
and a new site will have to be developed in the near
future.
Proposals presented within the Chemeketa Regional Solid~aste Management Program do not envision a dumping site
~ithin the near vicinity of Carlton or Yamhill. There-
fore, present plans indicate that the City will continu
to depend on commercial garbage haulers for their solid
~aste removal.
Fire Protection:
~arlton has a volunteer fire department of about thirty
~embers. The fire district covers the City and an
additional 29 square miles, for a total area of 32
square miles. The department's equipment includes four
pumpers, one tanker, and a rescue truck. Water pres sur
in the downtown area is ample for fire fighting.
It is felt that the fire department could meet the de-
~ands of population growth to the year 2000 if it
could acquire another pumper and a full time officer.
~arlton has enough equipment and volunteer members to
place the city within a good fire rating (6).
Electrical Power:
Carlton's electric power is provided by Portland General
Electric. P.G.E. indicates that there exists no problem
with the expansion of the Carlton system to meet expected
growth trends.
Street Construction and Maintenance:
Street construction and maintenance are not budgeted
through City funds. Instead repairs are funded through
state tax fund allotment. There is a need to identify
other funding sources, so that street construction and
maintenance will keep pace with Carlton's growth trends.
Telephone Service:
Pacific Northwest Bell supplies telephone "service to
Carlton o The Bell engineering department feels that
telephone service can be expanded in en orderly fashion
to mee t year 2000 papule tion proj ec tions.
Police Protection:
Carlton's police department consists of three patrolmen
and two squad cars.
Schools:
Carltonls grade school serves a district encompassing
approximately 42 square miles. The school presently
has 314 students in grades one through eight. Recent
expansion has resulted in the construction of four new
classrooms, additional library and cafeteria space, a
resource room for special groups, an outdoor playshed,
and new shower facilities.
School facilities are available for public meetings and
recreational programs.
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(5) Developable areas which are most easily served by
public facilities and services shall be identified and
promoted as priority development areas.
(6) Carlton shall examine, identify and. promote energy
efficient and cost effective methods to provide and
maintain public facilitites and services.
These include but are not limited to street, curb and
sidewalk construction and provision of adequate drain-
age measures, b~th man-made and natural, to accommodate
storm runoff.
(7) Transportation planning shall funnel major traffic
flows away from residential neighborhoods.
(8) The City, as the need arises, shall investigate
and promote the use of funds in addition to state
monies for the construction and maintenance of City
streets and sidewalks.
(9) A public facility and service should not be pro-
vided in a developable area unless there is provision
for the coordinated development of all facilities and
services applicable to the kind of development intended.
(10) The City shall ensure that adequate sedimentation,
erosion control and drainage measures are taken for all
new buildings and development.
(11) The City shall investigate and promote-measures
to improve and maintain a high standard of water quality
within the domestic water system.
(12) Ca£lton, when in the best interest of the com-
munity, should support and promote the use of county-
wide social services. Particular attention shall be
paid to the needs of the youth and the elderly.
GOAL: 1) To provide for the needs of existing
industries, encourage desired economic growth, develop
a stable community-based economy, and provide for
greater employment opportunities for Carlton's citizens.
POLICIES: (1) Carlton shall encourage the type of
industrial development that contributes substantially
to the community's economy by assuring that revenues
and wages generated will be recycled through the local
economy.
(2) Carlton shall encourage industry that will raise
the wage scale in the community.
(3) Carlton shall encourage industry that will offer
employment to, and create a balance between, a broad
range of workers, including professional, skilled and
unskilled labor.
A kindergarten is under consideration contingent on
board approval. No future elementary school expansion
is planned until the population evidences the need.
Carlton and Yamhill share a high school located in
Yamhill. Approximately 40~ of the students attending
the high school are from Carlton.
Library:
The library is owned and operated by the Civic Club.
It owns 5,000 plus volumes. The area is serviCed by
the Chemeketa Regional Library Bookmobile every two
weeks. It is generally felt that added growth will
necessitate changes in the Cityls committment to
library services.
GOAL: 1) To develop a timely, orderly, and efficient
arrangement of public facilities and services to serve
as a framework for future development.
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shall
A high standard of police and
be maintained and expanded as
INDUSTRY
fire protec tion
needed.
POLICIES: (1) Public facilities and services plans
shall coordtnate the type, location and delivery of
public facilities and services in a manner that best
supports the existing and proposed land use of Carlton.
(2) The City shall promote the upgrading and main-
tenance of the sewer system as a vital element to the
continued well being of the community.
(3) Existing residences not connected to the existing
sewer system shall receive first priority for sewer
hookup when the system is upgraded and expanded.
(4) The City shall identify and promote equitable
sewer and water assessment schemes.
(4) Industry shall be encouraged that provides train-
ing opportunities in skills that can be transferred to
other job categories and opportunities.
(5) The city shall encourage industry that would pay
its fair share for services required for its establish-
ment and maintenance.
(6) An industrial facility proposal shall be evaluated
to consider the social, environcental, and economic im-
pacts to the City and surrounding area before being
approved.
(7) An industrial facility proposal shall be evaluated
to consider both short and long term social, environ-
mental, and economic impacts to the City and surrounding
area before being approved.
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(8) Carlton shall encourage industry and/or economic
activity that will not drain the energy resources of the
area. Energy efficient and conservation measures that
shall be promoted, include, but are not limited to the
following:
(8) efficient building, manufacturing and heating
practices,
(b) co-generation syste~ including the burning of
wastes, and
(c) utilization of new and alternative systems.
(9) Carlton shall encourage industrial development that
meets appropriate D~E.Q. pollution control requi~ements.
(10) Carlton shall designate on the plan map area for
industrial development.
(11) Carlton shall encourage a strategy of economic
development that will:
(8) efficiently utilize and develop existing resourc~s,
(b) ~ncourag~ furth~r d~v~lopment and ~xpansion of
~xisting facilities and industri~s and/or ~conomic
activity,
(c) id~nti~y local, stat~, and f~d~ral r~sourc~s to
assist in the economic and industrial expansion (growth)
desired in Carlton,
(d) identify and correct problems that discourage
desired economic growth, and
(e) . identify and promote industry and/or economic
activity that will be compatible with, and enhance and
maintain Carltonts small town character, quality of life
and identity.
(12) Carlton shall direct future industrial growth
determdned to be incompatible with residential neighbor-
hoods away from existing or designated areas of future
residential development. These industries shall be
sited in concentrated areas sufficiently buffered from
adjacent uses to prevent conflict.
NATURAL HAZARDS: Steep
Slopes
FINDINGS: Small areas of steep slopes in Carlton (in
excess of 12-2ot) are located along the western boundary
of the city limits.
It is recommended for the purposes of the Carlton Com-
prehensive Plan that ste~p slopes be defined as those
areas with relief in excess of 12-20%.
GOAL: 1) To designate areas containing steep slopes
for land uses commensurate with the ability of the land
to support the development.
(2) The city shall ensure that native vegetation is
retained in sufficient amount to prevent soil erosion.
POLICIES: (1) The City shall make sure that proper
grading and engineering procedures are followed when
building on steep slopes to avoid s6i1 erosion, roadway
and structure collapse and mass movement of underlying
geologic structure.
FLOOD PLAINS
FINDINGS: Carlton abuts the 100 year flood plain of
the North Yamhill River. A small portion of the area
within the southwest city limits is affected.
Other areas that are flooded on a regular basis are
primarily along Hawn Creek.
COAL: 1) To minimize danger to public safety and
welfare from flooding and improve the general welfare
by reducing economic loss due to interruption of
business and industry, or damage to homes and other
properths.
GOAL: 2) To minimize damage to public facilities
and utilities such as water, electric, telephone and
sewer lines, and str~ets, and bridges locat~d in areas
of specific flood hazard.
GOAL: 3) To help maintain a stable tax base by pro-
viding for the sound use and development of areas of
specific flood hazard so as to minimize future flood
blight areas.
GOAL: 4) To minimize exp~nditure of public money
required for costly flood control and allotment pro-
grams.
POLICIES: (1) The City shall r~strict or prohibit
uses which are dangerous to health, safety, and property
du~ to water, or erosion hazards, or which result in
damaging increases in erosion or in flood heights or
veloe! ties.
(2) The City shall designate areas of recognized flood
hazard on the plan map.
(3) The City shall recognize and incorporate addition-
al flood data as it becomes available.
(4) The City shall make information regarding flood
hazards availabl~ for public access to ensure that
those who consid~r occupying areas of potential or
existing flood hazard have access to appropriate in-
formation and assume responsibility for their actions.
(5) The City shall require that uses vulnerabl~ to
floods, including facilities which serve such uses, be
protected against flood damage at the time of initial
cons truc tion.
(6) The City shall ensure that public utilities be
protected from flood hazard at the time of initial con-
struction (including sewer and water lines).
(7) The City shall control the alteration of natural
flood plains, stream channels, and natural protective
barriers: which help accommodate or channel flood
waters.
(8) The City shall control filling, grading, dredging
and any other development which may increase flood
damage.
(9) The City shall prevent or r~gulate the construction
of flood barriers which may increase flood ~8zards in
other areas.
(10) The City shall develop approp~1at~ zoning and
subdivision ordinances as a way ~o guide development
within the flood plain. The City shall encourage ex-
pansion into areas not affected by the flood plain
hazards.
NATURAL HAZARDS
Soils (3)
upon
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Change of the Ur~an Growth Boundary shall be based
consideration of the following factors:
The four soil groups that are located inside the
Carlton Urban Growth Boundary have moderate to severe
limitations for the following urban uses. septic tank
absorption fields, shallow excavations, dwellings with-
out basements, dwellings with basements, small commer-
cial buildings, and local roads and streets.
Soil hazards include the following: low shear strength,
high shrink-swell, and other poor engineering character-
istics; soil creep; poor drainage; and excessive wetness
or flooding.
GOAL: 1) To recognize areas of soil hazard and requir~
uses vulnerable to soil hazard be protected from future
damage at the time of initial construct1Qn.
POLICIES: (1) The City shall designate areas of
recognized soil hazard on the plan map.
(2) The City shall make information regarding soil
hazards available for public access to ensure that
those who consider occupying areas of potential or
existing hazard have access to appropriate information
and ass~ responsibility for their actions.
(3) The City shall request assistance and c~nt from
appropriate agencies in evaluating develop~nt in areas
of known soil hazard.
(4) The City shall, through assistance from appropri-
ate agencies, ensure that criteria for building in soil
hazard areas is met. Special consideration shall be
given to Chapter 29 of the Uniform Building Code. These
criteria include but are not limited to:adequate found-
ation plans, adequate drainage, erosion and sediment-
ation plans, adequate road and sidewalk construction,
and adequate protection for utilities, including sewer
and water lines.
(6) The City shall ensure that building plans of large
structures in areas of known hazard, including indust-
rial and commercial structures, bear the stamp of an
engineer, registered in the State of Oregon, and his
statement that foundation plans are adequate for the
soil conditions on the site.
(7) The City shall ensure that public utilities and
services be protected from soil hazard at the time of
initial construction, including sewer and water lines.
ENERGY
GOAL: 1) To conserve existing energy resources and
develop alternative sources to ensure that an adequate
future energy supply will be available to Carlton's
citizens at a reasonable cost.
(4) The City shall, when feasible and practical,
solicit support for re~ewable and indigenous energy
sources, including but not limited to wood, solar and
wind.
(5) The City shall encourage landscaping which provides
summer shade to structures and paved areas, protection
from winter winds, and access to solar radiation.
(6) Special consideration shall be paid to avoiding
landscape/tree conflict with overhead lines.
(7) Power lines should be encouraged to be established
underground whenever possible.
(8) The City shall promote preservation of solar rights
through encouragement of proper development planning.
Special consideration shall be paid to ORS Chapter 153-
1975.
(9) The City shall encourage a tree planting program
consistent with preservation of solar rights and shall
request assistance to evaluate landscape potential for
new development.
(10) The City shall encourage developments which con-
tain provisions for energy efficiency and/or retain
options for future considerations of renewable sources
of energy.
(11) The City shall encourage new housing developments
which provide for natural design opportunities, includ-
ing but not limited to, the use of solar energy, and
natural drainage patterns ••
(12) The City shall encourage the use of innovative
design and development techniques which will save
energy in new residential and commercial structures.
(13) The City shall request assistance to inventory
local potential for natural, renewable aod unique
sources of energy. Special consideration shall be paid
to utilizing the small-scale hydroelectric potential
of Carlton Lake if the Lake is re-established, and
utilizing ~thane gas potential of the Carlton sewage
system.
(14) The City shall request assistance to inventory
current energy uses.
(15) The City shall request assistance to account for
changes in energy supply and price when updated
housing and employment projections are made.
URBANIZATION
~INDINGS: Carlton has an established Urban Growth
Boundarv.
POLICIES: (1) The City shall define a growth policy
consistent with population projections and expectations
and identify possible future development areas on the
plan map.
POLICIES: (1) The City shall request assistance from
appropriate agencies, when necessary, to evaluate
energy considerations for planned development. Resource
agencies include but are not limited to: Yamhill County
Department of Planning and Development Energy Office
and the Oregon Department of Energy.
(2) The City shall solicit support for and otherwise
encourage the weatherization of existing structures to
minimize health and economic impacts due to rising
fuel prices.
GOAL, 1)
transition
To provide
from rural
for an orderly and
to urban land use.
efficient
(3) The City shall encourage the sitin& design and lay-
out of structures which minimize the electrical and
fossil fuel energy consu~d by these structures.
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(2) Local land use controls and ordinances should be
mutually supporting, and adopted and enforced to
integrate the type, timing and location of public
facilitites and services in a manner that accommodates
increases in public demand as developable lands become
available.
(3) Change of the Urban Growth Boundary shall be based
upon consideration of the following factors:
(a) Demonstrated need to accommodate long range urban
population growth requirements,
(b) Need for housing, employment opportunities and
liveability,
(e) Orderly and economic provision of public
facilities and services,
(d) Maximum efficiency of land uses within and on
the fringe of existing urban area,
(e) Retention of agricultural land within the city
limits until needed for development, and
(f) Compatibility between the proposed urban uses and
nearby agricultural activities.
(4) The City shall encourage the availability of
sufficient land for various urban uses to ensure choices
in the market place.
(5) The City shall utilize existing platted residential
lots as means to infHl within the city limits.
(6) The size of the parcel' of urbanizable land that
are converted or developed shall be of adequate dimen-
sion to maximize the utility of land resources and to
enable the logical extension of services to the parcels.
(7) ~ethods and devices for guiding urban land use
should include but not be limited to the following as
they become feasible:
(a) Tax incentives and disincentives,
(b) Multiple use and joint develop~nt practices,
(c) Fee and less than fee acquisition techniques,
and
(d) Capital improve~nt programming.
(8) The City and County shall mutually adopt an Urban
Growth Boundary management agreement for the purpose
of guiding urbanization for those County lands which
are now or in the future may be located inside the
Urban Growth Boundary.
This Draft is financed in
part by a grant supplied
by the State Land Con-
servation and Development
Comm~ssion.
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Responsibity to
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If you cannot come to the public meeting,
written comment will be taken until
January 8. Turn your comments in on this
page to the city recorder, Carlton City
Hall.