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Rockville Town Survey R E S U LTS M a y 14 , 2 0 15 Five County AOG Team Levi Roberts, Senior Planner Gary Zabriskie, Director Community and Economic Development Community and Economic Development Who took the survey? residents, landlords/

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R E S U LTS

Rockville Town Survey

M a y 14 , 2 0 15

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Five County AOG Team

Levi Roberts, Senior Planner Community and Economic Development Gary Zabriskie, Director Community and Economic Development

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Who took the survey?

residents, landlords/ landowners (non- residents), 2 skipped question response rate (137 out of 240)

 Primarily home-owners (95%)

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Who took the survey?

0-5 years 18% 6-10 years 16% 11-20 years 25% 21+ years 41%

How long have you lived in Rockville? (residents) How long do you plan to continue to live in Rockville?

0-5 years 3% 6-10 years 6% Unsure 27% 11+ years 64%

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Planning for Rockville’s future

Should Rockville continue to plan and prepare for challenges related to future growth in the Zion Canyon Corridor and greater Washington County area?

Over said

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Community Values

20 60 40 80 120 100 160 140

The natural landscape Agricultural areas The bare bulb streetlights The historic Rockville Bridge

Please rate the level im portance of preserving the following characteristics of Rockville.

Extremely Important Very Important Moderately Important Of Little Importance Unimportant

Other characteristics noted for preservation

Night Sky (10)
Small Town Characteristics (i.e. lack of commercial, single-family) (5)
River (3)
Historic structures & features (4)
Historic ditches (3)

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Population Growth

247-30 0 50 % 30 1-350 18 %

*When asked about the most significant challenge for Rockville’s future, growth was the third most frequently listed challenge (22 respondents)

351-40 0 11% 40 1+ 7% unsure 14%

Rockville currently has 247 residents. What do you believe an ideal population for the town to be in about 10 years (20 25)?

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Land Use Regulation

Become more flexible 40% Become more regulatory 5% Remain as it is today 35% No comment/ unsure 14% Other 6%

Do you believe that the Rockville Land Use Code should: How should the code be changed?

Some commercial should be allowed (12)
Less restrictions on changes to existing

structures (7)

Less restrictions on rentals (7)
Need to respect property rights (6)

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Commercial Use in Town

yes 38 % no 52% unsure 10 %

Should Rockville Town allow for com m ercial businesses in designated areas of town? Only 29 % of residents said yes, compared to 54 % of non-residents

*Several listed restricting commercial use as a significant challenge for Rockville’s future.

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Accessory Rentals and Vacation Housing

10 11 40 7 8 23 42 56 98 80 85 68

60 40 20 100 80 140 120

within the existing home footprint? in a separate secondary residential structure on the property? Should that unit be able to be rented for long- term housing?

no yes

Should that unit be able to be rented for shorter- term vacation housing?

unsure Should Rockville Town allow an accessory dwelling unit, such as a basem ent apartm ent or a casita:

*50 % of residents do not want allowance for short-term vacation housing,

compared to 26 %of non-residents.

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Historic Rockville Bridge

61% 34% 1% 4%

Restore the existing bridge to remain the only access for automobiles and pedestrians. Build a new two-way bridge for automobiles and use the existing historic bridge for pedestrians and non- motorized modes only. Build a new two-way bridge for automobiles and pedestrians and demolish the existing bridge. No action. Allow the bridge to continue to deteriorate. Eight people cited the historic bridge as one of the most significant issues for Rockville’s future.

74% 22% 1% 3% 34% 59% 2% 5%

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Off-road vehicle use

yes 14% no 78 % unsure 8 %

Should Rockville Town develop an area for the use of off-road vehicles (OHVs & ATVs)?

f residents say No,

compared to

f non-residents

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Water

are concerned about the availability and use

f water within Rockville.

(99 individuals) said they would attend a town m eeting to discuss water-related issues.

  More people cited Water as the most

significant challenge for the future of

Rockville than any other issue. (32 responses)

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Other issues of concern

 City Services / Tax Revenue  Increasing Traffic  Preservation of unique community character  Affordable Living / Housing  Respecting diverse opinions/ balancing values