Historic Copperton Township, Utah Adopts Development Plan

Most of Copperton's undeveloped land is owned by Kennecott Utah Copper, the second largest copper producer in the U.S.

The ASLA education session ?EUR??,,????'??From Copperton to Daybreak and Beyond: Kennecott's Historic Role in Cutting-Edge Town Planning?EUR??,,????'?? on Friday Oct. 29 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah, is particularly pertinent, as the Salt Lake County Council on March 9, 2004 adopted a general development plan for Copperton Township after two years of planning and town meetings. Much of the Copperton Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The township's planning committee, which is guiding historic preservation, relied on the University of Utah Urban Planning Department to complete a Copperton township draft general plan in May 2002, a 72-page document to help direct Copperton to retain its historic feel and manage growth.

Copperton, population 800, is an unincorporated township about a half hour drive southwest of Salt Lake City. Most of its undeveloped land is owned by Kennecott Utah Copper, the second largest copper producer in the United States, which smelts copper from the Bingham Canyon Mine, the largest open pit copper mine in the world.

The population of Copperton Township is expected to double over the next decade.