Whereas the hillside areas of the Municipality differ from the Municipality's flatlands, hillsides necessitate different provisions for their development and their protection. The Hillside Protection Regulations are established to achieve, among others, the following objectives:
(a) To permit development on hillside areas while conserving and promoting the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare by minimizing disruption to slope stability, water run-off and soil erosion problems incurred in adjustment of the topography to meet development needs;
(b) To use generally accepted design, landscape architecture, architecture, civil engineering, and geotechnical engineering to preserve, enhance and promote the existing and future safety of hillside areas;
(c) To preserve and enhance the natural beauty of the landscape by encouraging the maximum retention of natural topographic features such as natural drainage swales, streams, slope ridge lines, rock outcroppings, vistas from and of the hillsides, trees and other natural plant formations and to retain the sense of identity and image that the hillside areas now impart to the Municipality;
(d) To maximize the natural environmental value of hillside areas as well as their scenic beauty and to protect public and private property owners from the potential damage to human life and safety and property damage that could be caused by increased hillside instability;
(e) To assure access to properties that have hillside areas by emergency, police and fire vehicles and personnel to protect persons and property; and,
(f) To preserve and protect the unique scenic resources and scenic river habitats in the Municipality.
(Ord. 2019-39. Passed 8-13-19.)