(A) The primary purpose of the Conservation District is to protect the public health and to reduce the financial burdens imposed on the community, its governmental units and its individual citizens which may result from improper use of lands having excessively higher water tables, steep slopes or are subject to frequent and periodic floods and overflow. The village is located at the crest of a significant hill (which rises approximately 110 feet above the surrounding countryside) with exceptionally steep slopes at its periphery. To the south of the village lies the Kokosing River and river valley. The northern half of the village is comprised of sharply undulating hillsides and valleys. The combination of these natural features poses the significant risks of flood, erosion and structural unsoundness for developments in the Conservation District. The intention of delineating a Conservation District is to permit reasonable investment in land without unnecessarily subjecting human health and life to natural destructive events, to conserve village and other government resources in the wake of such events, and to preserve the natural beauty and value of the geographic features which give the village a distinctive location identity.
(Ord. 1999-03, passed 3- -1999; Ord. 2013-04, passed 2-4-2013)