The purpose for this article is to accomplish the following:
A. Implement the environmental policies of the comprehensive plan, as amended.
B. Permit and define the reasonable use of properties that contain environmentally sensitive features and natural resources while recognizing the importance of environmental resources and protecting such resources from destruction.
C. Provide for ecologically sound transitions between protected environmentally sensitive areas and urban development.
D. Protect the public from injury and property damage due to flooding, erosion, and other natural hazards, which can be exacerbated by development of environmentally sensitive land.
E. Foster urban design that preserves open space and minimizes disturbance of environmentally sensitive features and natural resources.
F. Provide for the mitigation of disturbances of environmentally sensitive features and natural resources by requiring and implementing mitigation plans, as needed. (Ord. 05-4186, 12-15-2005)