17.02.010: PURPOSE:
To promote the public health, safety, morals, convenience, general welfare; to lessen traffic congestion in the streets; to provide light and air for all buildings; to avoid undesirable concentrations of population; to prevent overcrowding of land and to facilitate adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements; and to provide the economic and social advantages gained from a comprehensively planned use of land resources, there is established a natural resources and land use plan in conjunction with the approved master plan and zoning laws regarding the communities and rural areas of Mineral County. The term “Land Use Plan” used within this code shall include but not be limited to Master Plan and Zoning Plan. (MC Ord. 19A Art. 1 § A, 1965: Ord. 241A, 3-7-2018)