§ 151.18 CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION.
   The land use districts in § 151.18, and the delineation of a land use district's boundaries on the official zoning map, must be consistent with the goals, policies, and objectives of the comprehensive land use plan and the following criteria, considerations, and objectives:
   (A)   General considerations and criteria for all land uses.
      (1)   Preservation of natural area;
      (2   Present ownership and development of shoreland areas;
      (3)   Shoreland soil types and their engineering capabilities;
      (4)   Topographic characteristics;
      (5)   Vegetative cover;
      (6)   In-water physical characteristics, values, and constraints;
      (7)   Recreational use of the surface water;
      (8)   Road and service center accessibility;
      (9)   Socioeconomic development needs and plans as they involve water and related resources;
      (10)   The land requirements of industry which, by its nature, requires location in shoreland areas;
      (11)   The necessity to preserve and restore certain areas having significant historical or ecological value.
   (B)   Factors and criteria for planned unit development.
      (1)   Existing recreational use of the surface waters and likely increases in use associated with planned unit developments;
      (2)   Physical and aesthetic impacts of increased density;
      (3)   Suitability of lands for the planned unit development approach;
      (4)   Level of current development in the area;
      (5)   Amounts and types of ownership of undeveloped lands.
(Ord. 247, passed 8-4-1992; Am. Ord. 248, passed 10-20-1992; Am. Ord. 249, passed 10-20-1992; Ord. passed 4-14-1997; Am. Ord. 274, passed 4-15-1997)