This zoning title is designed and enacted to protect the public health, safety and welfare by implementing the county comprehensive plan and accomplishing the following purposes:
A. Protect and conserve the historic customs, traditions and way of life unique to the county, consistent with a reasonable and orderly rate of growth and development and protection of private property rights;
B. Protect and conserve the agricultural and range uses which form the primary base of the county's economy;
C. Provide for reasonable and sound land development, a safe and healthy environment, and a successful economic climate;
D. Require the coordination by the planning and zoning commission with the county natural resources advisory committee 1 to achieve coordinated planning for the entire county and protection of private property rights which are critical to the economic stability of the county and to the maintenance of a healthy environment;
E. Protect and enhance private property rights and property values consistent with the county's responsibility to protect public health, safety and welfare;
F. Minimize infiltration into agricultural land areas of those elements of urban development which will adversely impact agricultural operations;
G. Provide a process for negotiating and developing areas of city impact;
H. Designate land use districts (zoning districts) appropriate for uses that meet the needs of the county's citizens by providing for growth compatible with protection of soil, water, air, wildlife and other natural environmental and scientific qualities;
I. Preserve the recreational, archeological, architectural and cultural history of the county and its historic resources;
J. Protect and conserve the natural resources in the county by considering the impact on such resources of proposed land uses;
K. Maintain, protect, and enhance the county's transportation system; and
L. Provide a means for administering the land use planning process in a manner which can assist school districts to maintain, protect and enhance school facilities and school transportation systems. (Ord. 09-09, 10-6-2009)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 2, chapter 3 of this code. |