A. Public Preserves.
1. The following lands are designated as public preserves for the purpose of this chapter:
a. Saguaro National Park (Rincon Mountain and Tucson Mountain districts);
b. Tucson Mountain County Park;
c. Coronado National Forest (Santa Catalina Mountains unit);
d. Coronado National Forest (Santa Rita Mountains unit);
e. Catalina State Park;
f. Tortolita Mountain Park;
g. Coronado National Forest (Whetstone Mountains unit) (rural);
h. Coronado National Forest (Tumacacori Mountains unit) (rural);
i. Coronado National Forest (San Luis Mountains unit) (rural);
j. Cienega Creek Preservation Area;
k. Colossal Cave Mountain Park;
l. Empire/Cienega Resource Conservation Area;
m. Santa Rita Experimental Range and Wildlife Area;
n. Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (rural);
o. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (rural);
p. Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (rural);
q. Coyote Mountains Wilderness Area (rural);
r. Baboquivari Peak Wilderness Area (rural).
2. The boundaries of the above designated public preserves, for the purposes of this chapter, are the administrative boundaries of the public preserves as they existed on August 11, 1998.
3. Public preserves listed above that are noted "rural" are designated as rural public preserves.
B. Applicable Lands. The buffer overlay zone applies to:
1. That portion of a land parcel of 25 acres or more on August 11, 1998, which is located within one mile of a public preserve, except as noted in Subsection 18.67.030.C;
2. That portion of a land parcel of 25 acres or more on August 11, 1998, that is classified as either resource conservation (RC) or resource transition (RT) in the area adjacent to the Tucson Mountain section of Saguaro National Park and Tucson Mountain Park, lying within special area 5-01 Tucson Mountains North, as described in the document entitled Comprehensive Plan Regional and "Special Area" Plan Policies and as designated on the comprehensive plan land use plan;
3. Land parcels of 25 acres or more on August 11, 1998, located within the administrative boundary of a designated public preserve;
4. A rezoning request or a specific plan request, any portion of which is subject to the buffer overlay zone.
C. Excluded lands:
The buffer overlay zone does not apply to:
1. Any portion of a land parcel that is located more than one mile from a designated public preserve, except as noted in Subsection 18.67.030.B;
2. That area within the Mount Lemmon community plan as adopted by the board of supervisors on April 7, 1980;
3. Any portion of a land parcel that is located more than one-quarter mile from the Cienega Creek Preservation Area as shown on Exhibit 1 to Ordinance 1998-51 and county zoning maps.
D. Allowed uses: All uses of the underlying zone are allowed in the buffer overlay zone, except as may be restricted by a condition of rezoning or specific plan. The development standards of the underlying zone apply except when in conflict with this chapter, in which case, this chapter applies.
E. Map notation: Land subject to the buffer overlay zone shall be shown on county zoning maps by its underlying zone designation plus the suffix "BZ," except that subject land adjacent to a rural public preserve shall be shown on county zoning maps by its underlying zone designation plus the suffix "RBZ."
(Ord. 1998-51 § 3, 1998; Ord. 1998-38 § 1 (part), 1998; Ord. 1992-96 § 1 (part), 1992; Ord. 1988-116 § 1 (part), 1988)