Certain hillsides within the corporate boundaries of the City exhibit special and distinctive characteristics including, but not limited to, geological strata, soil formations, slopes, vegetation and water flow.
The purpose of this chapter is to assist the development of lands and structures to be compatible with the existing physical conditions and to protect the environment and existing improved lands in those locations where the environment is vulnerable to damage by development permitted under conventional zoning and building regulations.
Hillside regulations are required to protect the property owners and the public from damages caused by building upon or developing properties and areas of sensitive environmental qualities; from unsafe buildings on unstable land which would be caused by uncontrolled development; from soil erosion and stream siltation; from destruction of mature and/or valuable trees and other vegetation.
(Ord. 1985-13. Passed 2-12-85.)