(A) TDC's primary goal. The transferable development credit (TDC) program's primary goal is to preserve as much of the following land as possible for the various uses of the agricultural industry in the county, and for habitat, view corridors and open space:
(1) Agricultural Productive (AP), currently zoned one home per five acres, and
(2) Rural (R), currently zoned one home per five acres, and
(3) Agricultural Rangeland (AR), currently zoned one home per 40 acres.
(B) Voluntary. The TDC program must be voluntary.
(C) No gain or loss of existing rights.
(1) With exceptions to encourage affordable housing, and to encourage the preservation of the open space most highly valued by the community, the TDC program should result in no net increase or decrease in the maximum number of homes presently allowed within the county plus the two cities, nor should it deprive a family of their existing rights to build the presently allowed number of homes on their property. The goal of the TDC program is to encourage the property owners of AP, R and AR zoned land to transfer all or a portion of their presently allowed new homes to a parcel within a receiving area and thereby preserve an even greater portion of their property for open space and agricultural uses.
(2) However, homeowners may also develop their property as currently allowed without invoking the TDC ordinance, or its provisions.
(D) General plan amendment not required. In order to accomplish the goals of the TDC ordinance, a General Plan amendment or zone change is not required in order to increase density when utilizing TDCs.
(Ord. 865, § 1 (part), 2010)