To protect the
’s unique visual setting and promote its economic well-being, performance standards are required to assure design sensitivity to the natural scenic quality. These standards are established to provide for the preservation of:
A. Views of prominent mountain
that form the limits of scenic viewsheds and provide a natural backdrop for sensitively designed
;
B. Viewsheds that provide the observer with a visual perspective of the area in terms of foreground, middle ground, and background;
C. The scenic quality of the desert and mountain environment through the retention of
and natural topography; and,
D. View windows through an aesthetic screening or siting of developmental elements that are incompatible with the natural qualities of the surrounding area.