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Article 10. Constraint Districts (S)

Sec. 8-10.1 Purpose
Sec. 8-10.2 Types Of Constraint Districts And Application

Sec. 8-10.1 Purpose.

(a) To implement the objectives of the six (6) Development Restriction Zones established in the General Plan.

(b) To identify those areas where particular physical, biologic and ecologic characteristics of the land, water and atmosphere indicate that standard requirements for development, modification or use may be inadequate to insure the general health, safety or welfare of the public or the maintenance of established physical, geologic and ecologic forms and systems.

(c) To insure that development, modification or use will not create substantial threats to health, safety and welfare of people, or to the maintenance of established physical, biologic, and ecologic forms and systems.

(d) To permit development, modification or use when it can be shown, within the limits of available knowledge, that ecologic interrelationship will be improved or not significantly depreciated. (Ord. No. 164, August 17, 1972; Sec. 8-10.1, R.C.O. 1976)

Sec. 8-10.2 Types Of Constraint Districts And Application.

(a) There are six (6) Constraint Districts as follows:

(1) Drainage Districts S-DR

(2) Flood Districts S-FL

(3) Shore Districts S-SH

(4) Slope Districts S-SL

(5) Soils Districts S-SO

(6) Tsunami Districts S-TS

(b) The standards established in each Constraint District shall apply to all modifications, development or uses which are undertaken on lands within the boundaries of the Districts and shall be in addition to the development standards applicable to lands in the underlying Use and Special Treatment Districts in which the lands are located.

(c) When land is located in more than one (1) Constraint District, the more restrictive standard concerning any subject matter of regulation shall apply.

(d) Applications for Zoning or Use Permits for uses, structures and development in Constraint District shall include the information required by, and shall establish conformity to the standards established for, the Constraint District or Districts in which the lands in question are located. (Ord. No. 164, August 17, 1972; Sec. 8-10.2, R.C.O. 1976)

Sec. 8-10.1 Purpose
Sec. 8-10.2 Types Of Constraint Districts And Application

 


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