Appendix 700. Application.

701 The standards of this Article shall be used to determine the adequacy of all proposed subdivisions.

702 A development shall be planned, reviewed and carried out in conformance with all County, State and other applicable laws and regulations.

703 Whenever other County ordinances or regulations impose more restrictive standards and requirements than those contained herein, such other ordinances and regulations shall be adhered to.

704 In reviewing the design, layout, density and platting of subdivisions, the following shall be considered and incorporated where practicable, in County planning and decisions:

704.1 The County Comprehensive Plan.

704.2 The County Zoning Ordinance.

704.3 Existing Agricultural and Forestal Districts.

704.4 Physical characteristics of the site and natural features of the surrounding area.

704.5 Environmental impacts that may result from the subdivision.

704.6 Other state and local laws as applicable to the subdivision of land and improvements thereto.
(Ord. of 5-24-1989)

705 Subdivisions that abut, or are adjacent across a secondary highway to, property in an existing agricultural and forestal district shall provide a buffer between the nearest dwelling and the district of one hundred (100) feet or more, based on the use of a berm, landscape or such other combination of natural materials to physically screen and separate the uses and restrict the movement of persons, animals, pollutants and noise between the two. Absent of such barrier, a maximum of two hundred (200) feet shall be required as determined by the Planning Commission, based on adjacent uses, topography and other natural characteristics of the area. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an existing lot from its proper use as identified in the Zoning Ordinance. Any such buffers shall be shown on both the preliminary plan and final plat, and on all boundary and improvement surveys.

(Ords. of 5-24-1989; 1-3-1995; 5-7-2013(2))

(Ords. of 5-24-1989; 1-3-1995; 5-7-2013(2))