§ 23.07.040. Energy and Extractive Resource Area (EX).

As applied to specific parcels by the Official Maps (Part III) of the Land Use Element, an Energy and Extractive Resource Area combining designation is used to identify areas of the county where:

a.

Mineral or petroleum extraction occurs or is proposed to occur;

b.

The state geologist has designated a mineral resource area of statewide or regional significance pursuant to Sections 2710 et seq. of the Public Resources Code (the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act);

c.

Major public utility electric generation facilities exist or are proposed.

The purpose of this combining designation is to protect significant resource extraction and energy production areas identified by the Land Use Element from encroachment by incompatible land uses that could hinder resource extraction or energy production operations, or land uses that would be adversely affected by extraction or energy production.

[Amended 1992, Ord. 2591]