The County shall continue to develop and distribute educational materials and conduct educational outreach to inform the public about household hazardous waste and the proper disposal methods.
Healthy Communities
HAZ-2.3 Incompatible Land Uses in Floodplains
The County shall prohibit incompatible land uses and limit discretionary development within floodplains.
COS-8.7 Sustainable Building Practices
The County shall promote sustainable building practices that incorporate a “whole systems” approach for design and construction that consumes less energy, water, and other non-renewable resources, such as by facilitating passive ventilation and effective use of daylight.
COS-9.1 Open Space Preservation
The County shall preserve natural open space resources through:
- the concentration of development in Urban Areas and Existing Communities;
- use of cluster or compact development techniques in discretionary development adjacent to natural open space resources;
- maintaining large lot sizes in agricultural areas, rural and open space areas;
- discouraging conversion of lands currently used for agricultural production or grazing;
- limiting development in areas constrained by natural hazards; and
- encouraging agricultural and ranching interests to maintain natural habitat in open space areas where the terrain or soil is not conducive to agricultural production or grazing.
COS-9.2 Public Open Space
The County shall explore possible resources for public acquisition of permanent open space for public use.
COS-9.3 Open Space Preservation
The County shall place a high priority on preserving open space lands for recreation, habitat protection, wildlife movement, flood hazard management, public safety, water resource protection, and overall community benefit.