4.1. GENERAL

The Special and Combining Zoning Districts established in this Chapter are designed to promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare and are adopted for the following purposes:

• To provide for the orderly development and beneficial use of lands involving exceptional environmental characteristics.

• To preserve and enhance certain resources of the County from incompatible land uses.

• To preserve and protect areas of the County with special and unique social, architectural, or environmental characteristics that require special considerations not otherwise adequately provided by regular zoning districts.

• To provide greater flexibility in design than is otherwise provided under the regular zoning districts, to permit and encourage a more efficient development and utilization of areas with unique characteristics, resources, environmental factors and conditions; while preserving and protecting the public interest, health, safety, welfare, and property values.

The special and combining zoning districts listed in Table 4.0 are established in this Chapter.

Table 4.0 Table of Special and Combining Zoning Districts

Special zoning districts permit establishment of different uses and standards from the base zoning district. In the case of a combining zoning district, the regulations of the base zoning district generally apply; however, additional standards and rules of the combining zoning district may either add to or modify those regulations.