Angels Camp Municipal Code Ch. 17.41 Open Space District (OS)12

The purposes and intent of the open space (OS) district are to:

A. Identify lands where minimal or no development is planned to occur;

B. Protect the public and public infrastructure from known public health and safety hazards
including, but not limited to, designated flood hazard zones, unstable slopes, capable
earthquake faults and other geological hazards;

C. Preserve and protect sensitive biological resources including, but not limited to, creeks;

D. Protect sensitive archaeological resources;

E. Provide a tool to identify and maintain sensitive resources or resource areas designated for
protection in perpetuity in approved environmental documents including biological and
cultural resources.
(Ord. 518 § 1 (Att. A), 2022)

Uses permitted in the open space district are:

A. Roads, driveways, trails, bridges, underground public utilities, residential gardens in
conjunction with another entitlement for which environmental review pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act has been performed and adopted and addressed the
proposed use.

B. Vegetation management required by the city of Angels fire department subject to city
planner approval.

C. Vegetation removal by hand only when necessary for reasons of health or safety to protect
persons residing on or using the parcel, subject to city planner approval.

D. Planting vegetation in conjunction with a revegetation or habitat enhancement project for
which environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act has
been performed and adopted, or as approved by the city planner.
(Ord. 518 § 1 (Att. A), 2022)

Within any open space district, the following uses are permitted subject to securing a conditional use permit which may be issued only if it is found that the use does not conflict with the purposes of the open space district:

A. General recreation with no buildings including recreational trails;

12. Code reviser’s note: Ord. 518 originally repealed and replaced Ch. 17.40 with this chapter. Previously, Ch. 17.40 was
fully amended by Ord. 517 to create a new chapter. Thus this chapter has been editorially renumbered to prevent
numerical duplication and retain both chapters.

B. Public utility uses;

C. Vegetation removal other than that required for reasons of health and safety;

D. Roads, driveways, and bridges where access through another district is infeasible.
(Ord. 518 § 1 (Att. A), 2022)

There are no minimum widths or parcel sizes for this district. (Ord. 518 § 1 (Att. A), 2022)