Blue Lake Municipal Code § 17.04.010 Title

This title shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance of the City of Blue Lake, California," and may be cited as such. The ordinance will be referred to hereinafter as "this title" or the "zoning ordinance," and sections and portions hereinafter referred to shall refer to sections or portions of this title.

There is hereby adopted a zoning ordinance of the City of Blue Lake, California, consisting of text in accordance with the provisions of Title 7, Chapter 4, Section 65800 of the Government Code of the State of California.

The zoning regulations of this title are adopted to achieve the following objectives:

A. To adhere to the principle of orderly residential development, with well-integrated community facilities and public utilities;

B. To discourage scatter of development and sprawl along the highways;

C. To group residential areas into neighborhoods which are planned in relation with playgrounds, parks, schools and other facilities;

D. To combine several neighborhoods into a community, based on a community park and elementary school, day schools or private schools;

E. To provide a wide variety of housing types and living arrangements, including single-family residences, duplexes, fourplexes, apartments, and motels;

F. To experiment with a new concept ("cluster development") of housing layout around a communal open space;

G. To locate housing in industrial zones only if it can be demonstrated by the developer that the industrial use will be compatible with housing;

H. To locate high-density apartments on or near thoroughfares, near open spaces such as parks, or in areas specifically designed for high-density residential uses;

I. To redevelop and rehabilitate blighted or deteriorating housing and commercial buildings;

J. To take care in designing future residential layouts to preserve those natural amenities which make Blue Lake a desirable place to live; and

K. To protect and enhance real property values.

It is expressly declared that all provisions of this title shall apply to all property in the City of Blue Lake, whether owned by private or public, firms or corporations, the United States Government or any of its agencies, or political subdivisions, the County of Humboldt, or any district formed under the laws of the State of California.