Lake County Zoning Code § 21-24 Regulations for the Open

24.1 Purpose: To provide a zoning district to preserve, protect, and enhance public and private lands for their resource production potential and environmentally sensitive animal and plant habitat; while providing access to publicly owned lands and reducing land use conflicts by limiting uses incompatible with the purposes of this district. The following regulations shall apply in all “O” districts. ( Ord. No. 1974, 12/20/1990)
24.2 Applicability: This district is intended to be applied to publicly owned land including lands of the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the State of California and the County of Lake. In addition, this district may be applied upon the owner’s request to privately owned lands permanently dedicated to open space uses. Other lands that may be designated open space upon the owner’s request include: significant plant and animal habitats, forest lands, parks, recreation areas, hazardous areas, watersheds, lakes, and wetlands. These lands shall be managed under a multiple use concept and grading or structures that do not further resource conservation or public access are discouraged.
24.3 Performance standards: All uses permitted in the “O” district shall be subject to the performance standards of Article 41.
24.4 Uses permitted:
- (a) Agricultural uses, including crop and tree farming; livestock grazing, and apiaries.
- (b) Management of lands and forests for the primary use of commercial production and harvest of trees, including the removal of timber and uses integrally related to growing, harvesting and processing of on-site forest products including roads, log landings, and log storage areas.
- (c) Public parks, passive recreation areas and game preserves. (Ord. No. 1897, 12/7/1989)
- (d) Those uses permitted in the “O” district with a zoning permit in Table A, Article 27.