Marin County Municipal Code Ch. 23.02 General

For the purposes of this title, the purposes enumerated herein shall apply to each chapter of this title.

(Ord. 1802 § 2, (part), 1971)

The provisions of this title are enacted to protect and promote the public health, safety and general welfare, to preserve environmental qualities, and to protect the value, worth and enjoyment of the use of real property to the fullest extent possible, through the regulation of the uses or activities of the property in a manner which will prevent serious public injury consisting of, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Soil erosion;

(2) Siltation, pollution, disturbance or obstruction of streams, waterways, estuaries, bays and/or harbors;

(3) The deposit on, or transmission over, across, or through real property, of soil, rock, sand, organic material, detritus or other natural material or contaminants inimical to use and enjoyment of land;

(4) Pollution of private and/or public water supplies, waste and/or inefficient use of public water supplies, and impairment of sanitary disposal systems;

(5) Pollution of the air;

(6) Destruction or deterioration of public developments or improvements, including but not limited to roads, parks and marine facilities;

(7) Soil instability, movement or displacement, particularly in response to earth tremors or shock waves created by natural causes or otherwise;

(8) Fire;

(9) Change of the environment which is detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare.

(Ord. 3118 § 2 (part), 1992; Ord. 1802 § 2 (part), 1971)