Shasta County Municipal Code § 17.72.010 Purpose

The interim mineral resource (IMR) district is intended to be combined with any principal district to protect mining operations which are short-term (i.e., less than thirty years of expected operation), and to allow for compatible land uses while protecting the potential for mineral resource development.

(Ord. 99-5 § 6 (part), 1999)

A. Uses permitted in the IMR district are all uses permitted in the principal district with which the IMR district is combined; provided, the use does not conflict with existing mineral resource development nor preclude future mineral resource development. The zoning permit, administrative permit and use permit requirements of the principal district shall apply.

B. Discretionary land use permits within one-half mile of an IMR district shall be mitigated, as determined necessary by CEQA review, to prevent conflicts with existing and potential mining operations.

(Ord. 99-5 § 6 (part), 1999)

A. The minimum lot area for lands in the IMR district shall be ten acres, except where a smaller parcel size is permitted by the principal district adopted prior to January 1, 1998. All residential principal districts adopted prior to January 1, 1998, which permit a lot area of ten acres or less, and which are combined with the MR district, shall not be amended to permit a lot area less than, nor a number of dwelling units per acre greater than, that which was permitted on January 1, 1998.

B. Notices shall be recorded on the deeds for lots created by new land divisions and/or lots which are the subject of discretionary land use permits within the IMR district to advise the property owners of the proximity of the existing or potential mining operations and the potential impacts.

(Ord. 99-5 § 6 (part), 1999)

The IMR district shall not be combined with the any RR, IR, R-1, R-M, R-2, R-3, MHP or ER district.

(Ord. 99-5 § 6 (part), 1999)