810.0101 Intent. — Yucaipa Zoning Code

It is the intent of the City Council to create and maintain an effective and comprehensive surface mining and reclamation policy with regulation of surface mining operations so as to assure that the following goals are accomplished.

(a) Adverse environmental effects are prevented or minimized, and mined lands are reclaimed to a usable condition which is readily adaptable for alternative land use.
(b) The production and conservation of minerals are encouraged, while giving consideration to values relating to recreation, watershed, wildlife, range, and forage and aesthetic enjoyment.
(c) Residual hazards to the public health and safety are eliminated.
(d) The extraction of minerals is essential to the continued economic well-being of the City and to the needs of

society, and reclamation of mined lands is necessary to prevent or minimize adverse effects on the environment and to protect the public health and safety.

(e) The reclamation of mined lands as provided in this chapter will permit the continued mining of minerals and will provide for the protection and subsequent beneficial use of the mined and reclaimed land.

(f) Surface mining takes place in diverse areas where the geologic, topographic, climatic, biological, and social conditions are significantly different, and reclamation operations and the specification therefor may vary accordingly.