Article 1. Findings

1.01 Findings.

The board of supervisors hereby makes the following findings:

(a)  Chapter 4, Title 7, commencing with section 65800, of the California Government Code provides for the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules and regulations by counties and cities as well as for the implementation of the general plan in effect in any such county or city. Said chapter requires county or city zoning ordinances to be consistent with the general plan. A zoning ordinance shall be consistent with a general plan only if a general plan has been adopted and the various land uses authorized by the ordinance are compatible with the objectives, policies, general land uses and programs specified in such a plan. In the event that a zoning ordinance becomes inconsistent with a general plan by reason of amendment to such a plan, or to any element of such a plan, the zoning ordinance shall be amended within a reasonable time so that it is consistent with the general plan as amended.

(b)  Additionally, Article 4 of said Chapter 4, Title 7 (commencing with section 65910) requires the county to prepare and adopt an open-space zoning ordinance consistent with the county’s open-space element.

(c)  The board of supervisors adopted the 1989 Colusa County general plan by Resolution #89-3 including all mandatory elements on January 13, 1989.

(d)  County Ordinance No. 311, the Zoning Ordinance, adopted in 1966, has been amended in certain of its details from time to time, but it has never been substantially revised despite changes made by the 1989 general plan, despite developments in the fields of planning, zoning and land use regulation, and, despite major changes in the economy, population, and land use patterns in Colusa County.

(e)  Accordingly, the county of Colusa’s zoning ordinance should be revised substantially to bring it into conformity with the county’s 1989 general plan, to reflect beneficial developments in the field of land use planning and planning law, and to accommodate changes brought about by recent developments in the county. Additionally, the revised zoning ordinance should fulfill the requirement for an open-space zoning ordinance consistent with the county’s open-space element.

(f)  Further, this board deems it necessary, for the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the county to revise the existing zoning ordinance, and in conjunction therewith substantially to revise the number, shape and area of zoning districts into which the unincorporated area of the county is divided, and substantially to revise the regulations pertaining to such zoning districts in accordance with the adopted Colusa County general plan and the objectives contained therein.

(g)  Adoption. There is hereby adopted a Zoning Ordinance for the county of Colusa, as provided by Section 65000 et seq. of the Government Code of the state of California. This ordinance constitutes a precise plan for the use of land in conformity with the adopted Colusa County general plan.