20C.20.10 Agriculture and Urban Recreation Zones.

20C.20.10-010 Purpose – Urban Recreation.

(1)    The Urban Recreation zoning district is applied to areas with significant levels of environmental hazards or natural resources, where the area has not been previously designated for uses that require large areas of impervious surfaces or buildings with the potential to be damaged by natural hazards unless the buildings are needed by traditional uses of the Northern Sammamish Valley, and the City does not have adequate plans to serve the area with transportation facilities, water facilities, or sewer facilities.

(2)    The area should be used for recreational, open space, or resource uses which do not require extensive fills, large areas of impervious surfaces, or place high demands on the transportation, water, or sewer systems. (Ord. 2105; Ord. 1917)

20C.20.10-020 Purpose – Agriculture.

The purposes of the Agriculture zone are to provide for the protection and preservation of agricultural lands, to encourage continued agricultural uses and industries, and to allow uses compatible with the purpose of protecting agricultural lands and agricultural uses. The Agriculture zone also contains standards to conserve agricultural soils and to protect the environment by allowing for aquifer recharge, to reduce potential damage from natural hazards, such as flooding, and to ensure agricultural operations with a potential for adverse impacts are well managed. (Ord. 2105)