The ordinance codified in Chapters 20.02 - 20.60 shall be known and cited as the "zoning enabling ordinance of the county of Del Norte." Copies shall be available to the general public for a fee sufficient to cover cost of publication.

(Ord. 67-10 § 6.0400, 1967)

There is adopted a zoning enabling plan for the county of Del Norte, state of California, as provided by law.

(Ord. 67-10 § 1.0100, 1967)

This zoning plan is adopted to provide for the promotion and protection of the public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience, and general welfare, for the following more particularly specified purposes:

1. To assist in providing a definite plan of development for the county, and to guide, control and regulate the future growth of the county, in accordance with the zoning plan.
2. To protect the character and the social and economic stability of agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, and other areas within the county, and to assure the orderly and beneficial development of such areas.

(Ord. 67-10 § 1.0101, 1967)

The zoning enabling plan provides the necessary legal procedure for the future establishment of various districts within the unincorporated territory of the county within such districts it is unlawful or lawful to erect, construct, alter or maintain certain buildings or to carry on certain trades or occupations or to conduct certain uses of land and/or buildings, and within which certain open spaces shall be required about future buildings, and consisting further of appropriate regulations to be enforced in such districts, all as set forth in Chapters 20.02 - 20.60.

(Ord. 67-10 § 1.0102, 1967)

Protective districts shall be established upon initiation by the board of supervisors, the planning commission, or upon initiation by a petition signed by one or more persons owning property in the area affected, and shall be according to the procedures provided in Chapter 20.52.

(Ord. 67-10 § 1.0103, 1967)

All the unincorporated area of the county not classified under any specific zoning district is classified as District classification "U." These areas have not yet been studied sufficiently to justify precise zoning therefore, precise zoning is deferred until such time as complete studies may be made.

(Ord. 67-10 § 1.0104, 1967)