Firebaugh City Zoning Code
§ 25-1.2
Purpose and Objectives.
The Ordinance is enacted to protect and promote the public health, safety and general welfare, and to facilitate the planning of the City of Firebaugh in a precise and orderly manner consistent with the Firebaugh General Plan. In support of this purpose, the Ordinance is adopted in order to implement the following objectives:
a.
Provide standards for the orderly development of Firebaugh;
b.
Conserve natural resources;
c.
Maintain and protect the value of property;
d.
Ensure the provision of adequate open space for light, air, and recreation;
e.
Promote the economic stability of existing land uses that conform to the General Plan and protect them from intrusions by inharmonious or harmful land uses;
f.
Permit the development of residential, office, commercial and industrial land uses in accordance with the general plan in order to strengthen Firebaugh's economic base;
g.
Protect the character of Firebaugh's downtown and its residential neighborhoods;
h.
Provide the private sector with a document upon which it can base investment decisions;
i.
Inform the public where certain types of development will occur in the community as well as the development standards to which they will develop;
j.
Coordinate with the County of Fresno with regards to the use of land within Firebaugh's General Plan planning area, and the standards to which development will conform if it occurs outside the City limits.