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San Miguel County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

SECTION 5

17: - LOGGING

The standards in this section are intended to mitigate the impacts of logging, including protecting the health, safety and welfare of persons traveling on roads in San Miguel County utilized for log hauling. This section also contains provisions to ensure that the environmental impacts of logging are adequately mitigated. Logging operations are also subject to the special use permit provisions of Section 5-10.


5-1701 - Applicability

The standards and requirements in this Section 5-17 shall apply to all logging operations required to obtain special use permit approval from the County.

5-1702 - Mitigation of Environmental Impact

Each logging operation application must include a written plan that addresses how on-site and off-site impacts will be adequately mitigated with respect to Wetland Areas, as defined in Code Section 5-22, and to those Areas of Local and State Interest, as identified in Code Section 5-401 D, as follows:

5-1702A.

Floodplain hazard areas;

5-1702B.

Geologic hazard areas;

5-1702C.

Historic and archaeological resource areas;

5-1702D.

Wildfire hazard areas; and

5-1702E.

Wildlife habitat areas.

For logging operations on Federal or State lands the application submittal shall include a copy of any and all terms, conditions, requirements, or operational parameters which the Federal or State Forest Service have imposed upon the logging operation pertaining to impacts upon wetland areas, floodplain hazard areas; geologic hazard areas; historic and archaeological resource areas; wildfire hazard areas; and wildlife habitat areas. Compliance with a site-specific environmental assessment approved by the U.S. Forest Service or Colorado State Forest Service, and with an adopted U.S. Forest Service Management Plan or Colorado State Forest Service Management Plan that adequately addresses the above referenced Areas of Local and State Interest, shall constitute adequate on-site environmental impact mitigation. For logging operations on Federal land the County shall not require any environmental impact mitigation which conflicts with, or is inconsistent with, any terms, conditions, requirements, or operational parameters which the Federal agency with jurisdiction has imposed upon the operation. Off-site impacts subject to County review and approval shall include the designation of haul routes for those logging operations which propose to transport timber over San Miguel County roads and requiring compliance with applicable County Road and Bridge Department rules, regulations, and requirements, including any Special Construction permit conditions and requirements which the County Road & Bridge Superintendent has imposed upon the hauling.