Purpose: to implement the provisions of the resources and rural development land use
category of the General Plan, namely to provide protection of lands needed for commercial
timber production, geothermal production, aggregate resources production; lands needed
for protection of watershed, fish and wildlife habitat, biotic resources, and for
agricultural production activities that are not subject to all of the policies contained
in the agricultural resources element of the General Plan. The resources and rural
development district is also intended to allow very low density residential development
and recreational and visitor-serving uses where compatible with resource use and available
public services.
