54459 Hossack Dr, Springville, CA 93265

Resource Covservation Zone

The RC Zone is an exclusive zone to be applied to remote, largely undeveloped areas of Tulare County where it is desirable or necessary to manage and preserve existing natural resources. These areas are generally identified in the General Plan as Resource Conservation. The purposes of this zone are as follows: To minimize development in the remote areas of the County where services cannot be reasonably provided.; To protect and preserve the natural resources, including open space resources, of the County from encroachment of unrelated and incompatible uses.; To permit the utilization and management of natural resources which provide commodity values such as timber, extensive agriculture, mining and energy development.; To protect and preserve natural and cultural resources which provide amenity values, such as watershed, wildlife habitat, scenic vistas, and historical and archaeological sites.; To establish a minimum parcel size standard which is appropriate for remote mountain areas where emphasis will be placed on resource management and development opportunities will be limited.; To support and enhance the purposes of the Williamson Act for those properties which are subject to agricultural preserve contracts.; To implement land use controls and development standards which are necessary to achieve the goals and objectives for mountain lands as required by the General Plan.; To function as a holding zone in certain mountain areas which should be retained in resource management until such time as the General Plan is amended to provide for the conversion of such lands to other uses.