3700 Stonehurst, Jones, OK 73049

Lake Residential District

It is the purpose of this district to promote the public health, safety and welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to surface water pollution and to provide for the protection of water supply reservoirs. It is not intended that this district provide a location for a lower or higher standard of residential, or nonresidential development than is authorized in other districts. The type of uses, area and intensity of use of land authorized in the district is designated to encourage and protect the environment of the district until urbanization is warranted and the appropriate change in district classification is made. This district is also intended to preserve semi-rural character and in specific areas is designed to: Minimize the expenditure of public money for the costly replacement of environmental resources.; Minimize the need for additional water treatment measures and concepts associated with over use of the environment which are generally undertaken at the expense of the general public.; Maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of adjacent land areas in such a manner as to minimize water quality, environmental and aesthetic concerns.; The minimum lot area for the L-2 district is 90,000 sq ft.