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County staff review backcountry-structure standards; focus on removing permanent fuel sources and clarifying appliance rules
Summary
Planning staff reviewed Lake County's backcountry zoning and structure standards in a work session, emphasizing conservation goals, occupancy limits and proposed code edits to prohibit permanent on-site fuel storage and to require portable tanks be removed when structures are not occupied.
Lake County planning staff used a work session to walk the planning commission and county commissioners through the history, purpose and technical standards for backcountry zoning and the newly defined "backcountry structure" use.
Staff recounted that the backcountry zoning district, adopted in 2022 after an extensive public process, was intended to create a low-density, low-impact conservation zoning overlay for private parcels adjacent to public lands. The district requires site-plan review for any development, additional setbacks from wetlands and trails, a tree-removal plan, a fire-mitigation plan approved by Lake County Fire Rescue, referral to public-land partners and limits on built footprints.
Under current code, a single-family dwelling in backcountry is capped at 1,100 square feet; backcountry structures are a separate, temporary use limited to 600 square feet and 20…
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