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PLUMAS COUNTY GENERAL PLAN Adopted December 17, 2013 Cover Photo Credits Lake Almanor with Mt. Lassen by Jan Davies Graeagle Mill Pond by Michael K. Clawson Osprey with fish by William Osborn Indian Valley cattle with Mt. Hough and North Fork Feather River with rafters by Tracey Ferguson Sierra Valley barn with Sugarloaf Peak by Rebecca Herrin Keddie Wye with train by Christoph Kadel Town of Quincy by Mike Nellor Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 Overview & Setting ...................................................................................................... 1 History ......................................................................................................................... 2 Vision & Planning Goals .............................................................................................. 7 Purpose and Scope ..................................................................................................... 9 Legal Basis and Requirements .................................................................................... 9 General Plan Elements .............................................................................................. 10 Climate Change and the General Plan ...................................................................... 14 The Update Process .................................................................................................. 16 LAND USE ELEMENT (1) ............................................................................................. 20 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 24 Setting / Existing Condition ........................................................................................ 20 Values and Issues ..................................................................................................... 21 Legal Basis and Requirements .................................................................................. 22 Relationship to the Other Plan Elements ................................................................... 23 Planning Area Diagrams ............................................................................................ 24 Plans and Planning .................................................................................................... 35 Goals ......................................................................................................................... 35 HOUSING ELEMENT (2) .............................................................................................. 64 NOISE ELEMENT (3) .................................................................................................... 65 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 65 Setting / Existing Condition ........................................................................................ 65 Values and Issues ..................................................................................................... 77 Legal Basis ................................................................................................................ 77 Relationship to the Other Elements ........................................................................... 77 Goals ......................................................................................................................... 78 CIRCULATION ELEMENT (4) ....................................................................................... 83 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 83 Setting / Existing Condition ........................................................................................ 83 Values and Issues ..................................................................................................... 84 Legal Basis and Requirements .................................................................................. 85 Relationship to the Other Plan Elements ................................................................... 85 Plans and Planning .................................................................................................... 86 Goals ......................................................................................................................... 86 Table of Contents| i ECONOMICS ELEMENT (5) ......................................................................................... 95 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 95 Setting / Existing Condition ........................................................................................ 95 Projections ............................................................................................................... 100 Legal Basis and Requirements ................................................................................ 101 Relationship to the Other Plan Elements ................................................................. 101 Values and Issues ................................................................................................... 101 PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY ELEMENT (6) ............................................................... 129 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 129 Setting / Existing Condition ...................................................................................... 129 Legal Basis and Relationship to Other General Plan Elements ............................... 136 Values and Issues ................................................................................................... 136 Plans and Planning .................................................................................................. 137 Goals ....................................................................................................................... 137 CONSERVATION AND OPEN SPACE ELEMENT (7) ................................................ 153 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 153 Setting / Existing Condition ...................................................................................... 153 Relationship to Other Elements ............................................................................... 159 Plans and Planning .................................................................................................. 160 Goals ....................................................................................................................... 160 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY ELEMENT (8) ...................................................... 185 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 185 Setting / Existing Condition ...................................................................................... 185 Values and Issues ................................................................................................... 187 Legal Basis and Requirements ................................................................................ 187 Relationship to the Other Elements ......................................................................... 188 Plans and Planning .................................................................................................. 188 Goals ....................................................................................................................... 189 WATER RESOURCES ELEMENT (9) ........................................................................ 209 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 209 Setting / Existing Condition ...................................................................................... 209 Relationship to the Other Elements ......................................................................... 212 Plans and Planning .................................................................................................. 212 Goals ....................................................................................................................... 212 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................. 230 Table of Contents| ii Element Implementation Measures Land Use Element Implementation Measures ............................................................... 57 Noise Element Implementation Measures ..................................................................... 81 Circulation Element Implementation Measures ............................................................. 93 Economics Element Implementation Measures .......................................................... 117 Public Health and Safety Element Implementation Measures ..................................... 148 Conservation and Open Space Element Implementation Measures ........................... 179 Agriculture and Forestry Element Implementation Measures ...................................... 200 Water Resources Element Implementation Measures ...............................................