The provisions of this interstate compact executed between the States of Nevada and California are as follows: TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING COMPACT ARTICLE I. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS OF POLICY (a) It is found and declared that: (1) The waters of Lake Tahoe and other resources of the region are threatened with deterioration or degeneration, which endangers the natural beauty and economic productivity of the region. (2) The public and private interests and investments in the region are substantial. (3) The region exhibits unique environmental and ecological values that are irreplaceable. (4) By virtue of the special conditions and circumstances of the regionâs natural ecology, developmental pattern, population distribution, and human needs, the region is experiencing problems of resource use and deficiencies of environmental control. (5) Increasing urbanization is threatening the ecological values of the region and threatening the public opportunities for use of the public lands. (6) Maintenance of the social and economic health of the region depends on maintaining the significant scenic, recreational, educational, scientific, natural, and public health values provided by the Lake Tahoe Basin. (7) There is a public interest in protecting, preserving, and enhancing these values for the residents of the region and for visitors to the region. (8) Responsibilities for providing recreational and scientific opportunities, preserving scenic and natural areas, and safeguarding the public who live, work, and play in or visit the region are divided among local governments, regional agencies, the States of California and Nevada, and the federal government. (9) In recognition of the public investment and multistate and national significance of the recreational values, the federal government has an interest in the acquisition of recreational property and the management of resources in the region to preserve environmental and recreational values, and the federal government should assist the states in fulfilling their responsibilities. (10) In order to preserve the scenic beauty and outdoor recreational opportunities of the region, there is a need to ensure an equilibrium between the regionâs natural endowment and its manmade environment. (b) In order to enhance the efficiency and governmental effectiveness of the region, it is imperative that there be established a Tahoe Regional Planning Agency with the powers conferred by this compact including the power to establish environmental threshold carrying capacities and to adopt and enforce a regional plan and implementing ordinances that will achieve and maintain such capacities while providing opportunities for orderly growth and development consistent with such capacities. (c) The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency shall interpret and administer its plans, ordinances, rules, and regulations in accordance with the provisions of this compact. ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS As used in this compact, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) âRegion,â includes Lake Tahoe, the adjacent parts of Douglas and Washoe Counties and Carson City, which for the purposes of this compact shall be deemed a county, lying within the Tahoe Basin in the State of Nevada, and the adjacent parts of the Counties of Placer and El Dorado lying within the Tahoe Basin in the State of California, and that additional and adjacent part of the County of Placer outside of the Tahoe Basin in the State of California that lies southward and eastward of a line starting at the intersection of the basin crestline and the north boundary of Section 1, thence west to the northwest corner of Section 3, thence south to the intersection of the basin crestline and the west boundary of Section 10; all sections referring to Township 15 North, Range 16 East, M.D.B. & M. The region defined and described herein shall be as precisely delineated on official maps of the agency. (b) âAgencyâ means the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. (c)
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