(a) Staging and loading activities, and service areas, for timber operations involving the use of helicopters shall be prohibited unless the staging, loading or service area:
(i) is on the parcel or on a parcel which is contiguous to the parcel from which the timber is being harvested,
(ii) is within a parcel that is either zoned TP or is zoned in another zone district where timber harvesting is permitted, and
(iii) is within the boundaries of the Timber Harvest Plan (THP) or the Non-industrial Timber Management Plan (NTMP), and the THP or NTMP is approved by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section of the County Code shall only apply outside the Coastal Zone. (4572, 11/16/99)