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County staff to host public meeting after planning commission flags zoning questions for agricultural-protection areas
Summary
Community Development staff reported planning-commission concern that agricultural-protection-area applications from unzoned parcels can trigger repeated processing and suggested outreach and a possible code clarification requiring agricultural zoning as a prerequisite to ag-protection-area designation.
Community Development staff summarized concerns raised by the Planning Commission about agricultural-protection-area applications and recommended additional public outreach before changing county code.
Scott Lyons (Community Development) explained state code sets five criteria to evaluate agricultural-protection-area requests: the effect on county planning policies and objectives; whether land is currently used for agricultural production; whether land is zoned for agricultural use; land viability for agriculture; and the extent and nature of farm improvements and anticipated agricultural/technological trends. Lyons said planning commissioners were particularly concerned about two of those criteria: (1) the effect on planning policies and objectives and (2) whether the land is zoned for agricultural use.
Lyons said applications submitted from "unincorporated/unzoned" areas create procedural friction and…
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