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Board OKs five new Williamson Act contracts and broadens guidelines for open-space farmland
Summary
Supervisors approved five new Land Conservation Act (Williamson Act) contracts covering about 152 acres and adopted guideline changes that allow certain agricultural uses on open-space‑zoned land under defined conditions. The board also directed staff to review the animal-unit table for specialty species such as bees.
The Board of Supervisors on Dec. 17 approved five new Land Conservation Act (Williamson Act) contracts and adopted revisions to the county's LCA guidelines to allow qualified agricultural operations on parcels zoned open space under specific conditions.
What passed: The board unanimously approved five contracts recommended by staff for 2024: two small avocado and lemon orchards in Santa Paula (13.5 and about 30 acres), a 33‑acre lemon project in Oxnard, about 69 acres of cane berries in Camarillo and 15.8 acres of avocados…
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