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Commission discusses model farmland preservation ordinances and conditional use permits; formal action deferred
Summary
Staff presented two sample farmland preservation ordinances and commissioners discussed options including restrictions on nonfarm residences and conditional use permits; the commission asked staff to gather municipal examples and postponed action until next month.
Jack Zabrowski presented two example farmland preservation ordinances — one that would disallow nonfarm residences and another that would allow some nonfarm residences in farmland-preservation districts — and emphasized these are draft examples for discussion and potential recommendation, not mandatory adoptions.
Commissioners also discussed Conditional Use Permits in relation to farmland-preservation districts and requested that municipalities with existing ordinances be identified and their ordinances be presented at the next meeting. The commission reached consensus to postpone formal action on the ordinance language and related items until the October meeting.
