Section 51296.8.
51296.8. Sections 51296 to 51297.4, inclusive, shall only apply to land that is designated on the Important Farmland Series maps, prepared pursuant to Section 65570 as predominantly one or more of the following: (a) Prime farmland. (b) Farmland of statewide significance. (c) Unique farmland. (d) Farmland of local importance. If the proposed farmland security zone is in an area […]
Section 51296.9.
51296.9. Nonrenewal of a farmland security zone contract shall be pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51240), except as otherwise provided in this article. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2001.)
Section 51297.
51297. A petition for cancellation of a farmland security zone contract created under this article may be filed only by the landowner with the city or county within which the contracted land is located. The city or county may grant a petition only in accordance with the procedures provided for in Article 5 (commencing with […]
Section 51297.1.
51297.1. All of the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 51290) shall apply to farmland security zones created pursuant to this article except as specifically provided in this article. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2001.)
Section 51297.2.
51297.2. No state agency, as defined in Section 65934, or local agency, as defined in Section 65930, shall require any land to be placed under a farmland security zone contract as a condition of the issuance of any entitlement to use or the approval of a legislative or adjudicative act involving, but not limited to, […]
Section 51297.3.
51297.3. Sections 51296.3 and 51296.4 shall not apply during the three-year period preceding the termination of a farmland security zone contract. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2001.)
Section 51297.4.
51297.4. Nothing in Sections 51296 to 51297.4, inclusive, shall be construed to limit the authority of a board to rescind a portion or portions of a Williamson Act contract or contracts for the purpose of immediately enrolling the land in a farmland security zone contract so long as the remaining land is retained in a […]
Section 51291.5.
51291.5. The notice requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 51291 shall not apply to the acquisition of land for the erection, construction, or alteration of gas, electric, piped subterranean water or wastewater, or communication facilities. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1018, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2000.)
Section 51292.
51292. No public agency or person shall locate a public improvement within an agricultural preserve unless the following findings are made: (a) The location is not based primarily on a consideration of the lower cost of acquiring land in an agricultural preserve. (b) If the land is agricultural land covered under a contract pursuant to this chapter […]
Section 51293.
51293. Section 51292 shall not apply to: (a) The location or construction of improvements where the board or council administering the agricultural preserve approves or agrees to the location thereof, except when the acquiring agency and administering agency are the same entity. (b) The acquisition of easements within a preserve by the board or council administering the […]