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 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 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 […]
Section 51293.1.
51293.1. Any public agency or person requiring land in an agricultural preserve for a use which has been determined by a city or county to be a “compatible use” pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 51201 in that agricultural preserve shall not be excused from the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 51291 if the […]
Section 51294.
51294. Section 51292 shall be enforceable only by mandamus proceedings by the local governing body administering the agricultural preserve. However, as applied to condemnors whose determination of necessity is not conclusive by statute, evidence as to the compliance of the condemnor with Section 51292 shall be admissible on motion of any of the parties in […]