Section 25-609 – Contested Cases
Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article does not apply to this subtitle.
Section 25-602 – Established
(a) There is a Prince George’s County Agricultural Preservation Easement Program. (b) The purposes of the Program are to: (1) implement the policies of the county’s general plan and the Green Infrastructure Plan to preserve, protect, and enhance agricultural properties, particularly those in the Rural Tier; (2) preserve ecologically fragile and aesthetically valuable environments of the county, including streams, […]
Section 25-603 – Administration
The District shall administer the Program in accordance with regulations that the county planning board and the District adopt under this subtitle.
Section 25-604 – Local Laws
(a) The County Council may enact local laws to provide for: (1) agricultural preservation, outreach, and marketing; (2) maintenance of activities on agricultural properties of the Commission; and (3) the preservation of the agricultural industry. (b) A local law enacted under subsection (a) of this section may not be inconsistent with this division.
Section 25-605 – Regulations
(a) The county planning board and the District shall adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle. (b) The regulations shall: (1) establish an application process for the Program; (2) establish criteria for assigning priorities to applications for easements to purchase; (3) establish a process for negotiating the purchase of easements; (4) allow the District to procure any appraisals necessary for valuation […]
Section 25-606 – Prince George’s County Agricultural Preservation Easement Fund
(a) There is a Prince George’s County Agricultural Preservation Easement Fund. (b) The county planning board shall administer the Fund. (c) The Fund consists of revenues from county metropolitan district taxes or county regional district taxes. (d) The purposes of the Fund are to: (1) preserve, protect, and enhance agricultural properties; and (2) implement the purposes of the Program. (e) (1) The Fund […]
Section 25-607 – Easement Purchase in Regional District
(a) The county planning board may purchase an easement on agricultural property in the county that is outside the metropolitan district but is in the regional district. (b) To further the purposes of the Program, the county planning board may expend any current money that is authorized under this division to be used to purchase easements in […]
Section 25-608 – Conveyance and Recordation
(a) When an agricultural preservation easement is purchased in accordance with this subtitle, the property owner shall convey a perpetual preservation easement to the county planning board at the time of settlement. (b) The easement shall be recorded in the county land records.
Section 25-601 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Agricultural property” means property that is used for: (1) agriculture, viticulture, aquaculture, silviculture, horticulture, or livestock and equine activities; (2) temporary or seasonal outdoor activities that do not permanently alter the property’s physical appearance and that do not diminish the property’s rural character; or (3) activities that are […]