California Government Code ARTICLE 2.5 - Agricultural Preserves

• Section 51230.
  Beginning January 1, 1971, any county or city having a general plan, and until December 31, 1970, any county or city, by resolution, and after...
• Section 51230.1.
  (a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent the transfer of ownership from one immediate family member to another of a portion of land which is...
• Section 51230.2.
  (a) Except as provided in Section 51238, and notwithstanding Section 51222 or 66474.4, a landowner may subdivide land that is currently designated as an agricultural preserve...
• Section 51231.
  For the purposes of this chapter, the board or council, by resolution, shall adopt rules governing the administration of agricultural preserves, including procedures for initiating,...
• Section 51232.
  In the event any proposal to disestablish or to alter the boundary of an agricultural preserve will remove land under contract from such a preserve,...
• Section 51233.
  When a county proposes to establish, disestablish, or alter the boundary of an agricultural preserve it shall give written notice at least two weeks before...
• Section 51234.
  Any proposal to establish an agricultural preserve shall be submitted to the planning department of the county or city having jurisdiction over the land. If...
• Section 51235.
  An agricultural preserve shall continue in full effect following annexation, detachment, incorporation or disincorporation of land within the preserve.Any city or county acquiring jurisdiction over...
• Section 51236.
  The effect of removal of land under contract from an agricultural preserve shall be the equivalent of notice of nonrenewal by the city or county...
• Section 51237.
  Whenever an agricultural preserve is established, and so long as it shall be in effect, a map of such agricultural preserve and the resolution under...
• Section 51237.5.
  On or before the first day of September of each year, each city or county in which any agricultural preserve is located shall file with...
• Section 51238.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any determination of compatible uses by the county or city pursuant to this article, unless the board or council after notice and hearing makes...
• Section 51238.1.
  (a) Uses approved on contracted lands shall be consistent with all of the following principles of compatibility:(1) The use will not significantly compromise the long-term productive agricultural...
• Section 51238.2.
  Mineral extraction that is unable to meet the principles of Section 51238.1 may nevertheless be approved as compatible use if the board or council is...
• Section 51238.3.
  (a) The requirements of Sections 51238.1 and 51238.2 shall not apply to compatible uses for which an application was submitted to the city or county prior...
• Section 51238.5.
  (a) If an owner of land agrees to permit the use of his or her land for free public recreation, the board or council may agree...
• Section 51239.
  The board or council may appoint an advisory board, the members of which shall serve at the pleasure of the board or council and may...

Last modified: October 22, 2018