A.

The FS, farmland security combining district classification, is intended to be applied in combination with the EA and PF district classifications upon lands which are found to be suitable for agricultural purposes and other purposes compatible therewith.

B.

This district is consistent with and is intended to implement the policies of the cropland category of the agricultural lands element of the county general plan.

(Ord. 1717 §1(part), 1999)

All croplands, as defined by the agricultural lands element of the general plan, are eligible for inclusion within an FS district, subject to the following standards which shall apply to establish a farmland security zone and join an existing farmland security zone:

A.

To establish a farmland security zone, property ownership and minimum acreage shall be as follows: One ownership of forty acres minimum, no described parcel less than forty acres or nominal quarter section which is located within the C, cropland, or NH, natural habitat, classifications of the general plan, and meeting the requirements of Section 51296(l) of the California Government Code.

B.

Notwithstanding the above, contiguous lands may be added to existing farmland security zones in the following manner:

1.

Title to the land to be added must be held in exactly the same manner as title is held in the existing farmland security zone land; and

2.

Lands to be added must be contiguous and must be merged with the existing farmland security zone land through the recordation of a certificate of merger in order to prevent future sales of the individual parcels; and

3.

A rescission of contract and simultaneous entry into a new contract shall be perfected in accordance with Section 51254 of the California Government Code at the time of application approval.

(Ord. 1717 §1(part), 1999)

A.

When combined with the EA district the acreage required to create new parcels is forty acres, i.e.: EA-FS = forty-acre minimum.

B.

When combined with the PF district the acreage required to create new parcels shall be commensurate with land use classification maximum density requirement, i.e.: PF-FS in C, cropland = forty acre minimum.

C.

Existing parcels are allowed to be sold or conveyed for any purpose in the form that they were recognized by the county assessor at the time the land was placed under the contract; provided, that the parcels meet the requirements of the California State Subdivision Map Act and the county land division ordinance. A certificate of compliance may be required to effect such a conveyance.

(Ord. 1717 §1(part), 1999)

Pursuant to Section 51296(b)(5) of the Government Code, the farmland security zone combining district shall be terminated as a ministerial act by the Tehama County planning director upon the termination of the farmland security zone contract.

(Ord. 1717 §1(part), 1999)