California Code
PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES
CHAPTER 7 - Agricultural Land

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 51200. - 51200. This chapter shall be known as the California Land...

Section 51201. - 51201. As used in this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from...

Section 51205. - 51205. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary,...

Section 51205.1. - 51205.1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary,...

Section 51206. - 51206. The Department of Conservation may meet with and assist...

Section 51207. - 51207. (a) On or before May 1 of every other...

ARTICLE 2 - Declaration

Section 51220. - 51220. The Legislature finds: (a) That the preservation of a...

Section 51220.5. - 51220.5. The Legislature finds and declares that agricultural operations are...

Section 51221. - 51221. The Legislature further declares that the expenditure of public...

Section 51222. - 51222. The Legislature further declares that it is in the...

Section 51223. - 51223. (a) A city council or board of supervisors, as...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Agricultural Preserves

Section 51230. - 51230. Beginning January 1, 1971, any county or city having...

Section 51230.1. - 51230.1. (a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent the...

Section 51230.2. - 51230.2. (a) Except as provided in Section 51238, and notwithstanding...

Section 51231. - 51231. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the board...

Section 51232. - 51232. In the event any proposal to disestablish or to...

Section 51233. - 51233. When a county proposes to establish, disestablish, or alter...

Section 51234. - 51234. Any proposal to establish an agricultural preserve shall be...

Section 51235. - 51235. An agricultural preserve shall continue in full effect following...

Section 51236. - 51236. The effect of removal of land under contract from...

Section 51237. - 51237. Whenever an agricultural preserve is established, and so long...

Section 51237.5. - 51237.5. On or before January 30 of each year, each...

Section 51238. - 51238. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any determination of compatible uses by...

Section 51238.1. - 51238.1. (a) Uses approved on contracted lands shall be consistent...

Section 51238.2. - 51238.2. Mineral extraction that is unable to meet the principles...

Section 51238.3. - 51238.3. (a) The requirements of Sections 51238.1 and 51238.2 shall...

Section 51238.5. - 51238.5. (a) If an owner of land agrees to permit...

Section 51239. - 51239. The board or council may appoint an advisory board,...

ARTICLE 3 - Contracts

Section 51240. - 51240. Any city or county may by contract limit the...

Section 51241. - 51241. If such a contract is made with any landowner,...

Section 51242. - 51242. No city or county may contract with respect to...

Section 51243. - 51243. Every contract shall do both of the following: (a)...

Section 51243.5. - 51243.5. (a) This section shall apply only to land that...

Section 51243.6. - 51243.6. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The...

Section 51244. - 51244. (a) Each contract shall be for an initial term...

Section 51244.3. - 51244.3. (a) This section shall apply to properties under a...

Section 51244.5. - 51244.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 51244, if the initial...

Section 51245. - 51245. If either the landowner or the city or county...

Section 51246. - 51246. (a) If the county or city or the landowner...

Section 51247. - 51247. The landowner shall furnish the city or county with...

Section 51248. - 51248. No later than 20 days after a city or...

Section 51248.5. - 51248.5. Whenever any city or county is required to record...

Section 51250. - 51250. (a) The purpose of this section is to identify...

Section 51251. - 51251. The county, city, or landowner may bring any action...

Section 51252. - 51252. Open-space land under a contract entered into pursuant to...

Section 51253. - 51253. Any contract or agreement entered into pursuant to this...

Section 51254. - 51254. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the parties...

Section 51255. - 51255. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the...

Section 51255.1. - 51255.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the...

Section 51256. - 51256. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a city...

Section 51256.1. - 51256.1. No agreement entered into pursuant to Section 51256 shall...

Section 51256.2. - 51256.2. (a) One or more cities or counties may adopt...

Section 51256.3. - 51256.3. For the purposes of facilitating long-term agricultural land conservation...

Section 51257. - 51257. (a) To facilitate a lot line adjustment, pursuant to...

Section 51257.5. - 51257.5. (a) If the state fails to make payments to...

ARTICLE 5 - Cancellation

Section 51280. - 51280. It is hereby declared that the purpose of this...

Section 51280.1. - 51280.1. As used in this chapter, the finding of a...

Section 51281. - 51281. A contract may not be canceled except pursuant to...

Section 51281.1. - 51281.1. The board or council may require the payment of...

Section 51282. - 51282. (a) The landowner may petition the board or council...

Section 51282.3. - 51282.3. (a) The landowner may petition the board or council,...

Section 51282.5. - 51282.5. The owner of any land which has been zoned...

Section 51283. - 51283. (a) Prior to any action by the board or...

Section 51283.1. - 51283.1. (a) The assessor shall determine the current fair market...

Section 51283.4. - 51283.4. (a) Upon tentative approval of a petition accompanied by...

Section 51283.5. - 51283.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that cancellation fees...

Section 51284. - 51284. No contract may be canceled until after the city...

Section 51284.1. - 51284.1. When a landowner petitions a board or council for...

Section 51285. - 51285. The owner of any property located in the county...

Section 51286. - 51286. (a) Any action or proceeding which, on the grounds...

Section 51287. - 51287. The city or county may impose a fee pursuant...

ARTICLE 6 - Eminent Domain or Other Acquisition

Section 51290. - 51290. (a) It is the policy of the state to...

Section 51290.5. - 51290.5. As used in this chapter, “public improvement” means facilities...

Section 51291. - 51291. (a) As used in this section and Sections 51292...

Section 51291.5. - 51291.5. The notice requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 51291...

Section 51292. - 51292. No public agency or person shall locate a public...

Section 51293. - 51293. Section 51292 shall not apply to: (a) The location...

Section 51293.1. - 51293.1. Any public agency or person requiring land in an...

Section 51294. - 51294. Section 51292 shall be enforceable only by mandamus proceedings...

Section 51294.1. - 51294.1. After 30 days have elapsed following its action, pursuant...

Section 51294.2. - 51294.2. If any local governing body administering an agricultural preserve...

Section 51295. - 51295. When any action in eminent domain for the condemnation...

ARTICLE 7 - Farmland Security Zones

Section 51296. - 51296. The Legislature finds and declares that it is desirable...

Section 51296.1. - 51296.1. A landowner or group of landowners may petition the...

Section 51296.2. - 51296.2. Both of the following shall apply to land within...

Section 51296.3. - 51296.3. Notwithstanding any provision of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization...

Section 51296.4. - 51296.4. Notwithstanding any provision of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization...

Section 51296.5. - 51296.5. Notwithstanding Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter...

Section 51296.6. - 51296.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district...

Section 51296.7. - 51296.7. The board shall not approve any use of land...

Section 51296.8. - 51296.8. Sections 51296 to 51297.4, inclusive, shall only apply to...

Section 51296.9. - 51296.9. Nonrenewal of a farmland security zone contract shall be...

Section 51297. - 51297. A petition for cancellation of a farmland security zone...

Section 51297.1. - 51297.1. All of the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with...

Section 51297.2. - 51297.2. No state agency, as defined in Section 65934, or...

Section 51297.3. - 51297.3. Sections 51296.3 and 51296.4 shall not apply during the...

Section 51297.4. - 51297.4. Nothing in Sections 51296 to 51297.4, inclusive, shall be...