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Show i Orderly Transition : Farms Can't : le Preserved By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON "I don't r nk it's a matter of preserv-ful.5 preserv-ful.5 agriculture but promoting of orderly transition," the I unty planning conmission ,' s been told. V CHARLES BLACK, acting "airman, made that state-:nt state-:nt in speaking of recom-:ndations recom-:ndations made by the coun-s coun-s agricultural advisory com-I com-I al ttee in dealing with change m farms to buildings, sever-months sever-months of study and input m area farmers. Everything h m requiring subdivisions to iomvide fences to drainage mc itrol was addressed. Recommendations centered yi' protecting existing farms, land, promoting an lerly transition from agri-ture agri-ture to urban development er i causing growth to expand : from city centers, filling in 'it progresses, not leap- .gging through the county al areas. TALKING of the proposed ling change affecting the A-agricultural. A-agricultural. zone. Mr. Black noted the committee supports the proposed zone with a five acre minimum lot size but only with one-half acre as a special use. The proposed agricultural parceling ordinance was also unanimously supported noting it would standardize the five acre stat Green Belt ordinance, ordi-nance, the agricultural A-5 zone and parceling ordinance. "It was also felt that some method of recording, where new (land) purchasers could readily observe it, the fact that it's not a building lot, should be developed." THE COMMITTEE emphasized empha-sized a county policy to protect pro-tect farms should be enacted, including protection of water rights and water delivery systems, sys-tems, drainage rights and protection pro-tection from run-off water. It would also require all new subdivisions to construct a chain link fence between subdivision sub-division and agricultural land and require the piping of existing ex-isting irrigation ditches that fall within a new subdivision or that border the new subdivision, subdivi-sion, adding. "It should be the responsibility of the subdivi sion to offer protection from hazards that they build close to." SPEAKING of orderly growth it said, "Somewhere in county ordinance there should be a stated policy of promoting orderly, continuous outward growth from developed areas and leapfrogging (development) (develop-ment) should strongly be discouraged." dis-couraged." In addition, the committee stressed need for a drainage ordinance. "Much of the future fu-ture development will take place in the western part of the county, which in many areas has a water table problem along with a run-off problem." The committee went on to say that "to insure proper, safe development, de-velopment, drainage specifications specifica-tions would be included in an ordinance for development where the water tadle is a problem." THE COMMITTEE met during October and November and included representatives from the county's soil conservation conser-vation service, agriculture stabilization sta-bilization and conservation committee and professional staff, Mr. Black said. |