(A) General.
(1) Like other subdivisions, all areas within a CSO shall be included within a lot, including all open spaces and areas proposed to continue as agricultural use.
(2) Areas of open space or land to continue for agricultural use may be identified as a separate lot or included within one or more lots.
(3) (a) Open space and agricultural use areas should be contiguous to provide for large and integrated open space and agricultural use areas.
(b) Non-contiguous areas of open space and agricultural land may be approved by the Land Use Authority with a finding that such exception is necessary and desirable based upon the location and characteristics of the subject property.
(Prior Code, § 25.06.090)
(B) Ownership and maintenance. Unless otherwise approved by the Land Use Authority, the fee ownership of the open space and agricultural use areas shall be owned by one of the following: homeowners’ association, land trust, a conservation organization, governmental entity, private individual(s) or other legal entity. The cost and responsibility of maintaining all open space and agricultural use areas shall be the responsibility of the fee owner.
(Prior Code, § 25.06.100)
(C) Area protections.
(1) (a) Areas of open space and agricultural use areas preserved shall be protected from further divisions and from uses determined by the Land Use Authority to be inconsistent with the purposes of the open space and/or agricultural uses.
(b) The applicant shall provide a proposed method of preserving open spaces and agricultural use areas for review and approval by the Land Use Authority.
(2) The approved method of protecting open spaces and agricultural use areas shall be recorded concurrently with the recording of the final plat in the office of the County Recorder and the signed certificate of approval.
(Prior Code, § 25.06.110)
(Ord. 20-03, passed 3-19-2020)