(A) Revocation and enforcement.
(1) By providing 30 days advance written notice to the Advisory Board, a landowner of qualifying farmland within a district may revoke the conservation agreement or the Advisory Board may revoke the same conservation agreement based on noncompliance by the landowner, subject to the same provisions as contained in § 155.06(C) for appeal of denials. Such revocation shall result in loss of qualifying farm status and loss of eligibility to participate in a district. Absent noncompliance by the landowner, neither the Advisory Board nor the Board of Commissioners shall revoke any conservation agreement prior to its expiration.
(2) If the Advisory Board shall revoke this conservation agreement for cause, the landowner shall have the appeal rights set forth in § 155.06(C).
(3) Transfers of land in a district due to death of the landowner, sale or gift shall not revoke the conservation agreement unless the land no longer qualifies for the present-use-value taxation program or, in the event that there are water or sewer assessments held in abeyance, the new owner(s) fails to agree in writing to accept liability for those assessments in the event that the land is withdrawn either voluntarily or involuntarily from the district.
(4) Enforcement of the terms of a conservation agreement for land enrolled in a district shall be limited to revocation of the conservation agreement and the benefits derived therefrom.
(5) A notice of revocation shall be recorded in the county land record system sufficient to provide notice that the land has been withdrawn from the Voluntary Agricultural District program.
(B) Renewal. A conservation agreement for land within a Voluntary Agricultural District shall
be automatically renewed unless the landowner provides 30 day written notice to the Advisory Board of intent not to renew. Absent noncompliance by the landowner, neither the Advisory Board nor the Board of Commissioners shall fail to renew any conservation agreement unless this chapter or its authorizing legislation has been repealed.
(Ord. 2013-04-01, passed 5-6-13)