A. It is the purpose of this chapter to protect agriculturally based, economically productive activities of the city in order to assure the continued health, safety and prosperity of its residents. Agricultural uses sometimes offend, annoy, interfere with or otherwise affect others located on or near agricultural lands. The city has concluded that persons located on or near agricultural land must accept the conditions commonly associated with accepted agricultural uses.
B. This chapter is intended to limit the availability of remedies based on nuisance or trespass, complaint procedures, rights of action and claims for relief over which the city has jurisdiction, when they otherwise would either have an adverse impact on agricultural uses which the city seeks to protect, or would impair full use of the agricultural base within the city.
C. This chapter is to provide a basis for intergovernmental agreements with Clackamas County regarding agricultural uses abutting the city’s urban growth boundary (UGB).