Where agricultural land that has water rights and/or water shares of an irrigation company is considered for development, the county strongly encourages that the irrigation water rights and/or shares remain on the property to ensure recharge of the aquifer and to prevent depletion of the aquifer by culinary well consumption; as recommended by the Franklin County Groundwater Evaluation Study. -2/+2 (5).
(Ord. 2007-8-13, passed 3-11-2019
; Am. 2-28-2022)