(a) All provisions of the County Zoning Code and Subdivision Regulations shall be applicable within all Agricultural and Forestal Districts, but only to the extent that such Code and Regulations are not in conflict with the purposes of Title 15.2, Chapter 43, of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended. All land use planning decisions, special exceptions, special use permits and variances affecting any parcel of land within or adjacent to a District shall take into account the existence of the District and the purposes and policies of this chapter and the ordinances that are adopted pursuant to this chapter. All subdivision of land within a District at a density greater than ten acres is hereby deemed to be in conflict with the purposes and policies established by this chapter and the ordinances that are adopted pursuant to this chapter, except that clustered development at three-acre density leaving eighty percent of the land in open space shall be permitted.
(b) Land used in agricultural and forestal production within a District shall automatically qualify for an agricultural or forestal value assessment on such land pursuant to Sections 58.1-3229 et seq. of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, if the requirements for such assessment contained therein are satisfied, whether or not the County Land Use Assessment Ordinance is in effect.
(c) All other applicable provisions of Title 15.2, Chapter 43, of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, are and shall be incorporated in this chapter and the ordinances that are adopted pursuant to this chapter and made a part of the same.
(Ord. 98-01. Passed 3-18-98.)