(a) Any violation of this Chapter or regulations issued under it is a Class A violation. The Department of Permitting Services may issue a citation for any violation of this Chapter or the terms of any agricultural easement.
(b) The Office may take legal action, including seeking injunctive or declaratory relief, to prevent any:
(1) subdivision of land under an agricultural easement that violates this Chapter or an agricultural easement; or
(2) transfer of land, including the transfer of lots to or for the landowner or the landowner’s children, that violates this Chapter or an agricultural easement.
(c) The Office may also take legal action to recover any funds obtained from any subdivision or land transfer that violates this Chapter or an agricultural easement, plus costs and a reasonable attorney’s fee.
(d) If the creation of an easement under this Chapter conflicts directly with any County law regulating economic activity, noise, or environmental controls, the easement created under this Chapter prevails.
(e) If the creation of an easement under any regulation issued under this Chapter conflicts directly with any applicable County regulation on economic activity, noise, or environmental controls, the easement created under this Chapter prevails. (2008 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 1; 2015 L.M.C., ch. 36, § 1.)