(A) The AG-2 General Agricultural District is established to protect and maintain the agricultural economy and the open space and natural features of rural areas of the county in order to protect lands for continued farming, allow non-farm residential development on a limited basis, and minimize conflicts between agricultural and non-agricultural areas.
(B) (1) The AG-2 District is also established to protect those agricultural lands which, due to their location, soils, and use for agricultural activities, warrant protection from indiscriminate development.
(2) However, their proximity to existing development, combined with pressures for new development, makes these lands unsuitable for preservation according to the more restrictive regulations of the AG-1 Agricultural Preservation District.
(3) The AG-2 District is also intended to protect those agricultural lands that would otherwise be subject to residential subdivision activity which could render these important farmlands useless for farming.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)