(A) Form, content and purpose of contracts. The Board shall, by resolution, approve the form and content of the Land Conservation Act contract (LCA contract). The county and all owners of a potential agriculture preserve shall enter into a contract as a prerequisite to the establishment of an agricultural preserve. The purpose of the contract shall be to govern the rights and responsibilities of the parties, with the ultimate goal of preserving agricultural land in the county. The LCA contract shall qualify as an enforceable restriction as specified in Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code § 422.
(B) Duration. The initial term of each contract shall be ten years. Each contract shall provide that on the anniversary date of the contract, a year shall be automatically added to the initial term unless a notice of non-renewal is given.
(C) Signature of the Chairperson of the Board. At the time of establishing agricultural preserves, or thereafter, the Board, by resolution, may authorize the Chairperson of the Board to sign the land use contract with the owners.
(D) Applicability of state law. All operative provisions of the Act relevant to the nature of LCA contracts shall apply.
(1966 Code, § 18A-3) (Ord. 582, § 2(part))