Purpose
The purpose of the 1998 Cumberland County Agricultural Land Preservation Guide
is to provide information a variety of options available to local municipalities to promote farmland preservation.
The Guide
Table of Contents
Section 1
Purpose (pdf)
Section 2
Introduction (pdf)
Section 3
Agricultural Preservation Zoning (pdf)
A. Permitted Uses
B. Methods
(1) Large Lot APZ
(2) Percent of Land APZ
(3) Fixed Scale - Area based APZ
(4) Sliding-Scale - Area Based APZ
(5) Exclusive Agriculture Use APZ
C. Additional Provisions of an Ag. Pres. Zone
Section 4
Legal Challenges of Agric. Preservation Zoning (pdf)
Section 5
Intensive Agricultural Operations (pdf)
Section 6
Other Agricultural Land Preservation Programs (pdf)
A. Clean and Green
B. Agricultural Security Areas (ASAs)
C. Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
Section 7
Developing an Agricultural Preservation Ordinance (pdf)
Model Agricultural Preservation Ordinances
Section 8
Sources (pdf)
The preparation of this guide was financed in part through an Agricultural Land Conservation Assistance Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and prepared by Tri-County Regional Planning Commission for the Cumberland County Agricultural Land Preservation Board.
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1998