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Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. C13-12. Criteria for evaluating contract applications.

(a) No application for a Williamson Act contract will be approved unless all of the following criteria are met:

(1) The property proposed for inclusion in the contract is at least ten acres in size in the case of prime agricultural land, and 40 acres in size in the case of nonprime agricultural land;

(2) All parcels proposed for inclusion in the contract are devoted to agricultural use; and

(3) There are no existing or permitted uses or development on the land that would significantly displace or interfere with the agricultural use of the land.

(b) Even if all of the criteria in subsection (a) are met, the Board of Supervisors may, in its discretion, choose not to approve the application.

(Ord. No. NS-1203.113, § 1, 5-23-06)

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