<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 58-79. - Farmland preservation ranking system.</div>
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               The farmland preservation ranking system will be used to rank, or prioritize, applications
               received from landowners seeking sale, lease or donation of their conservation easements.
               The system can be used for evaluating conversion impact. Site and soil assessment
               criteria shall be maintained by the advisory board. The system consists of two parts:
               
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                  (1)
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                  <span class="ital">Site assessment criteria</span>. The focus of this system is to determine suitability of a particular farm parcel
                  for conservation. Each factor is assigned a point value based on its relative importance
                  to other factors.
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                  (2)
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                  <span class="ital">Soil assessment criteria.</span> All soils in the county have been rated and placed into groups ranging from the most
                  productive farmland to the least productive. A relative value has been determined
                  for each group.
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               To determine the total value of a given parcel, the values for the soil assessment
               and site assessment criteria are added together.
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               Site assessment criteria includes but is not limited to:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Tract size.
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                  (2)
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                  Percentage of tract in agricultural and/or open space use.
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                  (3)
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                  Proximity to public water and sewer.
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                  (4)
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                  Probability of conversion.
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                  (5)
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                  Proximity to planned development.
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                  (6)
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                  Proximity to land under conservation easement or conservation agreement.
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                  (7)
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                  Capital investment in farm operation.
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                  (8)
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                  Conservation program.
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                  (9)
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                  Historic, scenic, environmental qualities.
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                  (10)
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                  Specialty products.
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               (
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12776" data-ordinance-id="797622">
                  Ord. No. 16-11-01
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               , Â§ 1(Exh. A), 11-1-16)
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