<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 14-127. - Agricultural priority areas (APA).</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">[Identifying geographic areas.]</span> The designation of agricultural priority areas in the county is intended to identify
               geographic areas containing the most productive agricultural soils in active farming
               areas. Agricultural priority area designation is the first step in directing the expenditure
               of funds for conservation easement acquisition. Efforts to coordinate with the city/county
               planning department in regards to the urban growth boundary and priority growth area
               will be made.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Criteria for designation.</span> The following are guidelines for the designation of agricultural priority areas:
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               (1)
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               Areas should contain sufficient contiguous agricultural land to facilitate its permanent
               agricultural use.
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               (2)
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               Areas should consist primarily of soils identified in the county as prime or locally
               important.
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               (3)
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               Land in the area should be primarily in agricultural use.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Procedure for designation and/or termination.</span> Agricultural priority areas will be recommended by the farmland board and adopted
               by the BOCC. In determining areas to include, the farmland board may confer with any
               governing body affected by the proposed APA, receive recommendations from the soil
               and water conservation district and city/county planning department, and/or conduct
               a public meeting to receive public comments. The BOCC will establish APAs by resolution
               and adopt an official map showing boundaries of all APAs. Termination of an APA shall
               be by resolution approved by the BOCC.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Protection from public capital projects.</span> The county will promote, to the extent possible, protection of continued agricultural
               use of land in APAs from incompatible capital projects that are not planned at the
               time of APA establishment and which would result in extensive, direct and/or indirect
               conversion of farmland resources. If possible, no project funded directly or indirectly
               by the BOCC will be conducted on land included in an APA if it would lead to the direct
               conversion of farmland.
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               (Ord. No. 7-12-99, Â§ II; Ord. of 5-27-03)
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