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An Ordinance creating Chapter 27 of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, establishing a Small Farm Conservation Easement Program for Fayette County, Ky. and setting forth regulations and requirements for the application, evaluation and purchase of conservation easements for the Program. [Dept. of Planning and Preservation, Horn]
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Authorization to amend the Code of Ordinances, creating Chapter 27 for the purpose of establishing a Small Farm Conservation Program and authorizing the Rural Land Management Board to purchase conservation easements and manage the Program. (L0010-25)(Horn)
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WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government has established a Purchase of Development Rights to purchase conservation easements on farms that are at least twenty (20) acres in size; and
WHEREAS, the Council recognizes that the adoption of a Small Farm Conservation Easement Program, which would operate with regard to smaller farm properties like the Purchase of Development Rights Program, will further the preservation of Fayette County's agricultural, rural, and natural lands while at the same time promoting the legitimate governmental objectives of increased access and increased equity by allowing smaller farms that are greater than ten (10) acres but less than twenty (20) acres in size to participate in the conservation and preservation purposes underlying the Purchase of Development Rights Program; and
WHEREAS, the Council agrees that, given that it shares the conservation and preservation purposes of the Purchase of Development Rights Program with regard to smaller farms and will function...
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