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Goal 10: Preserve agricultural land and open spaces within and around our <br />neighborhood boundaries <br />10.1 Agricultural Land Preservation outside the UGB: Preserve high value farmland outside the current <br />UGB exclusively for farm use <br />10.1.1 Incorporate agricultural land preservation into all long range planning at municipal and <br />county levels. <br />10.1.2 Investigate potential changes to state law and Lane Code to limit non-agricultural <br />development on type l and ll soils to protect agricultural lands. <br />10.1.3 Investigate feasibility of amending Land Code zoning regulations to limit non-agricultural <br />development to rural densities, uses and development patterns in order to reduce <br />conflict with existing farm uses. <br />10.1.4 Investigate the Creation and funding of a farmland preservation program centered <br />around the transfer of development rights and conservation easements. <br />10.1.5 Develop local incentives to support small farm owners in order to preserve a buffer <br />between EFU zoned land and land within the UGB. <br />10.1.6 Pursue creation of land classification that permanently protects prime farmland <br />adjacent to the current UGB i.e. rural reserves. <br />10.2 Agricultural enterprises within the UGB: promote agricultural enterprises within the UGB through <br />local land use regulations, incentives and collaboration with private property owners <br />10.2.1 Create small scale urban agricultural enterprise zoning (i.e. tax incentive for land in UGB <br />used for food production). <br />10.2.2 Allow property owners who control more than ½ acre of undeveloped land to apply for <br />and receive a property tax credit for that portion of land specifically dedicated to small <br />scale commercial agricultural food production. <br />10.2.3 Amend zoning to explicitly allow the vending of farm produce at the address where it <br />was produced and permit small scale collective sale of neighborhood grown produce <br />10.2.4 Facilitate and encourage conversion of open space on church properties to food <br />production. Encourage churches to de-pave oversized parking areas and replace with <br />agriculture, rain gardens and native plants. <br />10.2.5 Allow for increased opportunities for urban animal husbandry while balancing <br />compatibility with neighboring uses <br />10.2.6 In future UGB analysis, consider creating a classification of urban agriculture. <br />10.3 Open Space Preservation: Promote a network of publicly and privately owned open space <br />10.3.1 Identify publicly owned land operating as open space currently. <br />10.3.2 Identify parcels of privately owned open space valued by community as open space <br />currently and target for future public acquisition. <br />10.3.3 Form an “appreciation brigade” to express acknowledgment of the value of privately <br />owned open space to landowners. <br />CC Agenda - Page 19