Establishes the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone and allows the city and owners of vacant, unimproved, or blighted property parcels of not more than one acre in size within the urban agriculture incentive zone to enter into an enforceable contract with initial terms of at least 5 years, to restrict use to urban agricultural uses, such as chicken keeping, beekeeping, and horticultural crops to be sold or donated.
Purpose is to make use of blighted and unimproved property. Sec. 4.88.010
"This chapter is adopted in accordance with the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act (California Government Code Section 51040 et seq.), including all amendments thereto to promote urban agricultural use of otherwise vacant, unimproved, and blighted property parcels by providing a tax incentive for properties that produce eggs from chickens or honey from bees and agricultural products." 4.88.010
Sec. 4.88.020
The director of planning, building and code enforcement is responsible for reviewing applications and determining if a property is eligible for an urban agriculture incentive contract. The city manager is required to conduct site inspections of eligible properties, and execute the approved urban ag incentive contract once the property owner has obtained all required approvals. And the Santa Clara County Tax Assessor will apply the reduced property tax valuation methodology to the property at the next property tax lien date. Sec. 4.88.070.
"The city manager may cancel the urban agriculture incentive contract upon finding that a property owner is in breach of its terms. " Sec. 4.88.090A. "If the contract is cancelled by the city or property owner prior to the expiration of its term, the property owner must pay to the county a cancellation fee equal to the cumulative value of the tax benefit received during the duration of the contract, as determined by the Santa Clara County Tax Assessor." Sec. 4.88.090 D.
Title 4-Revenue, Finance, and Business Taxes, Chapter 4.88 Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone. History: Ord. 29820.