Placer County Unincorporated

The maximum number of dwellings allowed by the planning director in compliance with this section shall not exceed one single-family dwelling, one detached accessory dwelling unit, and one junior accessory dwelling unit per parcel of land that can meet the requirements of this chapter as a separate building site.

One single-family dwelling shall be allowed per preserve contract for the owner/manager of the parcel(s) subject to the contract.

Except as provided in subsection (c) of Government Code Section 66474.4, the minimum lot area for parcels proposed in the division of a site that is subject to a Williamson Act contract shall be the larger of the area required by subsection (B)(2) of Section 17.64.060, or the area required by this chapter for the zoning district applicable to the site.

Whenever land under contract is to be subdivided, a new contract must be entered into for each and every newly created parcel through rescission of the current contract and simultaneous entry into a new contract unless there is no more than three years left on the contract due to the filing of a notice of nonrenewal.

If the landowner chooses to file a new notice of nonrenewal, the countdown begins at 10 years on the new contract regardless of how long the previous notice had been in place on the old contract.

The applicant/landowner and/or any successors in interest in lands subject to a Williamson Act contract shall not file with the county any application for the development of the site, until no more than three years remain until the termination of the Williamson Act contract through the nonrenewal process.

The landowner shall serve a notice of nonrenewal on the county at least 90 days before the annual renewal date of the contract.

Following service of a notice of nonrenewal as specified above, a contract shall be deemed to have expired if after nine years from the anniversary date that the notice of nonrenewal became effective, no notice of rescission of nonrenewal was filed as specified by the Act and these rules.

In the case of a farmland security zone contract (in accordance with Williamson Act Sections 51296.1(d) and 51296.9), the contract shall be deemed to have expired if after 19 years from the anniversary date that the notice of nonrenewal became effective, no notice of rescission of nonrenewal was filed as specified by the Act and these rules.

The landowner acquired a portion of a larger property subject to a contract. The county policy is to approve such notices since the Williamson Act provides that any landowner, independent of other landowners subject to the same contract, may serve a notice of nonrenewal.

The landowner requests nonrenewal of a contract on a portion of their property. In such cases, the planning department shall forward the landowner's request for partial nonrenewal to the agricultural commissioner.

If the agricultural commissioner determines to approve the request, the planning department shall file a notice of nonrenewal with the county clerk recorder within 20 days of the written determination of the agricultural commissioner, and shall forward a copy(ies) of the notice of nonrenewal to the property owner(s).

Within 30 days of the receipt of a notice of nonrenewal from a landowner, the service of a notice of nonrenewal upon a landowner, or the withdrawal of a notice of nonrenewal, the planning department shall deliver a copy of the notice, or notice of withdrawal of nonrenewal, to the director of conservation, the county agricultural commissioner and the assessor.

A landowner may rescind a notice of nonrenewal by filing a notice of rescission of nonrenewal with the planning department at any time prior to the termination of a contract, but not less than 90 days prior to contract termination.

In such cases, the planning department shall forward the request for rescission of nonrenewal to the agricultural commissioner. The agricultural commissioner shall make a determination as to the current agricultural use of the property and whether or not the scope of the agricultural use and the acreage proposed to be re-entered into contract would qualify for re-entry into the program.

If the agricultural commissioner determines to approve the request, the planning department shall file a notice of rescission of nonrenewal with the county clerk recorder within 20 days of the written determination of the agricultural commissioner, and shall forward a copy(ies) of the notice of rescission of nonrenewal to the property owner(s).

No later than 20 days after the county receives a notice of nonrenewal from a landowner, or withdraws a notice of nonrenewal, or within 20 days after the county approves a notice of nonrenewal on a portion of a contract, in compliance with subsections (C) or (E), the clerk of the board of supervisors shall record with the county recorder a copy of the notice of nonrenewal or notice of withdrawal of nonrenewal and the clerk of the board shall then send copies of such recorded document to the county agricultural commissioner, the planning department and the assessor.

When a landowner petitions the board for the tentative cancellation of a contract and when the board accepts the application as complete, the clerk of the board shall immediately mail a notice to the director of conservation.

The deadline for submitting comments regarding the proposed cancellation. That deadline shall not be less than 30 days prior to the scheduled action by the board;

The deadline for submitting comments regarding the proposed cancellation. That deadline shall not be less than 30 days prior to the scheduled action by the board;