§ 18.29.000. Purpose.

Well-located and well-composed agricultural land is a major natural resource that cannot be made nor increased. This type of land is the source of essential food stuffs and fibers. An important aspect to this resource are lands within the city that are economically restricted to grazing and animal husbandry due to location, geological formation and chemical/organic composition. It is important to preserve both productive agricultural lands and grazing lands. The purpose, therefore, of this classification is to accomplish this objective by holding to high minimum area standards, permitting only such uses as are related to agricultural production or are similar thereto and by discouraging the encroachment of urban type development and especially that which would be marginal in character and disruptive of sound long range planning and economic factors. Reasonable consideration, however, shall be given by the city to rezoning of land in this classification at such time as the orderly development of the city and the general welfare necessitate development of portions of this land for residential and related uses.

(Ord. 555B §1(part), 1991)