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§ 25-602. Established.

MD Land Use Code § 25-602 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    There is a Prince George’s County Agricultural Preservation Easement Program.

(b)    The purposes of the Program are to:

(1)    implement the policies of the county’s general plan and the Green Infrastructure Plan to preserve, protect, and enhance agricultural properties, particularly those in the Rural Tier;

(2)    preserve ecologically fragile and aesthetically valuable environments of the county, including streams, stream valleys, floodplains, wetlands, groundwater, steep slopes, woodlands, habitats, scenic vistas, and scenic corridors;

(3)    retain agricultural land and augment other local and State programs certified in accordance with the Code of Maryland Regulations for the preservation of agricultural land;

(4)    recognize the public value in protecting agriculture and agricultural viewsheds, vistas, rural culture and character, and longstanding agricultural enterprises;

(5)    limit nonagricultural uses;

(6)    conserve and protect biodiversity and wildlife and aquatic habitats;

(7)    promote interest in and the study of agriculture and agricultural preservation; and

(8)    promote tourism through the preservation of scenic resources.

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