ARTICLE 3. Contracts

Article 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1443.

§§ 51240–51257.5 · 27 sections

§ 51240 Any city or county may by contract limit the use of agricultural land for the purpose of preserving such land pursuant and subject to the conditions set forth…
§ 51241 If such a contract is made with any landowner, the city or county shall offer such a contract under similar terms to every other owner of agricultural land…
§ 51242 No city or county may contract with respect to any land pursuant to this chapter unless the land: (a) Is devoted to agricultural use. (b) Is located within an…
§ 51243 Every contract shall do both of the following: (a) Provide for the exclusion of uses other than agricultural, and other than those compatible with agricultural…
§ 51243.5 (a) This section shall apply only to land that was within one mile of a city boundary when a contract was executed pursuant to this article and for which the…
§ 51243.6 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The enforceability of contracts entered into pursuant to this article is necessary to permit the…
§ 51244 (a) Each contract shall be for an initial term of no less than 10 years. Each contract shall provide that on the anniversary date of the contract or such other…
§ 51244.3 (a) This section shall apply to properties under a 9-year or 18-year contract, as the case may be, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51244.…
§ 51244.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 51244, if the initial term of the contract is for more than 10 years, the contract may provide that on the…
§ 51245 If either the landowner or the city or county desires in any year not to renew the contract, that party shall serve written notice of nonrenewal of the…
§ 51246 (a) If the county or city or the landowner serves notice of intent in any year not to renew the contract, the existing contract shall remain in effect for the…
§ 51247 The landowner shall furnish the city or county with such information as the city or county shall require in order to enable it to determine the eligibility of…
§ 51248 No later than 20 days after a city or county enters into a contract with a landowner pursuant to this chapter, the clerk of the board or council, as the case…
§ 51248.5 Whenever any city or county is required to record any contract by this chapter, it may file a fictitious contract. Thereafter, any of the provisions of such…
§ 51250 (a) The purpose of this section is to identify certain structures that constitute material breaches of contract under this chapter and to provide an alternate…
§ 51251 The county, city, or landowner may bring any action in court necessary to enforce any contract, including, but not limited to, an action to enforce the…
§ 51252 Open-space land under a contract entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be enforceably restricted within the meaning and for the purposes of Section 8 of…
§ 51253 Any contract or agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter prior to the 61st day following final adjournment of the 1969 Regular Session of the…
§ 51254 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the parties may upon their mutual agreement rescind a contract in order simultaneously to enter into a new…
§ 51255 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the parties may upon their mutual agreement rescind a contract in order simultaneously to enter into…
§ 51255.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the parties may, upon their mutual agreement, rescind a contract for a parcel or parcels of land that,…
§ 51256 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a city or county, upon petition by a landowner, may enter into an agreement with the landowner to rescind…
§ 51256.1 No agreement entered into pursuant to Section 51256 shall take effect until it is approved by the Secretary of Resources. The secretary may approve the…
§ 51256.2 (a) One or more cities or counties may adopt a plan for implementing the provisions of Section 51256 with respect to multiple transactions within one or more…
§ 51256.3 For the purposes of facilitating long-term agricultural land conservation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, an agricultural conservation easement located…
§ 51257 (a) To facilitate a lot line adjustment, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 66412, and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the parties may…
§ 51257.5 (a) If the state fails to make payments to a city or county pursuant to Section 16142 or 16142.1, or if the state provides a reduced subvention, a city or…