SECTIONS 29427

29427.  (a) Prior to certification of the county's component of thelocal protection program, the county shall designate the area of thecounty adjacent to the marsh that should be retained in agriculturaluse, or in uses that are compatible with agricultural use, in orderto ensure the long-term agricultural use and productivity ofagricultural lands within the marsh. (b) Within such area the county shall do all of the followingprior to certification of the county's component: (1) determine theminimum size parcels necessary for long-term agricultural use andproductivity, (2) establish enforceable standards limiting orprohibiting land divisions or other types of development that areinconsistent with protection of the marsh and continued agriculturaluse, (3) establish enforceable standards precluding agricultural usesby type and intensity that are inconsistent with the long-termpreservation of the marsh, and (4) limit special assessments againstagricultural lands for the provision of public services, the demandfor which is not generated by agricultural uses on such lands. (c) No change by the county of any designation, standard, orlimitation established pursuant to this section shall becomeeffective until 30 days after it has notified the commission of theproposed change and unless it makes a specific finding that thechange will not adversely affect, directly or indirectly, thelong-term agricultural use and productivity of agricultural landswithin the marsh.