Table of Contents

Section 1   Purpose 

Section 2   Introduction 

Section 3   Agricultural Preservation Zoning

            A.   Permitted Uses

            B.   Methods

                  (1)   Large Lot APZ 

                  (2)   Percent of Land APZ

                  (3)   Fixed Scale - Area based APZ

                  (4)   Sliding-Scale - Area Based APZ

                  (5)   Exclusive Agriculture Use APZ

            C.    Additional Provisions of an Ag. Pres. Zone

Section 4   Legal Challenges of Agric. Preservation Zoning    

Section 5   Intensive Agricultural Operations 

Section 6   Other Agricultural Land Preservation Programs 

            A.   Clean and Green 

            B.   Agricultural Security Areas (ASAs)

            C.   Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

Section 7   Developing an Agricultural Preservation Ordinance 

                 Model Agricultural Preservation Ordinances

Section 8   Sources             

The preparation of this guide was financed in part through an Agricultural Land Conservation Assistance Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and prepared by Tri-County Regional Planning Commission for the Cumberland County Agricultural Land Preservation Board. -1998