California Government Code

§ 66451.22

GOV § 66451.22 Effective Jan 1, 1998Div. 2 · Title 7 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1.5

Statute text

(a)The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

(1)The agricultural area of Napa County has become extremely important over the last 25 years as a premier winegrape growing region of worldwide importance and should thereby be protected from parcelization.

(2)The county has determined that because of the land’s extraordinary agricultural value as a winegrape production area and the fact that the county’s tourism industry entrusts its significant economic interests to its agricultural and open-space lands, the highest and best use for the agricultural land in the Napa Valley is for agricultural production.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 837, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.