§ 324-a. Municipal agricultural and farmland protection plans. 1.\nMunicipalities may develop agricultural and farmland protection plans,\nin cooperation with cooperative extension and other organizations,\nincluding local farmers. These plans shall include, but not be limited\nto:\n (a) the location of any land or areas proposed to be protected;\n (b) an analysis of the following factors concerning any areas and\nlands proposed to be protected:\n (i) value to the agricultural economy of the municipality;\n (ii) open space value;\n (iii) consequences of possible conversion; and\n (iv) level of conversion pressure on the lands or areas proposed to be\nprotected; and\n (c) a description of activities, programs and strategies, including\nefforts to support the successful transfer of
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§ 324-a. Municipal agricultural and farmland protection plans. 1.\nMunicipalities may develop agricultural and farmland protection plans,\nin cooperation with cooperative extension and other organizations,\nincluding local farmers. These plans shall include, but not be limited\nto:\n (a) the location of any land or areas proposed to be protected;\n (b) an analysis of the following factors concerning any areas and\nlands proposed to be protected:\n (i) value to the agricultural economy of the municipality;\n (ii) open space value;\n (iii) consequences of possible conversion; and\n (iv) level of conversion pressure on the lands or areas proposed to be\nprotected; and\n (c) a description of activities, programs and strategies, including\nefforts to support the successful transfer of agricultural land from\nexisting owners to new owners and operators, especially new and\nbeginning farmers, intended to be used by the municipality to promote\ncontinued agricultural use, which may include but not be limited to\nrevisions to the municipality's comprehensive plan pursuant to section\ntwo hundred seventy-two-a of the town law or section 7-722 of the\nvillage law as appropriate.\n 2. The municipality shall conduct at least one public hearing for\npublic input regarding such agricultural and farmland protection plan,\nand shall thereafter submit such plan to the municipal legislative body\nand the county agricultural farmland protection board for approval.\n 3. The municipal agricultural and farmland protection plan must be\nsubmitted by the municipality to the commissioner for approval.\n