3501 Higgins Canyon Rd, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

Planned Agricultural District

The purpose of the Planned Agricultural District is to: Preserve and foster existing and potential agricultural operations in San Mateo County in order to keep the maximum amount of prime agricultural land and all other lands suitable for agriculture in agricultural production., and Minimize conflicts between agricultural and non-agricultural land uses by employing all of the following techniques: Establishing stable boundaries separating urban and rural areas and, when necessary, clearly defined buffer areas.; Limiting conversions of agricultural lands around the periphery of urban areas to lands where the viability of existing agricultural use has already been severely limited by conflicts with urban uses, and where the conversion of such land would complete a logical and viable neighborhood and contribute to the establishment of a stable limit to urban development.; Developing available lands not suitable for agriculture before converting agricultural lands.; Assuring that public service and facility expansions and non-agricultural development do not impair agricultural viability, either through increased assessment costs or degraded air and water quality., and Assuring that all divisions of prime agricultural land (except those stated in (b)) and all adjacent development does not diminish the productivity of prime agricultural lands and other land suitable for agriculture.