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(1) The land dedicated for commercial activity must be used on a
<br /> continuous and regular basis for intensive agriculture, orchards.
<br /> feed crops and fast rotation forestry or pasture and slow rotation
<br /> forestry and have a minimum lot size per farm operation for that
<br /> dedicated category of commercial activity as provided for in the
<br /> administrative rules and regulations of the department; and
<br /> (2) The land is within the County zoned district of agricultural.
<br /> residential and agricultural, family agricultural, intensive agricultural.
<br /> agricultural project district, or any other County zoned district
<br /> meeting with the approval of the director of planning
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<br /> (b) The owner of land under the 20-year agricultural dedication at Julv 1 2003
<br /> may continue to be assessed at fifty percent of its agricultural use value
<br /> and shall be subject to the conditions and provisions of the effective
<br /> commercial agricultural use dedication.
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<br /> (c) Determining Agricultural Use Value.
<br /> (1) In determining the value of lands which are classified and used for
<br /> commercial agriculture use, consideration shall be given to rent,
<br /> productivity, nature of actual commercial agricultural use, the
<br /> advantage or disadvantage of factors such as location,
<br /> accessibility, transportation facilities, size, shape, topography.
<br /> quality of soil, water privileges, availability of water and its cost,
<br /> easements and appurtenances, and to the opinions of persons who
<br /> may be considered to have special knowledge of land values.
<br /> (2) Four general agricultural categories shall be used in determining
<br /> the value of lands which are dedicated for commercial agriculture:
<br /> (A) INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE, which includes such crops as
<br /> vegetables, ginger, taro, herbs, nurseries, foliage, cut and
<br /> potted flowers, pig4eries, dairy, poultry, feedlots,
<br /> aguaculture, honey and honeybees.
<br /> (B) ORCHARDS, which includes such crops as macadamia
<br /> nuts, guava, banana, papaya, avocado, grapes, passion
<br /> fruit, coffee, citrus, cacao, pineapple and tropical specialty
<br /> fruits.
<br /> (C) FEED CROPS AND FAST ROTATION FORESTRY, which
<br /> includes forage crops, seed crops, cane, short rotation
<br /> forestry, biomass, grasses, etc.
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