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(e) The approval of the director of the petition to dedicate shall constitute a <br /> forfeiture on the part of the owner of any right to change the use of his or <br /> her land to a use other than agriculture for a minimum period of ten years <br /> or twenty years as the case may be, subject to cancellation or renewal as <br /> follows: <br /> (1) At least one hundred eighty days prior to any cancellation or <br /> termination, the department of finance shall notify the owner by mail <br /> of such cancellation or termination. The owner shall reapply for <br /> renewal of the dedication by filing an application with the director on <br /> or before September 1 of the tenth or twentieth year as the case <br /> may be. The renewal petition shall, in all respects, be processed <br /> similarly to an original petition. Upon approval by the director of <br /> succeeding dedications, the property shall continue to be assessed <br /> in accordance with the provisions of the dedication; <br /> (2) In the case of a change in a major land use classification not as a <br /> result of a petition by any property owner or lessee such that the <br /> owner's land is placed within an urban district, the dedication may <br /> be cancelled within sixty days of the change by the owner. Upon <br /> any conveyance or any change in ownership during the period of <br /> dedication, the land shall continue to be subject to the terms and <br /> conditions of the dedication unless a release has been issued by <br /> the director. <br /> Any other provision to the contrary notwithstanding, an approved change <br /> in use as provided in subsections (c) and (d) shall not alter the original <br /> dedication period. <br /> <br /> (f) Failure of the owner to observe the restrictions on the use of his or her <br /> land shall cancel the dedication and special tax assessment privilege <br /> retroactive to the date of the dedication, but in any event, shall not exceed <br /> the term of the original dedication, and all differences in the amount of <br /> taxes that were paid and those that would have been due from <br /> assessment in the higher use shall be payable with a ten percent penalty <br /> from the respective dates that these payments would have been due. The <br /> additional taxes and penalties, due and owing as a result of a breach of <br /> the dedication, shall be a paramount lien upon the property as provided for <br /> by this chapter. <br /> (1) Failure to observe the restrictions on the use means failure for a <br /> period of twelve consecutive months to use the land in that manner <br /> requested in the petition or the overt act of changing the use for any <br /> period; provided that a change in land use classification upon <br /> petition by the owner of such dedicated lands, or the petition by the <br /> 11 <br /> <br />