§ 10803. Urban Agricultural Independent Contract Program.
(a) Contract.--A city, county, or a city and county,
landowner may enter into a contract to restrict the use of
vacant, unimproved or otherwise blighted lands for small-scale
production of agricultural crops and animal husbandry for a term
of no less than five years on property that is at least 0.10
acres in size.
(b) Assessment.--If a contract is entered into under
subsection (a), the county assessor shall value the property
that is restricted by a contract under subsection (a) at the
rate based on the average per-acre value of irrigated cropland
in this Commonwealth, adjusted proportionally to reflect the
acreage of the property under contract, as most recently
published by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the
United States Department of Agriculture. The Pennsylvania Tax
Equalization Division shall post the per-acre land value as
published by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the
United States Department of Agriculture on its publicly
accessible Internet website within 30 days of publication and
provide the rate to county assessors no later than January 1 of
each assessment year.
(c) Ordinance.--A county or city may, after public hearing,
establish an ordinance for an urban agricultural zone within its
boundaries for the purpose of entering into enforceable
contracts with landowners for the use of vacant, unimproved or
blighted lands for small-scale agricultural use.
(d) Contract requirements.--Following the adoption of the
ordinance under subsection (c), a city, county, or a city and
county, may enter into a contract with a landowner to restrict
the use of the land subject to the contract to uses consistent
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