Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan - Town of Liberty

Draft Town of Liberty Agriculture and
Farmland Protection Plan
agricultural environment should be part of both the
preliminary and final plats.
5. To enhance the ability of Liberty to preserve effective
open space and lands for agricultural activities, consider
eliminating the requirement that the Planning Board
can’t require any more than 10% open space or 3 acres
of preserved land.
6. Include a section on clustering/conservation subdivision
procedures and standards. This should be consistent
with the zoning requirements. The subdivision law
should define the review process and administration of
these projects.
7. Remove language in Section 130-21 that does not allow
a waiver of depth or width of lot size for any cluster
development as this may be an impediment to doing a
well-designed clustered subdivision.
8. Design Standards: Include agriculture in all language
where the law establishes the need to preserve natural
features. Agriculture should be elevated to the same
consideration. Further, subdivision language should
specify that new subdivisions should be designed to
have the least amount of interference with adjacent
agricultural operations or those within the NYS Ag
District. Add language so buffers would be required to
be created by new subdivisions when adjacent to
existing farm operations.
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