California § 51230.2 - Except as provided in Section 51238, and notwithstanding Section 51222 or 66474.4

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§ 51230.2. Except as provided in Section 51238, and notwithstanding Section 51222 or 66474.4

(a) Except as provided in Section 51238, and notwithstanding Section 51222 or 66474.4, a landowner may subdivide land that is currently designated as an agricultural preserve if all of the following apply: (1) The parcel to be sold or leased is no more than five acres. (2) The parcel shall be sold or leased to a nonprofit organization, a city, a county, a housing authority, or a state agency. A lessee that is a nonprofit organization shall not sublease that parcel without the written consent of the landowner. (3) The parcel to be sold or leased shall be subject to a deed restriction that limits the use of the parcel to agricultural laborer housing facilities for not less than 30 years. That deed restriction shall also require that parcel to be merged with the parcel from which it was subdivided when the parcel ceases to be used for agricultural laborer housing. (4) There is a written agreement between the parties to the sale or lease and their successors to operate the parcel to be sold or leased under joint management of the parties, subject to the terms and conditions and for the duration of the contract executed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51240). (5) The parcel to be sold or leased is (A) within a city or (B) in an unincorporated territory or sphere of influence that is contiguous to one or more parcels that are already zoned residential, commercial, or industrial and developed with existing residential, commercial, or industrial uses. (b) The agricultural labor housing project shall be designed to abate, to the extent practicable, impacts on adjacent landowners’ agricultural husbandry practices. The final plan for the housing shall include an addendum that explains what features will be included to meet this goal. (c) A subdivision of land pursuant to this section shall not affect any contract executed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51240). The parcel to be sold or leased shall remain subject to that contract.

Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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