ADOPTED - DECEMBER 8, 2009
Agenda Item No. 11
Introduced by the County Services Committee of the:
INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE INGHAM COUNTY FARMLAND PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE
RESOLUTION #09-412
WHEREAS, the Ingham County Farmland Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance (Ordinance #04-01) was adopted by the Board of Commissioners on July 27, 2004; and
WHEREAS, under Ordinance #04-01, the County established the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board, and the Farmland Preservation Fund; and
WHEREAS, the County is adopting a new Open Space Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance, to be administered by the Agricultural Preservation Board created under Ordinance #04-01, with funds to be deposited into the Farmland Preservation Fund created under Ordinance #04-01; and
WHEREAS, for reasons of efficiency and effectiveness, the Board of Commissioners desires to rename the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board as the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board, and to rename the Ingham County Farmland Preservation Fund as the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Fund.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners shall adopt the Ordinance Amending the Ingham County Farmland Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance, attached and incorporated by reference as Exhibit 1 to this Resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the amended Ordinance shall take effect when notice of its adoption is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the County.
COUNTY SERVICES: Yeas: Celentino, Koenig, Holman, Copedge, Vickers
Nays: None Absent: Grebner Approved 12/1/09
DECEMBER 8, 2009
Agenda Item No. 11
EXHIBIT 1
INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE INGHAM COUNTY FARMLAND PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 09-03
An Ordinance to amend the Ingham County Farmland Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance to change the names of the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board and the Ingham County Farmland Preservation Fund.
THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF INGHAM, MICHIGAN, DO ORDAIN:
Section 1. Amendment. The Ingham County Farmland Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance is amended by changing the name of the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board wherever it appears to the “Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board.”
Section 2. Amendment. The Ingham County Farmland Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance is amended by changing the name of the Ingham County Farmland Preservation Fund wherever it appears to the “Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Fund.”
Section 3. Repeal. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed
Section 4. Savings Clause. This Ordinance does not affect rights and duties matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance Amending the Ingham County Farmland Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance shall take effect when notice of its adoption is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the County.
I, Mike Bryanton, Ingham County Clerk, certify that this Ordinance was adopted by the Ingham County Board of Commissioners and published in a newspaper of general circulation in the County on _____________________________.
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Mike Bryanton, Ingham County Clerk
Ingham County Board of Commissioners
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Debbie De Leon, Chairperson