11-1-4.10 Properties for Agricultural, Open Space, or Conservation Purposes

1. To establish a metes and bounds property for the purposes of agricultural, open space, or conservation purposes, the property shall be used exclusively for those purposes and have a document recorded at the Sanpete County Recorder’s Office stating the property shall be used exclusively for agricultural, open space, or conservation purposes until such time that a subdivision plat or simple lot subdivision record of survey is completed. Any new property used for residential or other development purposes shall be in a recorded subdivision plat or simple lot subdivision. 2. Qualifications: In addition to the above requirements, to qualify as an agriculture, open space, or conservation parcel, the following must be true: a. The parcel is not traversed by the mapped lines of a proposed street as shown on the general plan or any streets or transportation master plan and does not require the dedication of any land for streets or other public purposes; b. The parcel is not located in a zone that permits commercial or industrial use; c. All parcels created or otherwise impacted by the division conform to all applicable Land Use Ordinances or has properly received a variance from the requirements of an otherwise conflicting and applicable Land Use Ordinance; and. d. The division shall not create the appearance of a residential subdivision. 3. Recordation: An applicant may submit to the County Recorder's Office for recording a document that divides property by metes and bounds without the necessity of recording a plat if the representative of the zoning department has signed a document certifying that the division meets all requirements for a metes and bounds division of land. This document shall be recorded in the Office of the County Recorder. 4. Approval: Documents recorded in the Sanpete County Recorder's Office that divide property by metes and bounds description do not create a legal division of land allowed hereunder unless a certificate of approval is attached to the document. In the absence of a recorded certificate of approval, any metes and bounds division after the enactment of this ordinance shall be deemed null and void, for the purposes of zoning.