What are the required findings for contract cancellation?
The board or council may grant tentative approval for cancellation of a Williamson Act contract only if it makes either public interest or consistency finds. In some cases, the contract or local government may require both public interest and consistency findings to be made in order to cancel the contract. Cancellation of a Farmland Zone Security contract requires both the public interest and consistency findings be made and approval of the Director of the Department of Conservation. In the resolution tentatively approving the cancellation of a Farmland Security Zone contract, the board/council must find that no beneficial pubic purpose is served by the continuation of the contract and that the uneconomic nature of the agricultural use is primarily attributable to circumstances beyond the control of the landowner and local government. (GC§51297) In order to find that the cancellation is consistent with the purposes of the Williamson Act, the board/council must also find: (1) That the c
