Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-2 - Matching Grants › Section 901-2-04 - Landowner application procedure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The open enrollment application period
			 as set by the local sponsor shall not exceed
			 ninety days .
(B) Application shall be made on a form
			 approved by the director. The application must contain, but is not limited to,
			 the following information:
(1) A resolution,
			 ordinance, or recorded action from the local sponsor supporting the landowner's
			 application, certifying the availability and committing to pay the required
			 local match, if applicable, and agreeing to share legal responsibility to
			 monitor, supervise, and enforce the agricultural
			 easement.
(2) The printed name,
			 address, telephone number, and signature of all
			 owners of the application property, including land contract holders`.
(3) The municipality, county, township, and
			 street address where the application property is located.
(4) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to be contacted
			 regarding the application property if other than the landowner.
(5) Identification of any known restrictive
			 covenants or third party interests.
(6) The current agricultural use value of the
			 application property and the market value
			 of the application property as determined by the county auditor's most recent
			 assessment.
(7) The most recent
			 copy of the real property record from the county auditor establishing that the
			 application property is valued for purposes of real property taxation at its
			 current value for agricultural use under section
			 5713.31 of the Revised Code, as
			 applicable, in paragraph (A)(1) of rule
			 901-2-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
(8) The
			 most recent copy of the real property record from the county auditor
			 establishing that the application property is currently enrolled in an
			 agricultural district as provided for in section
			 929.02 of the Revised Code, as
			 applicable, in paragraph (A)(6) of rule
			 901-2-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
(9) A
			 copy of the current owner's deed of record.
(10) A map or aerial photograph of the
			 application property including delineated homestead area(s), existing roads and
			 buildings, boundaries, total road frontage of the farm, known power easements,
			 and any land excluded from the easement.
(11)
									
									A map or aerial
			 photograph showing an adequate
			 radius around the application property to include the proximity of the
			 application farm from any protected properties (easement and non-easement), to
			 neighboring applicant farms, accessible public roadway intersection(s),
			 including boundaries, distance from sewer and water, interchanges, known
			 pipelines, and/or any other reported distances supported in the
			 application.
(12) Indication of:
(a) Proximity to other protected
			 lands;
(b) Best management
			 practices;
(c) Development
			 pressure;
(d) Local comprehensive
			 planning and farmland preservation efforts; and
(e)
			 Other factors as determined by the director prior to each application funding
			 round.