§ 820-6.002. Disclosure to current owners.

(1)

The community development department shall cause to be published a one-eighth-page advertisement in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the unincorporated area of the county, which advertisement shall include the disclosure statement in subsection (2).

(2)

Disclosure Statement. "The County of Contra Costa declares its policy to protect and encourage agricultural operations as defined in the County's "Right To Farm Ordinance" (Division 820 of the County Ordinance Code). Contra Costa County has adopted a Right To Farm ordinance. If your property is located in the unincorporated area of the county, near an agricultural operation or an agricultural processing operation, including such operations located on publicly-owned land designated for park, recreation, open space, watershed, or other public purposes, you may at times be subject to inconvenience or discomfort arising from those operations, including noise, odors, fumes, dust, the operation of machinery (including aircraft) during any time of day or night, the storage and disposal of manure, and the ground or aerial application of fertilizers, soil amendments, seed, herbicides, and pesticides. These similar inconveniences will not be considered a nuisance if they are conducted according to proper and accepted customs and standards. The Right To Farm Ordinance also establishes a grievance procedure to help resolve any disputes between agricultural operators and their neighbors. This is only a summary of the Right To Farm Ordinance. If you wish further information about the meaning or effect of the ordinance or the grievance procedure set forth in it, please contact the Contra Costa County Community Development Department, at 651 Pine Street, 4th Floor, North Wing, Martinez, California, 94553."

(3)

The disclosure statement set forth in subsection (2) is given for informational purposes only, and nothing in this division or in the disclosure statement shall prevent any person from complaining to any appropriate agency, or taking any other available remedy, concerning any unlawful or improper agricultural practice.

(Ord. 97-38 § 2).