18I.30.020 Applicability.
A. General. Agricultural Lands are lands that are not already characterized by urban growth and that have long-term significance for the commercial production of food or other agricultural products.
B. Classification.
1. Agricultural Lands are those lands meeting all of the following criteria:
a. Lands in parcels which are ten acres or larger in size;
b. Lands which are on prime or unique soils as identified in:
(1) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Soil Conservation Service. February 1979, Soil Survey of Pierce County Area, Washington; or
(2) USDA, Soil Conservation Service, June 1981, Important Farmlands of Pierce County, Washington;
c. Lands which are primarily devoted to the commercial production of horticultural, viticultural, floricultural, dairy, apiary, vegetable, or animal products or of berries, grain, hay, straw, turf, seed, Christmas trees not subject to the excise tax imposed by RCW 84.33.100 through 84.33.140, or livestock, and which have long-term commercial significance for agricultural production; and
d. Lands which are not adjacent to lots of record of one acre or less on more than 50 percent of the perimeter of the parcel.
2. Rural lands located outside a designated Urban Growth Area or Comprehensive Urban Growth Area may request a Comprehensive Plan redesignation to Agricultural in accordance with procedures set forth in Title 19C PCC.