Section 51282.3 Of Article 5. Cancellation From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 5.
51282.3
. (a) The landowner may petition the board or council,
pursuant to Section 51282, for cancellation of any contract or of any
portion of a contract if the board or council has determined that
agricultural laborer housing is not a compatible use on the
contracted lands. The petition, and any subsequent cancellation based
thereon, shall (1) particularly describe the acreage to be subject
to cancellation; (2) stipulate that the purpose of the cancellation
is to allow the land to be used exclusively for agricultural laborer
housing facilities; (3) demonstrate that the contracted lands, or
portion thereof, for which cancellation is being sought are
reasonably necessary for the development and siting of agricultural
laborer housing; and (4) certify that the contracted lands, or
portion thereof, for which cancellation is being sought, shall not be
converted to any other alternative use within the first 10 years
immediately following the cancellation.
The petition shall be deemed to be a petition for cancellation for
a specified alternative use of the land. The petition shall be acted
upon by the board or council in the manner prescribed in Section
51283.4. However, the provisions of Section 51283 pertaining to the
payment of cancellation fees shall not be imposed except as provided
in subdivision (b).
(b) If the owner of real property is issued a certificate of
cancellation of contract based on subdivision (a), there shall be
executed and recorded concurrently with the recordation of the
certificate of cancellation of contract, a lien in favor of the
county, city or city and county in the amount of the fees which would
otherwise have been imposed pursuant to Section 51283. Those amounts
shall bear interest at the rate of 10 percent per annum. The lien
shall particularly describe the real property subject to the lien,
shall be recorded in the county where the real property subject to
the lien is located, and shall be indexed by the recorder in the
grantor index to the name of the owner of the real property and in
the grantee index in the name of the county or city or city and
county. From the date of recordation, the lien shall have the force,
effect and priority of a judgment lien. The board or council shall
execute and record a release of lien if, after a period of 10 years
from the date of the recordation of the certificate of cancellation
of contract, the real property subject to the lien has not been
converted to a use other than agricultural laborer housing. In the
event the real property subject to the lien has been converted to a
use other than agricultural laborer housing, or the construction of
agricultural laborer housing has not commenced within a period of one
year from the date of recordation of the certificate of cancellation
of contract, then the lien shall only be released upon payment of
the fees and interest for which the lien has been imposed. Where
construction commences after the one-year period, the amount of the
interest shall only be for that period from one year following the
date of the recordation of the certificate of cancellation of
contract until the actual commencement of construction.