(a) Productive agricultural land is a limited resource of environmental, cultural, open space, visual and economic value that should be conserved and preserved.
(b) All new development in areas surrounding or incorporated within existing agricultural properties should be designed to minimize impacts to agricultural operations.
(c) Preservation and utilization of water for agricultural lands within the county is encouraged.
(d) The fragmentation of large parcels of agricultural land is discouraged and the assemblage of smaller parcels into larger, more manageable and agriculturally productive tracts is encouraged.
(e) Pitkin County supports “right-to-farm” legislation.
(f) Pitkin County promotes the viability of agricultural lands and operations within Pitkin County and supports preservation of large tracts of land now committed to or capable of agricultural uses.