FARMING IN THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY:
Cultivating farm crops within the right-of-way leads to degradation
of the ditch bottom and increased erosion. Farm crops within the
right-of-way are not conducive to soil conservation or proper
roadside drainage. Farming of the right-of-way is not permitted
under the county's permanent easement for road purposes.
If it is observed that a property owner or their tenant’s
plow and plant crops within the county right-of-way, the landowner
will be sent notice by certified mail to cease planting in the
right-of-way. The property owner will be asked to restore and
re-seed the area affected. The county will, at the request of
the landowner, delineate the right-of-way line by placing ROW
stakes on the right-of-way line for the reference of the property
owner. If the right-of-way is not restored, the county will, without
notice, mow the crop, restore the ditch and backslope to the outside
of the right-of-way and bill the landowner for the cost of the
restorative work
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