Advance Planning

The Cattaraugus County Legislature will hold a public hearing on the Eight Year Review of the Perrysburg-Dayton-Leon Agricultural District

A Public Hearing will be held by the County Legislature on Cattaraugus County Agricultural District #1, locally known as the Perrysburg-Dayton-Leon Agricultural District on the 11th day of January 2006 at 7:30 p.m. at the Leon Community Building, 12195 Leon-New Albion Road, Leon, New York. The public hearing is to consider the original proposal, any written amendments proposed during the thirty-day review period (November 12, 2004 through December 12, 2004) and the recommendations of the Cattaraugus County Planning Board and the Cattaraugus County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board.

An Informational Meeting will be held on the same date at the same location at 6:30 pm to provide a more detailed description of the proposed modifications and merger of the Perrysburg-Dayton-Leon and Persia Agricultural Districts (This combined District will be named the Northwest Agricultural District); to answer any questions relative to what an agricultural district is; and to address any other concerns relative to inclusion in an agricultural district.

On July 12, 1973, Cattaraugus County Agricultural District #1, locally referred to as the Perrysburg-Dayton-Leon Agricultural District, was created and contained 6,491 acres.

As required under Section 303 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, a district must be reviewed eight years after its creation and every eight years thereafter. Upon its review in 1981, 1989 and again in 1997, the District was modified to include 40,685 acres.

Pursuant to Article 25AA, Section 303 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, an eight-year review of the District is currently being performed.

Having reviewed all the available information pertaining to the area in question, it is the conclusion and recommendation of the Cattaraugus County Planning Board and the Cattaraugus County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board:

  1. That the Perrysburg-Dayton-Leon Agricultural District continue for another eight years as modified.
  2. To include all those parcels which are currently listed as being located in the Perrysburg-Dayton-Leon Agricultural District.
  3. To include within the District those parcels being requested, by the landowner, for inclusion.
  4. To exclude from the District those parcels being requested, by the landowner, for exclusion.
  5. That the Perrysburg-Dayton-Leon Agricultural District and the Persia Agricultural District have adjacent boundaries, and that one parcel in the Persia Agricultural District is totally surrounded by the Perrysburg-Dayton-Leon Agricultural District. Therefore, it is recommended that these two districts should be combined and the combined district should be named the Northwest Agricultural District (District #1).

It should also be noted that properties within the Villages of Gowanda, Perrysburg and South Dayton are to be excluded from the proposed modified District.

The proposed modified District is to be bounded on the North by the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation and Cattaraugus County/Erie County Line; on the South by the Leon/Conewango Town Line and the Persia/New Albion Town Line; on the East by the Persia/Otto Town Line and Leon/New Albion Town Line; and on the West by the Cattaraugus County/Chautauqua County Line.

A description and map of the proposed District and the recommendations of the above mentioned Boards may be examined in the Cattaraugus County Department of Economic Development, Planning and Tourism, 303 Court Street, Little Valley, New York 14755.

Any municipality or landowner being considered for inclusion within the proposed District may recommend a modification of such District by writing the Department of Economic Development, Planning and Tourism no later than January 11, 2006. Also, any involved municipality or landowner wishing to comment will be heard by the Cattaraugus County Legislature at this Public Hearing.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Paul R. Bishop, Planner at 716-938-9111 Ext. 2369.