|
|
|
| |
|
| The LESA program has two main components: Land
Evaluation and Site Assessment. The land evaluation of a parcel is based |
|
| on
only one factor: the soils of that parcel. The site assessment depends on
three factors: development, farmland, and clustering. |
|
| Each
factor has a weight which is determined by the individual county. The site
assessment factors are further broken down into |
|
| criteria
determined by the individual county. These criteria are listed below. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Erie County |
|
| Land Evaluation |
|
| |
Soils |
40% |
|
|
| The
soils score is calculated from the amount of each soil type in a parcel
multiplied by the value of that soil. The soil values are the same for |
|
| every state of Pennsylvania. |
|
|
|
| Site Assessment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Development |
30% |
|
Farmland |
20% |
|
Clustering |
10% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Road Frontage |
Points |
|
Acreage |
Points |
|
Ag Zoning w/i 2 miles |
Points |
|
| Over 2,000 feet |
15 |
|
200 acres or greater |
20 |
|
90% - 100% |
20 |
|
| 1,000 to 1,999 feet |
10 |
|
120 -199 acres |
15 |
|
75% - 89% |
10 |
|
| 500 to 999 feet |
5 |
|
80 - 119 acres |
13 |
|
50% - 74% |
5 |
|
| Less than 500 feet |
0 |
|
40 - 79 acres |
10 |
|
0% - 49% |
0 |
|
|
|
|
10 - 39 acres |
3 |
|
|
|
| Availability of Public Water |
Points |
|
Less than 10 acres |
0 |
|
Proximity to Other Easements |
Points |
|
| Less than 1/4 mile |
15 |
|
|
|
Two farms within one mile |
10 |
|
| 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile |
10 |
|
Crops, Pasture or Grazing |
Points |
|
One farm within one mile |
5 |
|
| 1/2 mile to 1 mile |
5 |
|
90% to 100% |
15 |
|
No easements within one mile |
0 |
|
| No service within 1 mile |
0 |
|
75% - 89% |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50% - 74% |
5 |
|
ASA Adjacent to Tract |
Points |
|
| Availability of Public Sewer |
Points |
|
Less than 50% |
0 |
|
Over 75% |
20 |
|
| Less than 1/4 mile |
15 |
|
|
|
50% - 74% |
10 |
|
| 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile |
10 |
|
Stewardship |
Points |
|
25% - 49% |
5 |
|
| 1/2 mile to 1 mile |
5 |
|
Over 90% practices installed |
15 |
|
Less than 25% |
0 |
|
| No service within 1 mile |
0 |
|
75% to 90% |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
50% to 74% |
5 |
|
Consistent w/ Comprehensive Plans |
Points |
|
| Extent of Non-Ag Use |
Points |
|
0% to 49% |
0 |
|
Area designated as agriculture |
25 |
|
| Greater then 75% adjacent |
20 |
|
|
|
Agricultural and/or rural res. area |
15 |
|
| 50% - 74% adjacent |
10 |
|
Historic, Scenic and Envir. |
Points |
|
Not agricultural or rural residential |
0 |
|
| 25% - 49% adjacent |
5 |
|
Exceptional features |
15 |
|
|
|
| Less than 25% adjacent |
0 |
|
Significant features |
10 |
|
Consistent with Future LU Map |
Points |
|
|
|
|
Favorable features |
5 |
|
65%+ designated ag or rural resid. |
25 |
|
| Potential to Convert to Non-Ag |
Points |
|
|
|
40% to 64% as ag or rural resid. |
15 |
|
| < 25% land is environ.
sensitive |
15 |
|
Topography |
Points |
|
20% to 39% as ag or rural resid. |
5 |
|
| > 25% land is environ.
sensitive |
0 |
|
Less than 1,100 feet elevation |
10 |
|
Less than 20% as ag or rural resid. |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Greater than 1,100 feet elevation |
0 |
|
|
|
| Distance to Urban Center |
Points |
|
|
|
| Less than 1/4 mile |
20 |
|
Century Farm |
Points |
|
| 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile |
10 |
|
Designated as a century farm |
10 |
|
| 1/2 mile to 1 mile |
5 |
|
Not designated |
0 |
|
| Over 1 mile |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Condition of Farm Buildings |
Points |
|
|
Blgs. in good repair |
10 |
|
|
No or old buildings |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Duration of Family Farming |
Points |
|
|
50 years or greater |
5 |
|
|
20 - 49 years |
3 |
|
|
1 - 19 years |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
