Bill > S2459

This bill authorizes the release of a portion of an agricultural preservation restriction on approximately one acre of land in Berkley, Massachusetts, currently owned by Robert and Jacqueline Chamberlain. An agricultural preservation restriction is a legal agreement that limits development on farmland to protect its agricultural use. The release is contingent upon the Chamberlains agreeing to place a different, currently unrestricted one-acre parcel of their land under the same agricultural preservation restriction, effectively swapping one acre for another to maintain the overall protected agricultural land. The state's Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs is tasked with executing the release certificate, and the Commonwealth and the town of Berkley will retain an easement, or a right of way, to access the released land for purposes outlined in the original restriction, ensuring continued access for agricultural activities. The original agricultural preservation restriction will otherwise remain in full effect.