Opinion No. Oag 46-79, (1979)

PATRICK J. FARAGHER, Corporation Counsel Washington County

You request my opinion on whether the supervisors of a soil and water conservation district created pursuant to sec. 92.05, Stats., may formulate and propose an ordinance regulating agricultural uses on land currently used for agricultural purposes which lies within the district but outside of the limits of incorporated cities and villages.

Any county board of supervisors may declare its county to be a soil and water conservation district. Sec. 92.03 (1), Stats. Under sec. 92.09 (1), Stats., the supervisors of such districts are clearly…