The Cultivate-A-Lot Program is hereby established.

The Office of Central Services shall compile and maintain a catalog of all vacant and unoccupied parcels of ground owned by the County.

The Office of Central Services shall administer the Cultivate-A-Lot Program by dividing and annually assigning appropriate lots to applicants, contracting annually with applicants to provide for the conditions listed under Section 18A-104 of this Subtitle, and by developing and issuing rules of procedure and regulations for the purpose of floriculture, horticulture, and gardening in accordance with the Cultivate-A-Lot Program and not as a sale of surplus land. Upon receipt of the written catalog of properties transmitted by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and the Board of Education to the Director of the Office of Central Services, with an indication that such properties are available for the Cultivate-A-Lot Program, the Director of the Office of Central Services shall, in accordance with provisions of this law, include the properties in the Program and administer same.

Cultivate-A-Lot Program parcels of ground will be offered annually to qualified applicants on the basis of permissive use provided that the applicant: Is at least eighteen (18) years of age; Is a resident of Prince George's County; Has contractually agreed to assume all responsibility in connection with cultivating the parcels including the planting of suitable winter ground cover; Has contractually agreed to keep the parcels clean and free of hazards, which would be detrimental and create a possible liability claim; Has contractually agreed to erect no building or structure in connection with the cultivation of a parcel or parcels of ground; Has contractually agreed to permit periodic inspection by the County for a determination that the assigned parcel or parcels is being made use of by the applicant for the purposes of floriculture, horticulture, and gardening; Has contractually agreed to allow access to other parcel or parcels by other participants if other parcel or parcels are otherwise inaccessible; Has contractually agreed to surrender and quit the assigned parcel or parcels should the County require the property for any public purpose, or should reasonable complaints concerning the use of the parcel be received which are verified to be true in fact by the County; Has contractually agreed to surrender and quit the parcel or parcels in a condition at least equal to that when first assigned upon thirty (30) days' notice by the County; Has contractually agreed to abide by the rules and regulations promulgated by the Office of Central Services.

Upon the approval of an applicant upon the aforementioned conditions in Section 18A-104 that he agrees to abide by, and contract for, the permissive use of such vacant and unoccupied parcel or parcels, and upon payment of an annual Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee for each parcel to defray the cost of handling the documents incidental to the permissive use of said lots and the cost of inspection incidental thereto, the Office of Central Services shall execute the contract necessary to allow permissive use in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Cultivate-A-Lot Program.

Parcels shall be assigned in lots of approximately one thousand (1,000) square feet. In no instance is any applicant to be assigned a parcel or parcels in excess of approximately two thousand (2,000) square feet, and if more than one (1) parcel is assigned, then said parcels must be contiguous one to another.