RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN TO ENTER

 INTO AN OPEN SPACE COMMITMENT WITH LANDOWNERS

            WHEREAS, Fauquier County has established a special land assessment program for the preservation of real estate devoted to open space pursuant to Section 58.1-3233 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended; and

            WHEREAS, a landowner may qualify for the special land assessment program for the preservation of open space upon the execution and recordation of a written open space use commitment between the landowner and the Board of Supervisors; and

            WHEREAS, to qualify for the special land assessment program for the preservation of open space, the real estate to be entered into the program must meet the general and specific standards promulgated by the Director of the Department of Conservation and Historic Resources as set forth in the Manual of the State Land Evaluation Advisory Council (1992); and

            WHEREAS, the hereinafter identified landowners have requested that the Board of Supervisors enter into an Open Space Use Agreement for the preservation of certain land owned by them for the purposes of qualifying for the special land assessment program under the open space category; and

            WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors, by adoption of this resolution, has determined that the hereinafter described land meets the general and specific standards as promulgated by the Director of the Department of Conservation and Historic Resources for entering into an Open Space Use Agreement committing the landowner not to change the use of the land to a non-qualifying use for a time period of eight years; now, therefore, be it

            RESOLVED by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 20th day of May, 2002, That the Chairman be, and is hereby, authorized to execute, on behalf of the Board of Supervisors, an Open Space Use Agreement with the hereinafter identified landowners:

and, be it

            RESOLVED FURTHER, That upon execution and recordation of the agreement that the described real estate shall be eligible for classification as Open Space under the Fauquier County Special Land Assessment Program.