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RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN OPEN SPACE USE AGREEMENT 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 agreement 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 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 nonqualifying use for a time period of eight years; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 12th day of June 2008, That the County Administrator be, and is hereby, authorized to execute an Open Space Use Agreement with the hereinafter identified landowners:
; and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That upon execution and recordation of the Agreement the described real estate shall be eligible for classification as Open Space under the Fauquier County Special Land Assessment Program. A Copy Teste
Paul S. McCulla |
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