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Topic Description:
This is a request
to renew the Springs Valley Agricultural and Forestal District for
another eight-year term. Without
this renewal, the district will expire on
January 10, 2003
, affecting 86 parcels and
encompassing 5,342 acres in western
Fauquier
County
.
On March 10, 2003,
the Agricultural and Forestal Advisory Committee reviewed this
renewal and made the following recommendation:
(1) include all parcels which are currently enrolled in the
District and which are greater in size than twenty-five (25)
acres, and (2) remove all of those parcels in the District which
are smaller in size than twenty-five (25) acres unless the owner(s)
submit a written statement verifying that the parcel in question
is under the same ownership as other parcels in the District which
are being renewed and are part of the working farm, or are under
an open space easement. This
recommendation is based on a Board of Supervisor’s policy
adopted on
March 6, 1990
.
The listings of all of the affected parcels are found in
the attached staff report.
On
April 24, 2003
, the Planning Commission
held a public hearing and voted to adopt the Agricultural and
Forestal District Advisory Committee’s recommendation as stated
above.
Additional
background is provided in the attached staff report.
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