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Topic Description:
This is a request
to renew the Upperville Agricultural and Forestal District for
another eight-year term. Without
this renewal, the district will expire on
November 8, 2003
, affecting 99 parcels and
encompassing 6,872 acres in northern
Fauquier
County
.
The Agricultural
and Forestal Advisory Committee reviewed this renewal on March 10,
2003 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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