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pure and simple, is a tax break,” he claimed.
“The land isn’t causing this Board of Supervisors any problems,” countered Sanford.
“Taxes are,” Waugh shot back.
“Do you see anybody lying around in the woods with food stamps in their pockets?” asked Sanford, noting that forest land costs the county only one cent per acre in services.
Commonwealth Attorney Carter repeated his objections to approval of the three applications. “I’m opposed because it gives a tax break on one class of property within an Agricultural District and nor on that same property
elsewhere in the county.” (
Scenic Easements
Instead of applying for AF District status, Carter suggested that landowners concerned with preserving farm land place scenic easements on their property. According to Carter, scenic easements also enable property to qualify for use value taxation since easement land loses its development potential and is “reduced to agricultural and horticultural
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