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In a run-down on the drawbacks of the AF district Act, Marshall noted that it set no clear cut standards for evaluating agriculturally significant land. “Basically, it’s been left to the localities to decide what land qualifies,” he saidMarshall
added that no one knows the effect a district will have on land values—whether property within a district will become more valuable for development purposes and show a net worth increase or demonstrate value as agricultural land and show a net worth decrease.
In conclusion, he said that large lot zoning will present a problem to AF Districts., Marshall suggested that localities negotiate with applicants to remove the allowance for large lot zoning from land within a proposed district.
Surrounding Land Use
Dennis White, agricultural planner with the Loudoun County Planning Department, maintained that local planning commissions have obligations and responsibilities to ensure that land
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