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AF Districts are essentially “voluntary zoning” set up through agreement between local government and property owners, Copeland said. “It is not a tax law,” he stressed.
The AF Districts Act, passed by the 1977 General Assembly, allows one or more landowners with a minimum of 500 contiguous acres to apply to local government for approval of a district. The application is referred to a special advisory committee and to the planning commission for recommendations. Then it is returned to the supervisors for public hearing and approval or denial.
Property within an approved AF District is granted
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