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form and those required maps and I’ll get started on it,” Johnson responded.
Johnson’s announcement came during RLEP’s panel discussion of the Agricultural and Forestal District's Act passed by the Virginia General Assembly in 1977. In addition to PEC’s Chap Barnes, panel members included RappahannockRapidan Planning District Commission executive director John Capelle and Warren County farmer Carl Westfelt, member of the first ag district created in the state.
Voluntary Zoning
Under the AFD Act, landowners may petition local government for approval of a district. A district must contain at least 500 acres, lying contiguously so that a single, closed exterior perimeter line is created. A district, however. may surround land that is not included in the application in a ‘‘swiss cheese” effect. Parcels that lie within one mile of the district’s outer boundary line may also be included in the application.
Once the required form with maps and data on total acreage and acreage belonging to each involved landowner is filed, the ag
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