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the new 1UU per cem iair market value appraisal will add to the financial burden on Rappahannock farmers, Dennis said, reporting that an individual from New York has just purchased 55 acres with no house and a decrepit barn on Route 637 for $3,000 an acre. “That’s going to be reflected in assessments,” he maintained.
Farmer and airline pilot Bob Anderson told the supervisors that before use value was adopted in Prince William, dairy farmers there were forced to sell 20 or 25 acres every year just to pay their tax bills. The houses on those acres could be expected to produce six or eight kids with an increased demand for services and revenue demand that would far outweigh the revenue lost through deferred land use taxes, according to Anderson.
Lot Owners Benefit Too
Agriculture is more valuable to the small land owner in Rappahannock because it adds to the beauty of the county, thereby increasing the worth of house and lot. Newbill Miller said. He repeated that the im(Continued
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