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very good assessment for real farmers,” she said. “A11 in all, I think it’s a good program.” Asked if she thought adoption of land use had any impact in Clarke on the conversion of farm land to more intensive uses, Rhoden replied, "not really—not that alone.” She added, however, that coupled with Clarke’s innovative sliding scale zoning, land use may make a difference in preserving agricultural land.
A county with a population of approximately 9,000, Clarke’s land use program hasn’t been plagued by abuses from speculators. “We have only a couple of speculators getting land use. In such a small county, you know most of the applicants,” Rhoden added.
According to the commissioner of revenue, Clarke has 8,500 parcels in land use with 368 applications approved in 1980. The total amount of taxes deferred through the program was $60,000 this year. The county’s tax rate for 1981 is 60 cents per $100.
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