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the announcement of an ag district application appears in the paper—to “tag on” to the district.
Within a second 30-day time period, the advisory committee must make a recommendation to the planning commission for approval or denial of the proposed district plus any tag-on parcels. The committee must base its findings on the agricultural or forestal significance of the land, history in farming or forestry operation and other criteria set by the General Assembly in AFD enabling legislation.
The planning commission now has 30 days of its own to hold an advertised public hearing and recommend action to the board of supervisors.
Within 90 days from the time the application was first filed, it must be back before the supervisors with the planning commissions recommendation to be advertised for a second public hearing. The supervisors then have another 90 days to act on the application. According to the commonwealth’s attorney’s interpretation of the Virginia Code section dealing with ag districts, the supervisors may at this point add JACENT land with agricultural or forestal significance to the district upon application by the owners of the property. Noncontiguous land may not be added by the board, however.
In addition, the supervisors may elect to eliminate any property from the district which they feel does not have agricultural or forestal significance.
Newbill Miller noted at Wednesday’s meeting that landowners in the ag districts approved to date must apply for use value taxation with the commissioner of revenue by November 1 in order to receive tax benefits next year. The same time limit applies to landowners outside a district who want to apply for use value taxation.
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