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county to remove property held only for speculative purposes from the use value taxation rolls. Other jurisdictions have refused to extend use value benefits to forest land except through membership in an Agricultural and Forestal District. “I don’t know if that’s legal, but they’re doing it,” Mr. Dennis said.
He noted that the 1987 Assembly also lowered the core required to establish an agricultural district from 600 acres to 200.
And speaking as a Rappahannock landowner, he told the supervisors that judging from his private survey of friends and acquaintances, the county’s tax base could be broadened significantly “if people are taxed on what they insure their buildings for rather than what the buildings are assessed at.”
In other business at Monday’s board meeting, the supervisors:
• Tabled a request from the State Health Department for enactment of a local ordinance requiring that cats be vaccinated against rabies.
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