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HIGHLIGHTS OF PROPOSED REVISIONS <br /> ARTICLE 1 <br /> Definitions <br /> Add definitions that clarify terminology [Sec. 19-1(a)]. <br /> ARTICLE 7 <br /> Non-dedicated Agricultural Use Assessment <br /> 1. Zoning requirements. Require properties to be in one of the following (County) <br /> zoning districts: agricultural, residential and agricultural, family agricultural, <br /> intensive agricultural, or agricultural project [Sec. 19-57(a)(1)~. Currently, property <br /> must be in the (Stale land use) agricultural district. <br /> <br /> 2. Assessed values. Lands will he assessed at a percentage of the land's market value <br /> 25°fi for the tax year beginning July 1, 2004; 50% beginning July 2005; and 75% <br /> beginning July I, ?006 and thereafter Sec. 19-57(x)(2)]. Currently, "productivity <br /> values" arc assigned, similar to the 10-year agricultural dedication program. <br /> <br /> 3. Tax rollback. When a breach occurs, the look-back period for the rollback tax will <br /> he two years plus the current ~ Sec. 19-57(4)(2)]. Currently, the look-back period <br /> is up to ten years. <br /> ARTICLE 8 <br /> Commercial Agricultural Use Dedication <br /> I. Use. Require that new dedications be for ten only and the dedicated property be <br /> used for commercial purposes (gross revenues of $2,000/year) Sec. 19-(a)]. <br /> Currently, the dedication is for ten or twenty years, and both commercial and non- <br /> ronunercial uses are allowed. Properties in the 20-yetU agricultural dedication <br /> program are subject to the same requirements as the 10-year dedication, except for the <br /> tc rm ujdedicntion an4 the ta_r be nc,fit received (50°Io of its "productivity nahie <br /> 2. N;ffect on existing 20-year dedications. Allow properties in the 20-year agricultural <br /> dedication at July I . ?003 to continue the dedication [Sec. L9- (b)~. <br /> 3. 'Coning requirements. Require that property in the 10-year agricultural dedication <br /> program he in one of the following (County) zoning districts: arricullm'al, residential <br /> and agricultural, family agricultural, intensive a~*ricultural, a <br /> r_ <br /> ig cultural project <br /> disu~ict, or any other 4isU'ict with the approval of the Planning Director Sec. 19- <br /> __(a)(3)I. Currently, there is no zonin,~~ reyunenumt, except pasture use i1 nut <br /> allowed on residentiala.oned properly. <br /> 4. Assessment of nun-dedicated section(s) of land. Specify that the portion of lan4 <br /> lhal is not dedicated for commercial agriculture use shall be assessed at market value <br /> and the homesite portion ~~hall he assessed at market value of a comparably-size4 <br /> homesite Sec. 19- _(c)(41~. Curremly, this is specified by the Director of finance. <br /> <br />