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52 <br /> Hillsborough Township crop and pasture land had been removed <br /> from production- between 1981 and 1987. The second source or. <br /> 6V­Ddence is s- <br /> 2ecific- enrollment trends in the Oranqe County <br /> use value taxatson program. The program, which began in the <br /> early 1980"s allows land owners whose property meets certain <br /> o h <br /> a icu ural production or forest management criteria To ave <br /> that property taxed at its use value rather than the higher <br /> market valug. In the five Year Period from 1982 to 1987 the <br /> overall acreage enrolled in the program remained re atively <br /> unchanged, increasing less- than 1% from 3,665 acres to 3,,698 <br /> acres. If prope ty that was .ex2Mt from all taxation in 1982 <br /> but taxe and enrolled in the p ogram in 1987 is removed from <br /> the total, though, the total acreage dr7pPe 77% in <br /> the f iye y ear-parlod. <br /> More telling, the number of parcels enrolled in the program <br /> increased from 43 to 66 while-the average parcel size dropped <br /> from 85 acres to. 56 acres. Tg3w.-S­implies -two th�S. First, <br /> seta lli—r1and owners, V o ma initial ave t touqnt that the <br /> ax ene its or enrolling in the program were- not worth the <br /> increased regulation, re now taking advantage of the program <br /> in the face- of increasing assessments. Second, the trend <br /> imp l es that parts of large 2arcels are beina subdivided <br /> Io purposes. <br /> -MH the� new d for eve o <br /> wi _paent <br /> Even with the conversion trends, agriculture is still <br /> ampor an to the n-6—rt-Hern tier of the Towns ip. During 1 - I <br /> --- <br /> ten beef producers, dairy. farm, hog, one arm,, and one <br /> -poultry- farm were located in Hillsborough Township. raLiLL <br /> in-come rom 1 llsbordligh Township comes—TO—Mout luf Of 7 <br /> - f 9 <br /> County total,- Mut $z.5 Milton in 1935* <br /> Natural Environmental Constraints <br /> Hillsborough Township contains four natural environmental <br /> flood plains, steep <br /> constraints to development activity; <br /> slopes, water supply watershed, and poor soils. <br /> Flood2laifts: Floodplains cover 306 acres of the Townshin <br /> 1 Z <br /> outside the municip-a tori al u <br /> Elie own. Areas of flood r oils account for another 329 <br /> acres.-Together, the -account for 7% of the land area <br /> in the <br /> Coun WE plannin jurisdiction. The lar est ortion o <br /> g <br /> 0 <br /> t <br /> 1 15 exists along Z P, <br /> flood rove so t E <br /> f Too .151gln/ one <br /> ek and Strouds <br /> at-he r3 cant area- exist alon Cates Cre <br /> Smote_ep <br /> Slopes of 15% or greater present a constraint <br /> Slopes: AlOkk <br /> W <br /> 6 <br />