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<br /> uses in the county is "to preserve and protect the
<br /> Ascd impoct studies:Sources for study farmlands within the county so that agricultural
<br /> • cost of Develocrnent:Residential Fiscal k npact A ysis enterprise can be continued and production im-
<br /> of Wright County,Mirw»sola.sponsored by the Mrnnesoio proved in the future."
<br /> Dept. of Ag6cLMV9 and conducted by Resource Manage- But that goal has not been taken seriously,
<br /> merit Coruuitants,Inc.Results were used in drafting zoning Hutchinson said The county's zonin not based on
<br /> plans to encourage grow .growth near existing infrastructure and y
<br /> as o guide for farmland preservation planning. Contact: density allowances,provides the countVs farmland
<br /> PMCI. (2CZ 408-517 t. as a catch-all for a plethora of uses,and allows
<br /> . impacts of Development on DuPape county Property "extensive changes zones that don't
<br /> Taxes,prepared by the DuPage Co.,Minots.Pk w an es wing g pg
<br /> Division,Oct. 1991.Study found that residential tax levies require rezoning, Hutchinson said.Up to two lots
<br /> increased during periods of industrial growth,contrary to can be partitioned on any existing parcel,by acquir-
<br /> tradttioncl ossumptions. Contact:OuPope Co.Planning.
<br /> (7ob)682-7230. ing a building permit.
<br /> • Northeastem Rtinois Metropolitan Region Strategic Man "The county almost never denies a rezoning,"
<br /> NorrttMeeostern Nlin`ots Mannning�lCOTmWon(NIIPC)June Hutchinson said. `They've never denied a rezoning
<br /> 1992.Made 68 recommendations based on the study's because the services weren't in place ... rezonings
<br /> conclusion that wasteful kind development pokcies ore are not denied to protect agriculture," he said.
<br /> largely responsible for current fiscal crises in the region.
<br /> Contact:NIPC, t3IZ 454-04L10. Hutchinson said nearly all of the countywide
<br /> .The Tax tow and the lax EtB.sponsored by the Vermont region's growth has occured in the county,outside
<br /> League of Cities and Towns and the Vermont Natural of the city oundaries nor to recent annexations.
<br /> Resources Council.Sept. 1990,prepared by Ad Hoc ty p
<br /> Associates.Describes the results of a study that choienged Rural areas are experiencing growth pressure not
<br /> common ossumptfons about the Impact of development only from Waynesboro and Staunton,but from
<br /> on taxes. Contact.Ad Hoc Associates,(80Z 352-9074. Washington,D.C. and West Virginia,as new resi-
<br /> •Dondly-Rebted Public Cash,American Farmland Trust, �
<br /> 1986.Contact:AFT,(2023459-512a dents settle in to enjoy Augusta County's peaceful
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<br /> Now to Do a cost of community Services Study,nand- and scenic character and its thriving economy.
<br /> book by the American Farmland Trust.Northeast Office.
<br /> Contact.AFL(413)586-9330. The county has also experienced recent indus-
<br /> trial growth,including a new Hershey chocolate
<br /> Augusta County, p.«xatng pogo plant.A new J.C.Penny distribution center, which
<br /> will employ 2,500 to 3,000 people is being built just
<br /> ment,said part of that commission's strategy for across the county line,but,Hutchinson fears, "half
<br /> developing statewide planning is to establish a the people will live in Augusta County."
<br /> statewide geographic information system (GIS) The Valley Conservation Council is concerned
<br /> network that could include farmland,although about a 1000-unit proposal for the county's Blue
<br /> natural resources is not at the top of the list to be Ridge area,that will include a hotel complex.The
<br /> inventoried. "We're talking about data layers-- Council,which has not testified on development
<br /> infrastructure,911 applications are higher priori- proposals in its two and a half year existence,may ..
<br /> ties," in many areas,she said. - provide comments on this one,Hutchinson said.
<br /> The Augusta County study estimated that "People don't think of this area as one that is
<br /> within the countywide region,which includes the growing at an incredible rate," Hutchinson said.
<br /> cities of Staunton and Waynesboro, 14,424 acres The truth is,he said,Augusta County is right
<br /> were converted to residential uses in the 1980s, behind Northern Virginia in its rate of growth and .
<br /> when the countywide population grew by 14 in its inability and lack of will to control growth.
<br /> percent.Between 1960 and 1990,population in- The Council will likely point up weak points in the
<br /> creased by 63 percent,but the number of new county's pion and zoning code,and recommend the
<br /> homes grew by 118 percent within the county's Board of Supervisors strive to channel new growth
<br /> borders--excluding Staunton and Waynesboro to existing urban centers,Hutchinson said.
<br /> and before recent annexations,according to the U.S. Augusta County is located along the I-81 corri-
<br /> Census. Hutchinson said measuring farmland loss dor at Staunton, where I-81 intersects with 1-64 west
<br /> could be done by showing growth in the number of of Charlottesville. Contact: Valley Conservation
<br /> OUSing units and figuring the average acreage Council at (703) 886-3541, Read More:Ask for "Land
<br /> ed, "but it would have to move over time." Use and Community Costs in Augusta County, Vir-
<br /> The county's comprehensive plan, last updated ginia," Feb. 93,55 pages. Contact:john Hutchinson,
<br /> in 1987,states that the primary goal for agricultural (703)337-8019;Kat Imhoff, (804)371 4949.
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