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GOAL SEVEN: Agricultural land and the farming way of life to con- tinue in rural areas as a viable part of the County ' s economy Draft Policies : 7.1 The problem of increasing tax burdens on agriculture should be alleviated. The public economic ,social and environmental benefits provided by a vital farming community should be protedted through property tax re- lief to farmers . 7 .2 New non-farm development should be located so that com- plaints and nuisance suits against farm operations are minimized. Only very low density residential develop- ment should be allowed in farming areas . More intensiv residential development will be encouraged to occur outside of farming areas. 7. 3 The negative impacts of proposed public projects on farming operations and on productive farmland, includin the use of eminent domain, should be minimized. Public review of eminent domain proposals should include ex- plicit consideration of the impact on agriculture. 7. 4 Relocation of farming operations because of non-farm development should be minimized. Residential, commerci and industrial growth pressures should be directed away from farming areas , so as to minimize both nuisance complaint problems and the inflation in rural land values and tax assessments that can price farmers out of the land market . 7.5 Intensive land uses should be directed away from viable farming operations and concentrations of prime farm- land. Adequate amounts of vacant land in and near existing urban areas should be available to these uses, without the need for consuming farmland. 7. 6 Commercial land uses which serve favining communities should be allowed to locate at activity nodes accessible to farming areas. Adequate amounts of vacant land in rural activity nodes should be available to serve the future local commercial needs of the farming community. 7. 7 Encourage more effective forest Management practices with consideration to discouraging clear-cutting, providing renewable energy resources and protecting wildlife habitats .