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Fairfield (CK-4 ) ; Coleman Loop (HB-1 ) ; Law' s Store <br /> (ENO-1 ) ; Adam and Eve (BH-1 ) ; Oak Grove (BH-3 ) ; <br /> Calvander ( CHT-6 ) ; and Blackwood Station (CHT-7 ) . <br /> 6 . 10 The following Rural Industrial activity nodes have <br /> been designated: Major Business Forms (HB-2 ) and <br /> Prospect Hill (CG-6 ) . <br /> GOAL SEVEN: The continued use of agricultural land and the <br /> maintenance of the farming way of life in rural areas <br /> as a viable part of the County' s economy. <br /> 7 . 1 Protect and maintain the public economic, social and <br /> environmental benefits provided by a vital farming <br /> community. Address the problem of increasing tax <br /> burdens on agricultural lands through property tax <br /> relief to farmers under the Use Value Law. <br /> 7 . 2 Minimize the negative impacts of proposed public <br /> projects on farming operations and on productive <br /> farmland. Public review of projects proposed by <br /> entities which have the power of eminent domain should <br /> include explicit consideration of the impact of suc <br /> actions on agricultural activity. <br /> 7 . 3 Minimize the relocation of bonafide farming operations <br /> caused by non-farm development . <br /> 7 . 4 Provide adequate amounts of available vacant land in <br /> and near existing urban areas for intensive land uses <br /> to minimize the need for farmland consumption and <br /> direct such uses away from viable farming operations <br /> and concentrations of prime farmland. <br /> 7 . 5 Direct residential, commercial and industrial growth <br /> away from farming areas to minimize inflation of rural <br /> land values and tax assessment which can price farmers <br /> out of the land market. <br /> 7 . 6 Discourage the location of new non-farm development, <br /> particularly more intensive residential development , <br /> within farming areas to minimize the incidence of <br /> complaints and nuisance suits against farm operations . <br /> 7 . 7 Provide adequate amounts of vacant land at activity <br /> nodes accessible to farming areas for commercial land <br /> uses serving the existing and future commercial needs <br /> of the farming community. <br /> 7 . 8 Encourage more effective forest management practices <br /> with consideration to discouraging inappropriate <br /> clear-cutting, providing renewable energy resources <br /> and protecting wildlife habitats . <br /> 7 . 9 Encourage agricultural related ',commercial and <br /> industrial uses consistent with the zoning district <br /> Agricultural-Services (AS) to locate at activity <br /> 3 . 5-6 <br />