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News &Observer(Print Friendly) : http ://www . . , news/triangle/Story/278494p.259800e . html http :// l52 . 52 . 16 , 193/standing/help/tools/_scripts/friendly -print. egi <br /> n' brrx ' <br /> Published : Saturday , January 20 , 2001 4 : 43 a . m . EST 33 <br /> Recommendations <br /> Among its dozens of proposals , the General Assembly ' s smart- growth commission recommends that the state : <br /> Develop strategies for moving beach communities in situations in which beach restoration is not appropriate or <br /> feasible . <br /> Require buyers or developers of farmland to pay a fee for every acre taken out of production . <br /> Establish a tax credit for elevators and other changes needed to make upper floors of older buildings usable again . <br /> Provide tax credits for building market - rate homes in high poverty areas . <br /> Prohibit construction of state buildings , except wastewater treatment plants , in flood plains . <br /> Encourage universities , colleges , prisons and other state institutions to buy North Carolina agricultural products . <br /> Require landowners to notify the N . C . Forest Service and local governments 30 days before cutting timber . <br /> Publish an annual " smart growth " report card for North Carolina . <br /> Charge out- of- state residents a fee to enter state parks . <br /> Bj ACK1 <br /> © Copyright 2000 , The News & Observer. All material found on newsobserver. com is copyrighted The News & Observer and associated news <br /> services . No material may be reproduced or reused without explicit permission from The News & Observer. <br /> 1 of 1 1 /23/2001 8 : 30 AM <br />