Re: P&Z and rural residential

["Wolfgang Schwartzenweintraub" <wolfman@turbonet.com>]

Hi Ken: It has been a while since I have dealt with this but does'nt 40
acres give the land owner some special tax breaks by putting the property
into some sort of an agricultural status.  If that is true then each of the
owners have a special farm status that gives them favorable tax treatment as
a farmer.  I believe that once they then establish their 40 acres as a farm
they must maintain it in that status for ten years.  Just some thought I had
on the matter.  With all due respect;

Wolfgang M. Schwartzenweintraub

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Medlin" <dev-plan@moscow.com>
To: "JS M" <jbiggs50@hotmail.com>; "Moscow Vision 2020"
<vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: P&Z and rural residential


> >There is a market, as is evident by the expensive homes on top of every
> >ridge surrounding Moscow.  How did Latah County come up with the formula
of
> >a house per 40 acres?
> If only market forces drive our decisions affecting ecological
> conditions, then sustainability of life-producing and -enhancing
> conditions, qua Nature,  goes out the window so far as scientific based
> decision-making is concerned. Over time, where does that lead us? I
> maintain that policies can no longer be driven only by market forces.
> We're undermining the very ingredients of natural life. I've learned from
> another post that 40 acres is no longer the norem, contrary to what I was
> told by a City official a couple weeks ago.  Let's dialog in an open
> forum! KenM.
>
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