Committee weighs policy tools to protect farmland as Rigby area develops
Members discussed policy levers to keep farmland intact as growth continues, including larger lot minimums outside the growth area, conservation language in the comprehensive plan, and incentives or restrictions when agricultural land is sold.
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Committee members raised concerns about subdividing productive farmland as ownership passes to the next generation. One speaker asked whether the committee could "tell people, no — you can't sell your parents, your grandparents, farmland" and the chair replied the county cannot force landowners not to sell but can set policy and zoning that limit subdivision density.
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