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Rockbridge supervisors approve Irish Creek agricultural-forestal overlay district
Summary
After a public hearing, the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a four-year Agricultural and Forestal Overlay District for roughly 430 acres along Irish Creek, giving participating landowners voluntary protections and access to land-use tax assessment.
The Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors on March 24 approved an ordinance establishing the Irish Creek Agricultural and Forestal Overlay District, a voluntary conservation overlay that covers about 430.445 acres and runs along Irish Creek in the South River magisterial area.
The district was created after a public hearing and follows unanimous recommendations from the county’s Agricultural and Forestal Advisory Committee and the Planning Commission. The district’s core area totals about 283.189 acres; non-core parcels eligible to join within one mile total about 147.256 acres, according to materials presented to the board.
Under state law and the draft local ordinance, landowners who join an ag-forest district agree not to convert their property to more intensive, non‑agricultural or non‑forest…
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