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Commission backs letter supporting Roberts family conservation easement that would cap development at four homes
Summary
The Bradford County Commission voted to approve a letter of support for Roberts Capital Ventures' application for a state-purchased conservation easement that would reduce the property's existing development rights to four; the easement would not guarantee public lake access, officials said.
The Bradford County Board of County Commissioners voted to approve a letter of support for Roberts Capital Ventures’ application for an agricultural protection conservation easement covering roughly 1,000 acres, a move the property’s conservation representative said would reduce allowable building rights on the land to four.
The action, moved by Commissioner Daughtry and seconded by Commissioner Spooner, passed by voice vote (tally recorded as 3–0). The commission’s support is for the family’s application to state conservation-buy programs; the county did not purchase the easement itself.
Ramesh Butch, introduced as the director of conservation acquisitions for the Northwell Land Trust and the preparer of the application, told the commission the land is currently zoned RE and AG and “allows a certain amount of units per acre.” He said the easement proposal would “eliminat[e] all but 4 of…
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