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Hardman family asks for Greenbelt relief; commission splits on denial, continues to craft covenant
Summary
After oral testimony that two parcels have been used historically for grazing, the Hardman family asked Utah County commissioners for probation or a restrictive covenant to preserve Greenbelt tax status. Staff said state code requires parcel-level production; the board voted split on a denial and agreed to continue the item for one week to draft covenant language.
Paul Hardman, a long-time local farmer, and a family representative told the Utah County Commission that two parcels recently withdrawn from Greenbelt assessment are grazing ground rather than cropland and should be treated as part of the broader farm unit. "Those two pieces of ground are grazing ground," Paul Hardman said, describing drought conditions and generational farming practices as reasons he lacks parcel-level production paperwork.
Diane (county staff)…
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