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Yavapai County staff propose agricultural‑exemption text changes to align with state law
Summary
Planners proposed a text amendment to clarify the county agricultural exemption, allow incidental agricultural uses, and decouple timing of assessor tax status from planning exemptions. The county assessor emphasized that planning exemptions are distinct from tax valuation.
COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — County planning staff on March 27 presented a proposed text amendment to Yavapai County’s code to align the county’s agricultural exemption language with Arizona statute and to clarify what is regulated by development services versus the assessor’s office.
Planner BJ Ratliff told supervisors that two primary issues prompted the change: the county ordinance’s current requirement that the property be used “primarily” for agriculture, which is not in full alignment with the state’s criteria, and a local sequencing requirement that forced applicants to obtain assessor agricultural tax status before seeking a…
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