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Board severs tax status from planning exemption to let new farms seek zoning relief sooner
Summary
The board unanimously approved text amendments to separate assessor agricultural classification (Title 42) from planning/zoning agricultural use exemptions (Title 11), allowing startups (for example wineries and small farms) to apply for zoning exemptions before meeting multi‑year tax classification criteria.
Yavapai County supervisors unanimously approved a text amendment Dec. 17 to remove a requirement that applicants obtain agricultural tax classification from the assessor before seeking an agricultural use exemption from the county’s planning and zoning code.
Planner BJ Ratliff told the board the change clarifies that agricultural status for tax purposes (Title 42) is distinct from the planning…
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