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Utah County BOE debates green‑belt rollbacks, urges clearer process for urban‑farming appeals
Summary
At a Utah County Board of Equalization meeting, staff and commissioners discussed several farmland and Urban Farming Act appeals, arguing technical ownership changes can trigger costly green‑belt rollbacks and urging clearer county procedures — including referring affected owners to the commission’s 'green folder' process for possible deferral or abatement.
At the Utah County Board of Equalization meeting, board members and staff spent an extended portion of the agenda on appeals tied to green‑belt and Urban Farming Act assessments, discussing whether technical changes of ownership should trigger rollback taxes and what county processes should exist to help affected landowners.
Staff from the auditor’s and assessor’s offices described a pattern where technical events — for example, moving property into a trust — can cause a loss of preferential farmland or green‑belt status even when land use has not changed. Burhardt of the Otter's office told the board that the hearing officer had recommended denial on several items and said that “the only approach left is for the commission … to defer these taxes out and possibly to forgive them,” pointing to the county commission’s…
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