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Nelson County adopts Fork Mountain Agricultural and Forestal District covering roughly 2,559 acres
Summary
The Board unanimously created the Fork Mountain Agricultural & Forestal District to protect working farms and forestland in the Montebello/North Fork area; the voluntary district covers about 2,559 acres (core 1,773.7 acres) and carries five-year review terms and restrictions on intensive redevelopment.
Nelson County supervisors voted unanimously Sept. 10 to create the Fork Mountain Agricultural and Forestal District (AFD), a voluntary program intended to preserve agricultural and forestry uses across a broad swath of the county’s West District.
The ordinance (O2024‑01) establishes the district with a corrected total acreage of roughly 2,559.324 acres and a core of 1,773.714 acres after the Board removed one 117.54‑acre parcel from the application and accepted the addition of a 245.03‑acre Potomac Conference Corp. parcel and one 17.07‑acre parcel.…
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