Staff offers soil-suitability map as tool for 'scrub parcel' rezoning decisions
County staff suggested using NRCS/USGS corn-suitability and CSR ratings to guide whether marginal 'scrub parcels' should be removed from agricultural production before rezoning; the measure is intended to preserve prime farmland when possible.
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At a discussion of old business, a participant offered a corn-suitability map as an objective tool for the board when reviewing rezoning requests on marginal or 'scrub' parcels.
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