Why can farmland be preserved through agricultural zoning?
While agricultural zoning is key to the success of a PDR program, history shows that zoning alone has not been very effective, and is never a permanent solution. Agricultural zoning districts can change with each election cycle. Local officials often find it difficult to deny long time community members from rezoning farmland for a rural subdivision, especially if financial issues are involved. A PDR program provides another alternative to the rural landowner and empowers local officials to uphold adopted land use plans and zoning ordinances.
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