special use ordinance enacted last year is the first of its kind in the nation to attempt to use market forces to provide an incentive for land conservation. The ordinance uses government’s power to control land use rather than to enact new taxes to pay for the purchase of development rights on farmland.
Designed to appeal primarily to landowners of large non-buildable tracts of land, the special use could also be utilized by established residents who desire to add an additional home for younger family members or even to provide living quarters for caretakers of elderly parents.
Twenty-five applications for the special use will be accepted this year.
The Belvidere Daily Republican. - County adopts new agricultural zoning regulation
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