Rezoning Proposal Divides Community

As urban areas expand into Wisconsin's agricultural land, farmers who want to sell land to developers face opposition.

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April 3, 2001, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Troy Township, just south of Hudson, which also grew 29 percent in the 1990s, took an innovative step in late 1999 by adopting an open space and agricultural land set-aside ordinance. It allows landowners to develop 60 percent of their property in return for preserving 40 percent. The ordinance was an acceptable compromise between retiring farmers who wanted a good return on the sale of their land and township residents who wanted open space and agricultural land preserved..."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Published: Sunday, April 1, 2001Land division a divisive issue

Sunday, April 1, 2001 in Pioneer Planet

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