camobob
Active Member
- Feb 18, 2013
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Anybody make it to the meeting yesterday? I wanted to but got hung up.
Just got off the phone with the county. Monday's meeting is being continued tomorrow (Wed) at 6:00pm in the LaPlata government building.
IMO, Farms are farms. They have been paying tax forever and a day as a farm. If you want to develop it, for kids or whoever, you should pay the back taxes on the property as if it was a buildable subdivision all along. That's not going to happen, no one could afford it. That's why farmers haven't been paying that tax rate all along. Building for family sounds nice, but it is impossible, once the house is built anyone can buy or sell it.
People expecting a grandfathering of zoning have a good point, but. So many people built before them there can only be so much growth. Sooner or later you need to sh*t or get off the pot or you will miss out on the opportunity. Might not be fair, but there is only so much land, roads, schools, water, sewage capacity, etc for a given area.
Harford county used to be nice, with over-development much of it is a cesspool of crime and drugs. Be careful with what you wish for and support.
Nope. Not retroactive. "it converts" What does that mean? It is a multi-million dollar gift to the property owner is what it means.