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Fiscal impacts of major land uses: Culpeper County
| Author: |
Vance, Tamara |
| Date: |
1984 |
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Warrenton, VA: Piedmont Environmental Council |
| Abstract: |
Inspired by a similar study from the Loudoun County Planning Department, the Piedmont Environmental Council has compiled a study of the fiscal impacts of major land uses in Culpeper County. The analysis examines the Culpeper County budget for FY82-83 to identify the revenues and expenditures for three major land uses: residential, industrial/commercial, and farm/forest/open space. With the intent to regard land as a resource, these categories express land uses according to function. As will be explained more fully in the report, farm houses are considered part of the residential use category rather than part of the rural land category in farm/forest/open space use. County budgets do not typically allocate revenues and expenditures to different land uses. It is possible, however, using estimates by county officials, to assign proportions of their budgets to these three land uses. The results of the study give a general indication of the relative net loss or net contribution to the county budget from each category. This study shows that industrial/commercial and farm/forest/open space bring net tax benefits to the county, making clearer the wisdom of policies which protect agriculture and open space land and encourage industry and commerce which employ local residents. |
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