Narrative of Resolution:
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To approve and adopt the recommended modification of Sullivan County Agricultural District No. 4
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WHEREAS, Section 303-a of the Agriculture and Markets Law requires the County review of an Agricultural District every eight years after its creation and sets forth the procedures which must be followed in such review; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 280-15, the Sullivan County Legislature reviewed and modified Agricultural District No. 4 in 2015; and
WHEREAS, Agricultural District No. 4 must be reviewed by the Sullivan County Legislature in 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Sullivan County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board and the
Sullivan County Division of Planning and Community Development have recommended that Agricultural District No. 4 be modified; and
WHEREAS, the Sullivan County Legislature has reviewed the reports and recommendations of the Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board and the Sullivan County Division of Planning and Community Development; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Sullivan County Legislature on June 1, 2023 at 10:15 am for the purpose of reviewing Agricultural District No. 4 and considering the recommendation to modify and to hear all persons interested; and
WHEREAS; upon review of Agricultural District No 4, and based on the survey of landowners, and upon the review and recommendations of the Sullivan County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board and the Sullivan County Division of Planning and Community Development it is necessary to modify the boundaries of Agricultural District No. 4, such modifications involve the removal of certain parcels of real property being described in Schedule A, attached hereto.
WHEREAS, the necessary procedures for review, as set forth in Article 25-AA of Agriculture and Markets Law, have been completed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Sullivan County Legislature does hereby approve and adopt the recommendations of the Sullivan County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board and the Sullivan County Division of Planning and Community Development and does hereby modify Agricultural District No. 4 consistent with those recommendations; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the report, so adopted, be forwarded to the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets for its review and approval.
SCHEDULE A
Parcels to be Removed from Agricultural District No. 4:
Town of Bethel 18.-1-26.1
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-16.41
Town of Fallsburg 32.A-1-53
Town of Fallsburg 8.-1-34.5
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-1.7
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-31
Town of Fallsburg 5.-1-20.21
Town of Fallsburg 32.A-1-47
Town of Fallsburg 8.-1-19.7
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-5
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-7
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-8
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-9
Town of Fallsburg 7.-1-9.33
Town of Liberty 8.-1-33
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.1
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.3 now known as 48.-2-4.6
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.4 now known as 48.-2-4.7
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.5 now known as 48.-2-4.8
Town of Neversink 25.-1-33.14
Town of Neversink 30.-1-33
Town of Rockland 21.-1-6
Town of Tusten 20.-1-27.3
As portrayed on the Sullivan County Tax Maps on May 18, 2023.
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