"Farmland Preservation Plans Rejected"
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (04/04/07) Behm, Don; Rinard, Amy
In Wisconsin this week, voters in Washington County and in the town of Mukwonago in Waukesha County rejected separate referendums proposing to preserve farmland via the creation of purchase-of-development rights programs. More than 60 percent of Washington County voters came out against a plan that would have spent $800,000 a year for the next decade to pay willing farmers not to build on their land. That proposal would have established the first countywide purchase-of-development rights program in the state. In the town of Mukwonago, meanwhile, a majority of voters rejected a proposal to hike property taxes by 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed value for the next two decades to pay for a purchase-of-development rights program. On a $240,000 home, the program would have added $120 in annual property taxes.
In Wisconsin this week, voters in Washington County and in the town of Mukwonago in Waukesha County rejected separate referendums proposing to preserve farmland via the creation of purchase-of-development rights programs. More than 60 percent of Washington County voters came out against a plan that would have spent $800,000 a year for the next decade to pay willing farmers not to build on their land. That proposal would have established the first countywide purchase-of-development rights program in the state. In the town of Mukwonago, meanwhile, a majority of voters rejected a proposal to hike property taxes by 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed value for the next two decades to pay for a purchase-of-development rights program. On a $240,000 home, the program would have added $120 in annual property taxes.
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