Apr 28 2008
Albemarle Land Use Tax
I really liked the following from Keep land-use taxes in Albemarle:
Removing land-use tax does not pass the fairness and logic test.
A suburban acre supports two or three houses, which require education, police and fire services, while one unimproved rural acre requires none of those services and maintains the open space and beauty that all want.
To tax a farm, even a non-working one, the same as a city parcel IS illogical. I don’t quite like the statement “that we all want” however. True, no one is anti-beauty, I bet there are plenty of people that would prefer more development (assuming that translates into a larger supply of houses).