Rural Zoning Is Subject
Of Future Farmer’s Speech
Editor’s Note: The following roads and automobiles permit
Is, the text of the winning the spreading of the urban pop
speech In the York-Lancaster ulation into the country. New
County area PPA public speak- areas of grossly misused land
iug contest. Robert Wenger, are appearing. Rural people
Qnarryrille HI, will present cannot afford to sit idly by aud
the speech in the regional con- permit these haphazard forces
test at MillersviHe State Coll- to shape the communities of
ege, April 25. tomorrow. The farmers must
Today, new forces are affect- take part in rural zoning.
Ing the farming community on But first what is meant by
the urban fringe. Cities are “zoning ” Zoning has been de
bursting at their seams. Good fined as the regulation by dis-
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trl-cts under police power as to
the size and use of buildings,
the use of land, iand the density
of the population. This term
“rural zoning” pertains both
to the urban area and farmers
living along the urban fringe.
The urban development and
need for zoning may extend
from 30-50 miles from the city
limits.
Expansion of the urban
fringe usually does not proceed
outward uniformly from the
city boundaries, generally it
spreads out along the highways.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 20, 1963
Sometimes suburban develop
ment tends to “leap-frog” over
suitable land and create resi
dential pockets m farm com
munities farther out.
During the period between
19 30-1950 non-farm rural-pop
ulation increased 87.5% while
the farm population declined
21.8%. This increase in non
farm people amounted to a to
tal of ten million more non
farm people m the rural Unit
ed ‘States.
When urban people move into
a rural area they can have a
great affect on the faim people
already there as well as on the
land. The affects are:
(1). There is a waste of good
farm land because of large
pockets between developments
that can’t be used The people
scatter too widely and they
build on the good land as well
as the poor. The developments
should be grouped closer to
gether and the fertile land kept
in production.
(2) The price of land will
increase without a proportional
increase in production from the
land Some places the price of
land has been know to double
or triple
(3). The culture of the com
munity changes as the urban
people mingle with the farm
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and other community organi
zations.
(4). There will be an increase
in property (taxes because of
expanded services required for
the many new houses. The fu.t
me lite of the farm in such
a community is greatly short*
ened
(5). The non-farm people
don’t like the odor of farm ani
mals and sprays and the noise
of farm machinery operating
early in the morning or late at
night.
(G). The sewage from the
septic tanks of the urban devel
opment creates pollution of the
farmers wells and streams.
(7). It loweis the water tab
le because the ram runs oft the
houses and down ram popes
which causes more water to run.
otf the land rather than soak
These conflicts all combine
to make farming difficult m
non-zoned rural urban fringes,
but these affects can be correct
ed with proper rural zoning.
Maybe you have a question
as to what are the benefits of
rural zoning.
(1). It benefits the people
on the land because the owner
ship, management, and the la
bor of the people on the farms
remain intact. This keeps th®
production of the United Stat
es going
(2) It benefits trade and in
dustries sometimes referred to
as agricultural industries Th
ese include canneries, packing
plants, factories, and many
services provided for the farm
er With the loss of agriculture
in the area would come the
loss of these industries which
in turn means a drop in the
income of a community.
(3) It avoids undue disrup
tion because a growing com
munity is bound to have grow
ing pains There usually is no
difference in price of good land
and pool land and the commu
nity itself will benefit by keep
ing the best land in agncul
tuial pioduction
(4) It benefits urban people
because -with agriculture green
belts come a lower density ot
population, a ledudtion of pres
sure on traffic arteries, and a
larger measure of safety from
their use as major disaster fire
breaks And bj concentrating
development, money can be
saved in cost of public service;
including roads and streets,
schools, and sewage and water
systems
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