D2O-Lancaster Fanning Saturday, April 13,1985 Lancaster Ag Preserve applications up 250% over ’B4 LANCASTER - The Lancaster County Agricultural Preserve Board has received this year’s applications for preservation deed restriction sales on 15 farms in western Lancaster County. With three Agricultural Preserves established, all of this year’s ap plications have come from Agricultural Preserve II which includes more than 27,000 acres in Conoy, East Donegal, West Donegal, and Mount Joy Town ships. i Within Agricultural Preserves one of the preservation options available to farm owners is deed restriction sale by incentive payment of $250 per acre. In most cases this amount represents a portion of the value of the deed Agricultural Preserve II Mount Joy Township 9 farms 864.5 acres East Donegal Township 5 farms 521.4 acres Conoy Township 1 farm 196.5 acres Totals 15 farms 1,582.4 acres To date, 21 farms have been preserved through deed restric tions in Lancaster County. On 17 of these farms deed restrictions have been donated and on four farms deed restrictions have been solid via incentive payment. Most have been permanent deed restrictions. While considering this year’s 15 deed restriction sale applications, the Agricultural Preserve Board is working with approximately the same number of landowners who have expressed interest in deed restriction donation. Members of the Agricultural Preserve Board are heartened by the level of interest and com mitment among Lancaster County farmers. Lancaster County has established an Agricultural Land ON THE GROW FARM BUILDINGS - EXCAVATING MANURE PITS- SEPTIC TANKS SPECIAL FARM PRICES DYNAMIC MASONRY CONTRACTORS Mike Fisher (717) 687-6801 After 6 PM. Call (717) 687-7217 restriction or preservation easement on the farm. The deed restriction may be sold either permanently or for 25 years or more, in which case, the in strument can be terminated sometime after 2010 with a payback plus fixed, simple in terest. The effect of deed restrictions is to keep the farms in agricultural and directly associated uses ex cept for the possibility of several new dwellings for family or farm employees. In 1984 the Agricultural Preserve Board received 6 applications, all from Agricultural Preserve I in the Ephrata-Lititz area; this year the applications are as located as follows: Preservation Jh und which receives both public appropriations and private contributions. It is this Fund that is used to cover the legal and appraisal costs of accepting deed restrictions by donation and the costs of deed restriction in centive payments. While deed restriction ap plications have been submitted on 15 farms totalling 1582 acres, what can be acquired with available preservation dollars are deed restrictions on approximately 1,000 acres. 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