Program Application Information:
Information for Initial Landowner Meetings:
Rural Preservation Commission:
The Rural Preservation Commission oversees the Town's Rural Preservation Program.
Meeting agendas:
Rural Preservation Program Documents
Program Development History
Over the last 20 years Town Residents have affirmed many times that preserving the rural character of Dunkirk is of high importance. In response to the citizen interest in 2016 a volunteer committee was formed to evaluate possibilities as well as inform and educate residents. The committee was chaired by Ingrid West and included Brett Olson, Bill Delehanty, James Danky, Cindy Diehl and Chris Horton.
On April 2, 2019, Town residents were given the opportunity to vote on whether they would support a plan to fund a program. Residents were specifically asked if they would support an assessment that would be used to build a program that would purchase development rights of land from landowners, preserving the land for agriculture and natural areas.
Town residents approved the program by a significant margin - nearly 62% of Town residents voted in favor and 38% opposed.
List Informational Meetings held:
Dunkirk July 2018 Survey Information
In an attempt to gauge citizen interest in funding a rural preservation program, the town of Dunkirk mailed a survey to all town residents in July 2018. The survey had a 26.5% response rate. Of that, 70% indicated that they were in favor of a referendum and raising taxes for the program.
General Information
Cost of Community Services Studies
Many studies show that agricultural and open space uses greatly reduce the tax burden on residents as compared to residential and commercial uses. Cost of Community Services studies are a case study approach used to determine the fiscal contribution of existing local land uses. The following links are to local studies and studies done in communities across the United States that look at the relationship between revenues generated by various land uses and the tax burden that servicing each use places on the tax payers of a community.
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Annexations - 2000 - 2016 | Comprehensive Plan | Stoughton ETJ 2016 |
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Program Application Information:
Information for Initial Landowner Meetings:
Rural Preservation Commission:
The Rural Preservation Commission oversees the Town's Rural Preservation Program.
Meeting agendas:
Meeting minutes:
Rural Preservation Program Documents
Program Development History
Over the last 20 years Town Residents have affirmed many times that preserving the rural character of Dunkirk is of high importance. In response to the citizen interest in 2016 a volunteer committee was formed to evaluate possibilities as well as inform and educate residents. The committee was chaired by Ingrid West and included Brett Olson, Bill Delehanty, James Danky, Cindy Diehl and Chris Horton.
On April 2, 2019, Town residents were given the opportunity to vote on whether they would support a plan to fund a program. Residents were specifically asked if they would support an assessment that would be used to build a program that would purchase development rights of land from landowners, preserving the land for agriculture and natural areas.
Town residents approved the program by a significant margin - nearly 62% of Town residents voted in favor and 38% opposed.
List of Informational Meetings held:
Dunkirk July 2018 Survey Information
In an attempt to gauge citizen interest in funding a rural preservation program, the town of Dunkirk mailed a survey to all town residents in July 2018. The survey had a 26.5% response rate. Of that, 70% indicated that they were in favor of a referendum and raising taxes for the program.
General Information
Cost of Community Services Studies
Many studies show that agricultural and open space uses greatly reduce the tax burden on residents as compared to residential and commercial uses. Cost of Community Services studies are a case study approach used to determine the fiscal contribution of existing local land uses. The following links are to local studies and studies done in communities across the United States that look at the relationship between revenues generated by various land uses and the tax burden that servicing each use places on the tax payers of a community.
Stoughton Land Use Maps
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Annexations - 2000 - 2016 | Comprehensive Plan | Stoughton ETJ 2016 |
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