ATTENTION: FAUQUIER FARMERS & AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE IN DANGER Fauquier County government officials are at it again in a Please let's make our voices hear their meeting on Sept to the Board of Supervisors at supposedly agricultural friendly community! First it was Martha Boneta with her farm in Paris, Virginia Now they are moving on to other farmers in the county. On August 16, 2018, the planning commission recommended approval for a text amendment to the zoning ordinance that would RESTR us to bring in from off-site or from other farms the amount of manure and/or bio-solids needed to fertilize fields and/or soil to build a fam or to level out existing fields to increase fauquiercounty gov: Mary Leigh McDani crop area which would increase yield and have better manageable fields to cut hay, nor makeit easier to plant and harvest or for livestock to get around easier. This would also not allow us to fill in old livestock ponds no longer needed tomaryleigh.mcdaniel@ fauquiercounty gov make a better mre productive use of that area which up until now we hadaby Rick Gerhardt in the Cedar Run District of the Board, Christopher Butler in the Lee District chris.butler Vice Chair in the Marshall District ht use of our land to do with what we saw fit and suited us. Now the county wants to step in and regulate what we can do with our own property which as previously stated, is a by-right use and take that away from us and require tormwater management plans and engineered erosion and sediment control a rick.gerhardtfauquiercounty.gov Chris Granger in the Center District chris.grangerafauquiercounty.gov; or Holder Trumbo in the Scott District holder.trumbo fauquicrcounty.gov; as well as our County Administrator Paul hat is going to be next?Ho many rows of co you can grow in one yecCulla paul.mcculla@ fauquiercounty.gov or your Virginia Delegate Mike How many yards of sod you can harvest in one year? Or how many cattle you Webert DelMWebert@ house.virginia gov or Delegate Elizabeth Guzman can raise in one year on your property? This is not good for any of us as this will be used as a stepping stone to take more of our by-rights away and constrict us to what they feel is fit for our own property DelEGuzman@ house.virginia.gov or your Fauquier Farm Bureau board member John Schied john.schied@ fauquicrcounty gov PAID ADVERTISEMENT BY FARMERS OF CATLETT AND MIDLAND