CONSERVATION USE definition

CONSERVATION USE means the use of land for a comprehensive management and maintenance program whose goal is the preservation, protection and improvement of the components of the natural environment.

CONSERVATION USE means the use of the land and/or water for the purpose of planned management of natural resources; (2011-136)

CONSERVATION USE. (bewaringsgebruik) means the use or maintenance of land in its natural state with the object of preserving the biophysical characteristics of that land, including flora and fauna living on the land, or the use and conservation of buildings and their environment with a degree of cultural, aesthetic or historical significance, as determined by Council;

Examples of CONSERVATION USE in a sentence

• Since that time, the number of taxpayers participating in this special assessment program has steadily declined; a result of the increase in fair market values at the local level and the advantages of Conservation Use Valuation.

• For example, agricultural property owners qualifying for Conservation Use Assessment are afforded an exemption equal to the difference between 7 market value and current use value, while the property of residential, commercial, industrial, and other classes of taxpayers is assessed at fair market value only.

• Conservation Use Valuation Since the implementation of Conservation Use Valuation4 in 1992, the number of parcels in this program has risen steadily.

• Tables 7 and 8, and Figures 19 and 20 depict the impact of Conservation Use Valuation.

• One significant difference between this program and the Conservation Use Assessment is the provision for the General Assembly to make an annual appropriation for forest land conservation use assistance grants to counties to offset the revenue shift resulting from properties entered in this program.

More Definitions of CONSERVATION USE

CONSERVATION USE means the preservation, protection and/or improvement of the components of the natural environment through management and maintenance for both the individual and society's uses, both in the present and in the future.

CONSERVATION USE means the use of land dedicated towards the protection, stewardship and management of natural heritage features and functions, hydrological features and functions, ecological features and functions, and for the purposes of this By-law, includes the structures of a public authority used only for managing the resource and for managing natural hazards, such as flood and slope control.

CONSERVATION USE. - means any activity carried out for the purpose of conserving soils, water, vegetation, fish, shellfish, including wildlife sanctuaries and similar uses to the foregoing.

CONSERVATION USE. (bewaringsgebruik) means the use or maintenance of land in its natural state with the object of preserving the biophysical characteristics of that land, including flora and fauna living on the land, or

CONSERVATION USE in principle means the use or maintenance of land in its natural state or rehabilitation to its natural state. However, the tender site is a disturbed transformed site that is not intended as a conservation site but the site includes patches of milkwood trees which require protection due to its endangered species classification and these trees could quite feasibly be incorporated into the site layout plan and the landscaping of the site.

CONSERVATION USE means a use related to the preservation of natural resources or the natural environment.

CONSERVATION USE means a use which preserves, protects or improves any feature of the natural environment through a program of maintenance and management administered by a Conservation