Town of South Hadley, MA
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2023-05-10
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Division 3: Policies
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Chapter 452 Restricted Land Valuation Policy
- Division 1: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 18 Elections and Elected Officials
- Ch 24 Human Rights Commission
- Ch 39 Officers and Employees
- Ch 46 Penalties and Enforcement
- Ch 61 Records and Reports
- Ch 65 Revolving Funds
- Ch 72 Town Meetings
- Ch 77 Town Property
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Alarms
- Ch 110 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 115 Amusement Devices
- Ch 120 Building Construction
- Ch 123 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 136 Residential Short-Term Rental Units
- Ch 138 Farming
- Ch 141 Fees and Charges
- Ch 142 Redemption of Tax Title Real Estate
- Ch 145 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 153 Ice Cream Truck Vendors
- Ch 158 Junk and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 166 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 171 Lighting, Outdoor
- Ch 175 Marijuana
- Ch 177 Mobile Food Vendors
- Ch 179 Nuisances
- Ch 190 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 194 Pets and Domesticated Animals
- Ch 196 Plastic Bags
- Ch 200 Stormwater Management
- Ch 207 Tag Sales
- Ch 218 Trailers
- Ch 223 Trees
- Ch 230 Vehicles
- Ch 235 Vending Machines
- Ch 237 Water
- Ch 240 Wetlands
- Ch 245 Earth Removal
- Ch 255 Zoning
- Division 2: Regulations
- Ch 300 Board of Health
- Ch 305 Conservation Commission
- Ch 310 Council on Aging
- Ch 315 Department of Public Works
- Ch 335 Library Trustees
- Ch 345 Planning Board
- Ch 350 Recreation Department
- Ch 360 Subdivision Regulations
- Division 3: Policies
- Ch 400 Benefits
- Ch 401 Certified Abutters List Fee Policy
- Ch 402 Complete Streets
- Ch 403 Criteria for Land Acquisition or Acceptance
- Ch 406 Damage Claims
- Ch 407 Deferrals/Continuations of Public Hearings
- Ch 408 Departmental Receipts and Turnover Policy
- Ch 414 House Numbers
- Ch 418 Inspectional Services
- Ch 427 Library Policies
- Ch 429 Lot Splits and Subdivision Policy
- Ch 431 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Abatement Filing Policy
- Ch 439 Personal Property Policies
- Ch 441 Personnel Policy
- Ch 451 Rear Acreage Land Valuation Policy
- Ch 452 Restricted Land Valuation Policy
- § 452-1 Policy for Forest Legacy, Agricultural Preservation Restriction, Conservation Restriction and Open Space Restriction.
- Ch 453 Social Media
- Ch 457 Trees
- Ch 460 Town Property, Use of
- Ch 472 Vehicles, Town-Owned
- Ch 478 Workplace Policy Manual
- Appendix
- Ch A500 Acceptances
- Ch A501 Special Acts Applicable to Town
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Assessors of the Town of
South Hadley 1-22-2021. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Anytime
a property is restricted by deed for any of the following programs:
Forest Legacy (FL); Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR); Conservation
Restriction (CR); Open Space Restriction; by which the use of the
property is restricted shall be valued as such restricted property.
If said restriction is recorded between January 1 and June 30 of the
calendar year, it shall take effect for assessment purposes on July
1. If said restriction is recorded between July 1 and December 31
of the calendar year, the restriction shall take effect for assessment
purposes on the following July 1. (By way of example, restriction
is recorded on February 12, 2021; restriction commences for assessment
purposes on July 1, 2021, for fiscal 2022. If the restriction is recorded
on September 12, 2021; restriction commences for assessment purposes
on July 1, 2022, for fiscal 2023.)
B.
The pricing issued annually by Division of Local Services (DLS) and recommended by the Farmland Valuation Advisory Commission (FVAC) shall be utilized in valuing these types of restricted properties without further enrollment in a Chapter 61 (Forestry), 61A (Agricultural/Horticultural) or 61B (Recreation/Open Space) program. If no pricing is available pursuant to the use of the property, the valuation methodology in such chapters (61, 61A and 61B) shall be utilized.
