Press release
From January 26th to February 24th a land owner may submit a request to include entire parcels of predominantly viable agricultural land within a certified New York State Agricultural District.
NYS Agricultural and Markets Law requires that the County Legislature designate an annual thirty-day time period within which a land owner may submit a request for inclusion of property within a certified agricultural district. This annual time period occurs in Genesee County from January 26th to February 24th and is exclusively designed to incorporate property which is predominantly viable agricultural land – defined by Genesee County as lands that are composed of at least 51% prime farmland soils and/or are contiguous to the main farm operation.
Applications for the inclusion of land are available online during the annual enrollment period at the Genesee County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board website: GeneseeNY.gov/Ag-District
The application must be completed by 5:00 PM on February 24th. Due to the language of the NYS Agricultural and Markets Law, no applications can be accepted before January 26th.
PLEASE NOTE: Requesting enrollment of a property during this thirty-day time period is not a guarantee that your property will be added to an existing Agricultural District, and it will not automatically qualify your property for a reduced agricultural property tax assessment. For information on obtaining a reduced agricultural property tax assessment you must contact your local assessor. Please remember, Taxable Status Date is March 1st.