FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM
Application for the Purchase of Development Rights
Instructions to the Applicant:
Please answer all questions as fully as possible. Complete information will
improve your chances for selection and the purchase price paid to you for the
property's development rights.
You may attach additional sheets if necessary to fully answer a question.
Please attach
copies of all deeds, surveys, and lot certifications which describe the
property.
If any item is inapplicable, please mark it "N/A".
Remember, this is an application to sell or donate development rights to The
Town of Bayfield and place a conservation easement on the property. After
the sale of the development rights and approval of the conservation easement,
the use and development of the property will be permanently restricted
according to the terms of the easement.
Together with this application, you should have received the following
information:
1. Procedure for Sale of Development Rights
2. Criteria for Ranking PDR Applications
3. PDR
Funding Formula
Please contact the Bayfield Regional Conservancy Director at (715) 779-5263 if
you have any questions.
Mail the completed application to:
Bayfield Regional
Conservancy
P.O. Box 410
Bayfield, WI 54814
A. APPLICANT INFORMATION --OWNER(S) OF THE LAND
1. Legal Name: ___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
2. Mailing address:
________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
3. Property address, if different from mailing address:
_____________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
4. Telephone: __________________5. Fax: _______________ 6. E-mail
_____________
7. Social Security Number for each owner or tax identification number for
business: _____
_______________________________________________________________________
8. Farm Name, Corporate or Business Name:
___________________________________
9. Type of legal entity:
[ ] individual
[ ] proprietorship
[ ] corporation incorporated in
the State of _____________________________
[ ] general partnership created
in the State of ____________________________
[ ] limited partnership created
in the State of _____________________________
[ ] limited liability company
created in the State of _________________________
10. Contact Person at Applicant's organization (optional):
Legal Name
__________________________________________________
Mailing address
____________________________________________________
Telephone __________________Fax
_________________E-mail ____________
11. Legal counsel representing Applicant (optional):
Name
____________________________________________________________
Mailing address
____________________________________________________
Telephone
____________________________Fax _________________________
12. Are there are any material facts or circumstances (e.g., pending
litigation, bankruptcy, etc.) relating to any of the parties to the proposed
transaction which have not been described and may potentially affect the
transaction?
[ ]No
[ ]Yes If Yes, please
explain: ___________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
B. PROPERTY INFORMATION
1. What is the Bayfield County Zoning Plan Designation? _____________________
2. Please attach a legal description of the land, recent title reports, and
copies of any existing survey maps of the property.
3. Please list all parcel property tax numbers and their respective acreage:
4. Are there are any existing easements for access, utilities, or any other
purposes?
[ ]No
[ ]Yes If Yes, please
describe: ___________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
5. Please list all lien holders (mortgagees, deeds of trust, lessees, or other
encumbrances). Lien holders will be required to subordinate their mortgage or
deed of trust to the conservation easement:
____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
C. LAND USE INFORMATION
1. Please describe the agricultural use of the land, including orchard and
fruit crop, number and types of livestock, forage crops, forest products,
specialty crops, etc.: ____________
______________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
2. Please breakdown property by acreage:
| Orchard or perennial fruit crop | _____ |
| Tillable cropland | _____ |
| Nursery or flower crop | _____ |
| Pasture or hay crop | _____ |
| Maple Sugar Bush | _____ |
| Woodland | _____ |
| Land in dwellings and farm buildings | _____ |
| Wetlands and/or other critical areas | _____ |
| Other | _____ |
3. Please identify soil and water conservation practices and plans in effect on
the property:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4. Please identify all residences and buildings on the property:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
5. Is a municipal sewer service available at the property?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
If No, then please indicate the
distance from the property to the nearest sewer line:
[
] within 1,500 feet
[
] 1,500 to 2,500 feet
[
] 2,500-4,000 feet
[
] greater than 4,000 feet
6. Is the property in proximity to other protected lands. Please
describe:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
D. OTHER SITE SELECTION INFORMATION
1. Total acres offered for easement sale:
2. Are there any properties adjacent to your land that are subject to existing
conservation easements, variance or plat restrictions, or public owned open
space?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
If No, then please indicate the
distance from your land to another property with the above
restrictions:
[
] within 1,500 feet
[
] 1,500 to 2,500 feet
[
] greater than 2,500 feet
3. Are there any anticipated or pending offers to purchase the land and convert
it to a non- agricultural use.
[ ] No
[ ] Yes. If Yes, please
describe:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4. Please indicate which payment option you prefer:
[ ] installment purchase
[ ] cash payment
5. Please indicate, if at this time, you are interested in selling your
development rights for less than their full value. A 5% sale value
owner-match is requested. An owner-match contribution greater than 5%
will enhance your application.
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] maybe
E. EXECUTION OF THE APPLICATION
It is understood that the above information is submitted in good faith, based
on present expectations of the Applicant, to aid the Application Selection
Committee of Bayfield Township in its consideration of this application for the
sale of a conservation easement to The Town of Bayfield, Bayfield County,
Wisconsin.
The information in this application and supporting documents is true and
complete to the best of my/our knowledge and is submitted for the purpose of
the sale of a conservation easement to The Town of Bayfield, Wisconsin.
I/We understand that this application is subject to review by the Application
Selection Committee, and the Board of Supervisors for The Town of Bayfield in
order to properly evaluate and process this application. I/We agree to allow
program staff of the Bayfield Regional Conservancy and Application Selection
Committee members enter our property with advance notice.
Dated at _________________________, on the day of_________20____.
(City_________________________________) (State________________)
Name and Signature of Landowner ______________________________________
Name and Signature of Landowner ______________________________________
Name and signature of Landowner _______________________________________
Name and signature of Landowner _______________________________________
Please note: All landowners of record must sign the application in order
for it to he considered complete.
