But anyone looking for a telling example of a landowner who has taken advantage of this generous tax status need look no further than Colorado’s incoming governor. John Hickenlooper owns 225 acres in the mountains of Park County. His annual property-tax bill, according to county assessor records: $75.
looks like you will be able to make a case then if you are agricultural. you can use him as one of your comps. but i can already hear the assessor's office saying but that is in a different area. but worth checking out.
it is interesting that agriculture is a state thing and even though you may have two equal properties, one gets taxed residential and the other agricultural and the county says they can't do anything about that. so best to find out what is required for agriculture. or go the route of the tree farm - mitigation or reforesting.
i know that one person who has a ranch looks outside his area and has been able to argue that those comps should be included and has had his assessment changed.
bumper sticker - honk if you will pay my mortgage
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
