Transfer of Development Rights to Support REPI
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About This Case Study
The communities of Churchill County, Nevada and Beaufort County, South Carolina face similar challenges: growth is transforming the rural character of their communities and risking the viability of the military installations located there. In response, the counties developed programs to transfer development rights from sensitive areas to locations better able to accommodate growth. As a result of their efforts, Churchill County has protected almost 4,000 acres of agricultural land adjacent to Naval Air Station Fallon while incompatible development will be limited on 1,403 properties within Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort’s Air Installation Compatibility Use Zone.
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