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Anoka County City of LinoLakes
<br />one acre of land has the same class rates as class 1 a property under subdivision 22. The value
<br />of the remaining land including improvements up to the first tier valuation limit of agricultural
<br />homestead property has a net class rate of 0.55 percent of market value. The remaining property
<br />over the first tier has a class rate of one percent of market value. For purposes of this subdivision,
<br />the "first tier valuation limit of agricultural homestead property" and "first tier" means the limit
<br />certified under section 273.11, subdivision 23.
<br />(b) Class 2b property is (1) real estate, rural in character and used exclusively for growing
<br />trees for timber, lumber, and wood and wood products; (2) real estate that is not improved
<br />with a structure and is used exclusively for growing trees for timber, lumber, and wood and
<br />wood products, if the owner has participated or is participating in a cost - sharing program for
<br />afforestation, reforestation, or timber stand improvement on that particular property, administered
<br />or coordinated by the commissioner of natural resources; (3) real estate that is nonhomestead
<br />agricultural land; or (4) a landing area or public access area of a privately owned public use
<br />airport. Class 2b property has a net class rate of one percent of market value.
<br />(c) Agricultural land as used in this section means contiguous acreage of ten acres or more,
<br />used during the preceding year for agricultural purposes. "Agricultural purposes" as used in this
<br />section means the raising or cultivation of agricultural products. "Agricultural purposes" also
<br />includes enrollment in the Reinvest in Minnesota program under sections 103F.501 to 103F.535
<br />or the federal Conservation Reserve Program as contained in Public Law 99 -198 if the property
<br />was classified as agricultural (i) under this subdivision for the assessment year 2002 or (ii) in the
<br />year prior to its enrollment. Contiguous acreage on the same parcel, or contiguous acreage on an
<br />immediately adjacent parcel under the same ownership, may also qualify as agricultural land,
<br />but only if it is pasture, timber, waste, unusable wild land, or land included in state or federal
<br />farm programs. Agricultural classification for property shall be determined excluding the house,
<br />garage, and immediately surrounding one acre of land, and shall not be based upon the market
<br />value of any residential structures on the parcel or contiguous parcels under the same ownership.
<br />(d) Real estate, excluding the house, garage, and immediately surrounding one acre of
<br />land, of less than ten acres which is exclusively and intensively used for raising or cultivating
<br />agricultural products, shall be considered as agricultural land.
<br />Land shall be classified as agricultural even if all or a portion of the agricultural use of that
<br />property is the leasing to, or use by another person for agricultural purposes.
<br />Classification under this subdivision is not determinative for qualifying under section
<br />273.111.
<br />The property classification under this section supersedes, for property tax purposes only,
<br />any locally administered agricultural policies or land use restrictions that define minimum
<br />or maximum farm acreage.
<br />(e) The term "agricultural products" as used in this subdivision includes production for
<br />sale of:
<br />(1) livestock, dairy animals, dairy products, poultry and poultry products, fur - bearing
<br />animals, horticultural and nursery stock, fruit of all kinds, vegetables, forage, grains, bees, and
<br />apiary products by the owner;
<br />(2) fish bred for sale and consumption if the fish breeding occurs on land zoned for
<br />agricultural use;
<br />(3) the commercial boarding of horses if the boarding is done in conjunction with raising or
<br />cultivating agricultural products as defined in clause (1);
<br />(4) property which is owned and operated by nonprofit organizations used for equestrian
<br />activities, excluding racing;
<br />(5) game birds and waterfowl bred and raised for use on a shooting preserve licensed under
<br />section 97A.115;
<br />(6) insects primarily bred to be used as food for animals;
<br />(7) trees, grown for sale as a crop, and not sold for timber, lumber, wood, or wood products;
<br />and
<br />(8) maple syrup taken from trees grown by a person licensed by the Minnesota Department
<br />of Agriculture under chapter 28A as a food processor.
<br />(f) If a parcel used for agricultural purposes is also used for commercial or industrial
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