Rewastico Pond Farm offering includes three adjacent land tracts totaling 270.81 Acres. Porter Mill Road creates the farm’s northern boundary where as Rewastico Pond and Rewastico Creek make up the southern boundary. A brick home sits on a parcel to the west of Athol Road next to Rewastico Pond and the old mill site. The shore line of Rewastico Pond offers a well defined shoreline along for pond in many areas to offer fishing and waterfowl hunting. Further north of historic dam Rewastico Pond reverts to a stream head with a narrow channel and freshwater wetlands along the stream providing freshwater wetland habitat running through the interior of the woodlands. The agricultural fields boarder both Athol and Porter Mill Road. Approximately 72 acres of tillable land make up the operation on the farm. The balance of the tracts are in woodland of varying age class and species mix. The Rewastico Creek riparian areas are dominated by hardwoods like maple and poplar. The yellow pine and larger hardwoods on the tract have not been evaluated at the time of the listing being published. To the southeast of the farm a home place improved by one level brick home. The residence has a two car garage and shop. The farm is enrolled in Maryland’s Rural Legacy Conservation Easement program. Clear and distinct subdivision rights per the easement covenants remain with the farm. The farm may be split into two ownerships per the easement covenants. The easement allows for three residential structures. Broadly agricultural land uses are permitted except for Controlled Animal Feeding Operations. (CAFO) The easement language is explicit in its myriad of land uses including forestland management and timber harvest with an approved Forest Stewardship plan in place. On the northern ag parcel a cell tower lease is in place along Porter Mill Road. Approximately $12,000 of income is realized through the cell tower lease. DO NOT ENTER THE FARM WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE LAND GROUP.
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Wicomico County
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Last updated by owner on Feb 13, 2017.
A - 1
CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA OVERLAY
Agriculture-Rural District
The purpose of the A-1 Agriculture-Rural District is to preserve areas of the County that are predominantly agricultural and to maintain the land base necessary for sustainable agricultural activity.; This district is designed to protect agriculture from incompatible residential, commercial and industrial development.; Where low-intensity residential development is allowed in the Agriculture-Rural District, density and design standards shall ensure natural resource protection and preservation of rural character.; This district shall be characterized by a mix of agricultural activities, farms and farmland, forests, open spaces and low intensity residential development or small cluster developments with significant associated open spaces.