1999 S ERCD - Agricultural Conservation Agreement Hurley T Tate - 09-07-1999 - 8c

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/~i~F 9 7- Y3 'MAIL T0: BEVERLY BLYTHE/ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT ~~~ '~~( THIS AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made this day of 199 by Hurley T. Tate ("Grantor") and between Orange County, a North Carolina unit of local government ("Grantee"). WITNESSETH: ~8 ~-8- 6a- ~aS~ WHEREAS, the Gran~is the sole owner in fee simple of certain real property in Orange County, North Carolina, more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by this reference (the "Property"); and WHEREAS, the Property possesses conservation. values of great importance to the Grantors, the people of Orange County, and the people of the State of North Carolina; and WHEREAS, Grantor intends that the conservation values of the Property be preserved and maintained by the continuation of land use patterns, including, without limitation, those related to agriculture use existing at the time of this Agreement, that do not significantly impair or interfere with those values; and WHEREAS, Grantee is a North Carolina unit of local government seeking to preserve and protect land in its agricultural condition pursuant to the laws of the State of North Carolina, and, in particular, by the Farmland Preservation Enabling Act (Chapter 106, Article 61) and by the Historic Preservation and Conservation Agreements Act (Chapter 121, Article 4) of the North Carolina General Statutes, and pursuant to the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Agricultural Districts Advisory Board ("Board") certified the Property as qualifying farmland pursuant to the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance on 1999; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners designated the Property as a Voluntary Agricultural District ("District") pursuant to the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance on ; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual covenants, terms, conditions, and restrictions contained herein, Grantor hereby voluntarily agrees to preserve and protect the conservation values of the Property for a period not to exceed ten (10) years from the date of this agreement. FILED 15 FEES ~OQO, at 09:47:39am E~ook. 204, Page 301 - 308 Jcsyce H. Pearson Register of Deeds, Orange County, C•I. C.