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11 <br />written report to the Commissioner of Agriculture including the status, progress, and <br />activities of the County's farmland preservation program, which report may include <br />voluntary agricultural districting information regarding: <br />1. Number of landowners involved in the program; <br />2. Number of acres for which qualifying farmland certification has been applied for; <br />Number of acres certified as qualifying farmland; <br />4. Number of acres denied certification as qualifying farmland; and <br />5. Number of districts in Orange County. <br />C. Copies of the reports cited in Section XI.B. above may be sent to the Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners and any other entities the Board deems appropriate. <br />Section XII - PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS <br />As provided in the N.C. General Statutes, Section 106 -744, Orange County may, with the <br />voluntary consent of landowners, acquire by purchase agricultural conservation easements over <br />qualifying farmland as defined in Section V.D. of this ordinance and located within a voluntary <br />agricultural district as defined in Section V.C. of this ordinance. <br />This ordinance shall be effective from and after April 1, 1992. <br />Duly adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Orange, North Carolina, <br />this 24th day of March, 1992. <br />Revised <br />11 <br />