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10 <br /> 1 � T'he District or Enhanced District shall consist of a minimum of one or more <br /> 2 Certified Qualifying Farms. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Farmland that does not meet the minimum acreage requirement to be certified but that meets <br /> 5 all other certification qualifications may be added to an existing District or Enhanced <br /> 6 District upon execution by the owner and the recording of a conservation agreement <br /> 7 between the County and the owner. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Alt land enrolled in a Region.defined in Section V�A above, shail be oart of a sin�le <br /> 10 district,whether enrolled in the District or the Enhanced District if a sin�le farm has <br /> i l acrea�e in two or more re�ions, the farm shall particiaate in the district where the <br /> 12 lar�est acrea�e is found. AI[land in a re�ion as defined in Section VI A above, shatl <br /> 13 be treated as a sin�le district whether enrolled in the District or the Enhanced Destrict <br /> 14 <br /> 15 C. Education <br /> 16 <br /> 17 The County may take such action as it deems appropriate through the Board or other entities <br /> 18 � or individuals to encourage the formation of the Districts or the Enhanced Districts and to <br /> 19 fiuther their purposes and objectives, including the implementation of public information <br /> 2o programs to reasonably inform landowners of the agricultural district program. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 D. Addition and Withdrawal <br /> 23 <br /> 24 I 1. Qualifying farmland in a Re�ion shall be added to t� Agricultural DistriCt as+-,,,,.-- Formatted:Font:sold <br /> 25 PiOVldOd lri tl]1S OI'dlI13riCC. ' Formatted:Indent:Left: 0.5^, <br /> 26 Hanging: 0.5" <br /> 27 2. In the event that one or more Certified Qualifying Farms in the A�ricultural District <br /> 28 withdraws and the acreage in the District or Enhanced District becomes less than <br /> 29 the minimum acreage required or results in the remainin� land bein� <br /> 3o nonconti�uous,,a,t�,y Agricultural District will continue to e7cist so long,_as_there_is ��-- �eieted:, <br /> 31 one Certified Qualifying Fann in the A�ricultural District. ' �eietea: vo��� ; <br /> 32 <br /> 33 ARTICLE VII <br /> 34 CERTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION OF FARMLAND <br /> 35 <br /> 36 I A. �Z�uII'eTrieritS ,_- Formatted:Underline � <br /> _._...._..._.__...._...- ------------- ----------._.,_.--------- -...--- --------.. . <br /> 37 <br /> 38 To secure County certification as qualifying fannland(Certified Qualifying Farm),a fann must: . <br /> 39 <br /> 40 � 1. Be located in the unincornorated area of Oran�e Countv ,.-- ueietea:cons�coram;�,�orzo_� <br /> 41 ------------------ <br /> contiguousacres <br /> 42 2. Be participating in the farm present-use-value taxation program, for aericulture, <br /> 43 I horticulture or forestrv,established by N.C.G.S. §105-277.2 through §105-277.7, <br /> 44 or is otherwise determined by the county to meet a11 the qualifications of this <br /> 45 program set forth in G.S. 105-2773 ; <br /> 46 <br /> Draft Revisions-6 <br />