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10 <br />1 ~ The District or Enhanced District shall consist of a minimum of one or more <br />2 Certified Qualifying Farms. <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />Familand that does not meet the minimum acreage requirement to be certified but that meets <br />all other certification qualifications may be added to an existing District or Enhanced <br />District upon execution by the owner and the recording of a conservation agreement <br />between the County and the owner. <br />Alt land enrolled in a Region defined in Section VI.A, above, shall be Dart of a single <br />district, whether enrolled in the District or the Enhanced District. If a single farm has <br />acreage in two or more regions the farm shall participate in the district where the <br />largest acreage is found All land in a region as defined in Section VI.A. above, shall <br />be treated as a sin le district v-•hether enrolled in the District or the Enhanced District <br />C. ucation <br />The County may take such action as it deems appropriate through the Board or other entities <br />or individuals to encourage the formation of the Districts or the Enhanced Districts and to <br />further their purposes and objectives, including the implementation of public information <br />programs to reasonably inform landowners of the agricultwal district program. <br />D. Addition and Withdrawal <br />1. Qualifying farmland in a Region shall be added to t, he _A~ricultur_a_t D_i_st_ri_c_t_a_s~_,.. - Formattea: Font eow <br />provided in this Ordinance. ~ Formatted: rodent left oS", <br />Hanging: 0.5" <br />2. In the event that one or more Certified Qualifying Farms in the Agricultural District <br />withdraws and the acreage in the District or Enhanced District becomes less than <br />the minimum acreage required or results in the remaining land being <br />nonconti~ous.,agy Ap~ricultural District will continue to exist so long as there is_;_- uer~ed:, <br />------------------------- <br />one Certified Qualifying Farm in the Agricultural District. ~' aerated: vurmOr <br />ARTICLE VII . <br />CERTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION OF FARMLAND <br />A. Requirements ,..- Formatted: th:dersne <br />To se~ctire County certification as qualifying farmland (Certified Qualifying Farm), a farm must: <br />Be located in the unincorporated area of Orange Countya _- oereted• Coorutofaadnimumot20- <br />------------------' condguoncea:es <br />2. Be participating in the farm present-use-value taxation program, for• agriculture, <br />horticulture or forestry, established by N.C.G.S. §105-277.2 through §105-277.7, <br />or is otherwise determined by the county to meet all the qualifications of this <br />program set forth in G.S. 105-277.3 ; <br />Draft Revisions - 6 <br />