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1. Number of landowners enrolled; <br />2. Number of acres enrolled; <br />3. Number of acres certified during the reporting period; <br />4. Number of acres denied during the reporting period; <br />5. Number of acres for which applications are pending; <br />6. Copies of any amendments to the ordinance; and <br />7. Any other information the Advisory Board deems useful. <br />ARTICLE XVII <br />LEGAL PROVISIONS <br />A. Severability <br />If any article, section, subsection, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is for any <br />reason found invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such <br />decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. <br />B. Amendments <br />This ordinance maybe amended from time to time by the Board of Commissioners. <br />ARTICLE XVIII <br />PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS <br />A. As provided in the N.C. General Statutes, Section 106-744, and included in the County's <br />Lands Legacy Program, Orange County may, with the voluntary consent of landowners, <br />acquire by purchase agricultural conservation easements on qualifying farmland as <br />defined in this ordinance and located within a Voluntary Agricultural District as defined <br />in 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, this 24th <br />day of March, 1992. <br />Amended: 9/22/92; 5/24/93; 4/17/00, 6/23/05. <br />ARTICLE XIX <br />ENACTMENT <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts and enacts the preceding <br />articles and sections of this ordinance. <br />14 <br />