ORD-2005-120 - Proposed Revisions to Voluntary Farmland Protection Ordinance (VFPO)

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of the Voluntary Agricultural District established. The District and each requisite conservation easement will be identified on the County GIS. B. Renewal of Conservation Agreement Prior to the expiration of the conservation agreement defined herein, the owners of the qualifying farmland may renew it for an additional 10-year period by recording with the Orange County Register of Deeds a Declaration of Renewal. Conservation agreements not renewed prior to the expiration of the 10-year. period may be renewed pursuant to a new application for qualifying farmland as provided in this Ordinance. ARTICLE IX REVOCATION OF PRESERVATION AGREEMENT By written notice to the Board, a landowner of qualifying farmland may revoke the Conservation Agreement or the Boazd may revoke the same Conservation Agreement based on noncompliance by the landowner, subject to the same provisions as contained in Article VIII for appeal of denials. Such revocation shall result in loss of qualifying farm status and loss of eligibility to participate in a District. Absent noncompliance by the landowner, neither the Board nor the Board of Commissioners shall revoke any conservation agreements prior to its expiration. ARTICLE X PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Purpose Pursuant to N.C.G.S. §106-740, no State or local public agency or governmental unit may formally initiate. any action to condemn any interest in qualifying farmland within a District until such agency or unit has requested the Board to hold a public hearing on the proposed condemnation. B. Procedure Upon receiving a request, the Board shall publish notice describing the proposed action in the appropriate newspapers of Orange County within five (5) business days of the request, and will in the same notice notify the public of a public hearing on the proposed condemnation, to be held within ten (10) days of receipt of the request. 2. The Boazd shall meet to review: