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W SAMPLE AGREEMENT Attachment 5 NORTH CAROLINA CONSERVATION AGREEMENT FOR ORANGE COUNTY VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT PROGRAM Orange County and the undersigned real property owners ( "Owner ") enter into this Conservation Agreement for a Voluntary Agriculture District covering the property identified as xxxxxx Farm with multiple parcel identification numbers of the property: PIN xxxxxxxxxxxx, PIN xxxxxxxxxx, as shown on the attached maps labeled Exhibit A and Exhibit B. The parties understand and agree that this Agreement is being entered into to protect farmland, horticultural land and /or forestland in Orange County as contemplated by North Carolina General Statutes Article 61 Chapter 106, and the Orange County Code of Ordinances Chapter 48, the "Voluntary Farmland Protection Ordinance, adopted on April 1, 1992 and last amended on June 23, 2005 (hereinafter the "Ordinance "), and to permit such property to qualify for the benefits granted by these laws and ordinances. Owner acknowledges that Owner has the read the laws and the Ordinance and during the term of this Agreement, Owner agrees to prohibit non -farm use of Owner's property subject to this Agreement except as permitted by the above mentioned laws and the Ordinance. This Agreement shall extend for a period of ten (10) years from the date of its execution and is automatically renewed if not terminated for an additional ten (10) years. The Agreement may be revoked by Owner at any time, with thirty (30) days written notice to the Agricultural Preservation Board, or its designee, or the Orange County Clerk. Orange County may revoke this Agreement if the Owner is noncompliant with this Agreement or the applicable laws and ordinances. [The rest of this page was left blank intentionally. Signature pages to follow.] Orange County VAD Agreement