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Excerpt from NC General Statutes Part 3. Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Districts. § 106 - 743.1. Enhanced voluntary agricultural districts. (a) A county or a municipality may adopt an ordinance establishing an enhanced voluntary agricultural district. An ordinance adopted pursuant to this Part shall provide: (1) For the establishment of an enhanced voluntary agricultural district that initially consists of at least the number of contiguous acres of agricultural land, and forestland and horticultural land that is part of a qualifying farm under G.S. 106 -737 or the number of qualifying farms deemed appropriate by the governing board of the county or city adopting the ordinance. (2) For the formation of the enhanced voluntary agricultural district upon the execution of a conservation agreement, as defined in G.S. 121 -35, that meets the condition set forth in G.S. 106 -743.2 by the landowners of the requisite acreage to sustain agriculture in the enhanced voluntary agricultural district. (3) That the form of the agreement under subdivision (2) of this subsection be reviewed and approved by an agricultural advisory board established under G.S. 106 -739, or other governing board of the county or city that adopted the ordinance. (4) That each enhanced voluntary agricultural district have a representative on the agricultural advisory board established under G.S. 106 -739. (b) The purpose of establishing an enhanced voluntary agricultural district is to allow a county or a city to provide additional benefits to farmland beyond that available in a voluntary agricultural district established under Part 2 of this Article, when the owner of the farmland agrees to the condition imposed under G.S. 106 - 743.2. The county or city that adopted the ordinance may take any action it deems appropriate to encourage the formation of these districts and to further their purposes and objectives. (c) A county ordinance adopted pursuant to this Part is effective within the unincorporated areas of the county. A city ordinance adopted pursuant to this Part is effective within the corporate limits of the city. A city may amend its ordinances in accordance with G.S. 160A -383.2 with regard to agricultural districts within its planning jurisdiction. (d) A county or city ordinance adopted pursuant to this Part may be adopted simultaneously with the creation of a voluntary agricultural district pursuant to G.S. 106 -738. (2005 -390, s. 5.) § 106 - 743.2. Conservation agreements for farmland in enhanced voluntary agricultural districts; limitation. A conservation agreement entered into between a county or city and a landowner pursuant to G.S. 106- 743.1(a)(2) shall be irrevocable for a period of at least 10 years from the date the agreement is executed. At the end of its term, a conservation agreement shall automatically renew for a term of three years, unless notice of termination is given in a timely manner by either party as prescribed in the ordinance establishing the enhanced voluntary agricultural district. The benefits set forth in this Part shall be available to the farmland that is the subject of the conservation agreement for the duration of the conservation agreement. (2005 -390, s. 5.) § 106 - 743.3. Enhanced voluntary agricultural districts entitled to all benefits of voluntary agricultural districts. The provisions of G.S. 106 -739 through G.S. 106 -741 and G.S. 106 -743 apply to an enhanced voluntary agricultural district under this Part, to an ordinance adopted under this Part, and to any person, entity, or farmland subject to this Part in the same manner as they apply under Part 2 of this Article. (2005 -390, s. 5.) § 106 - 743.4. Enhanced voluntary agricultural districts; additional benefits. (a) Property that is subject to a conservation agreement under G.S. 106 -743.2 that remains in effect may receive up to twenty -five percent (25 %) of its gross sales from the sale of nonfarm products and still 9