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14 <br />PART I - GENERAL ORDINANCES <br />Chapter 48 - VOLUNTARY FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM <br />Sec. 48 -13. - Subdivision regulations and zoning ordinance review. <br />Developers of major subdivisions or planned unit developments shall designate on any final plats to be <br />recorded the existence of the Agricultural Districts within one aerial mile(s) of the proposed <br />development. <br />(Ord. of 03 -24 -1992, Art. XIII, eff. 04 -01 -1992; Amend. of 06 -23 -2005, eff. 06 -23 -2005; Amend. of <br />04 -20 -2010, eff. 04 -20 -2010) <br />Sec. 48 -14. - Waiver of water and sewer assessments. <br />(a) Abeyance. Water and sewer assessments for systems owned or operated by Orange County shall <br />be held in abeyance, without interest, for farms in an Agricultural District, until improvements on such <br />property are connected to the water or sewer system for which the assessment was made. <br />(b) Termination of abeyance. When the period of abeyance ends, the assessment is payable in <br />accordance with the terms set out in the assessment resolution. <br />(c) Suspension of statute of limitations. Statutes of limitations are suspended during the time that any <br />assessment is held in abeyance without interest. <br />(d) Other statutory abeyance procedures Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the authority <br />of the County to hold assessments in abeyance under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A -201, or other applicable <br />law. <br />(e) Conflict with water and /or sewer system construction and improvements grants. To the extent that <br />this section conflicts with the terms of federal, state, or other grants under which county water and /or <br />sewer systems are constructed this Section shall not apply. <br />(Ord. of 03 -24 -1992, Art. XIV, eff. 04 -01 -1992; Amend. of 06 -23 -2005, eff. 06 -23 -2005; Amend. of <br />04 -20 -2010, eff. 04 -20 -2010) <br />Sec. 48 -15. - County land use planning. <br />(a) Duty of the board. It shall be the duty of the <br />Agriculture, Parks and Recreation to advise the Board <br />activities of the county's Agricultural District prograi <br />maintenance of agricultural Districts with the County's <br />County Comprehensive Plan. <br />Board and the Department of Environment, <br />of Commissioners on the status, progress, and <br />n and to also coordinate the formation and <br />comprehensive planning and elements of the <br />(b) Posting of notice. The following notice, of a size and form suitable for posting, shall be posted in <br />the office of the Register of Deeds and may be posted in other County offices such as the vestibule of <br />the West Campus Office Building. <br />Orange County has established Agricultural Districts to protect and preserve agricultural lands and <br />activities. These districts have been developed and mapped by the County to inform all <br />purchasers of real property that certain agricultural and forestry activities, including standard <br />agricultural practices that may occur in these districts in accord with Federal, State and local <br />ordinances and laws. Maps and information on the location and establishment of these districts <br />can be obtained from the Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation. <br />(Ord. of 03 -24 -1992, Art. XV, eff. 04 -01 -1992; Amend. of 06 -23 -2005, eff. 06 -23 -2005; Amend. of <br />Orange County, North Carolina, Code of Ordinances <br />Page 11 of 13 <br />