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ORD- 2013 -018 <br />Attachment 2 4 <br />PART I - GENERAL ORDINANCES <br />Chapter 48 - VOLUNTARY FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM <br />Chapter 48 - VOLUNTARY FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM 1511 <br />(51) Editor's note— Ord. of June 23, 2005, revised the former Ch. 48, §§ 48- 1- 48 -12, and enacted a new Ch. 48 <br />as set out herein. The former Ch. 48 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. of Mar. 24, 1992, <br />§§ I —XII, eff. Apr. 1, 1992; Ord. of Sept. 22, 1992; Ord. of Feb. 22, 1993; Ord. of May 24, 1993; Ord. of June 1, <br />1999, §§ II I —V, VI I; Ord. of Apr. 17, 2000. <br />Sec. 48 -1. - Title. <br />Sec. 48 -2. - Authority. <br />Sec. 48 -3. - Purpose. <br />Sec. 48 -4. - Definitions. <br />Sec. 48 -5. - Agricultural preservation board. <br />Sec. 48 -6. - Creation of voluntary agricultural districts and enhanced voluntary agricultural districts. <br />Sec. 48 -7. - Certification and qualification of farmland. <br />Sec. 48 -8. - Application, approval, and appeal procedure. <br />Sec. 48 -9. - Revocation and renewal of conservation agreement. <br />Sec. 48 -10. - Additional enhanced agricultural district benefits. <br />Sec. 48 -11. - Public hearings. <br />Sec. 48 -12. - Notification. <br />Sec. 48 -13. - Subdivision regulations and zoning ordinance review. <br />Sec. 48 -14. - Waiver of water and sewer assessments. <br />Sec. 48 -15. - County land use planning. <br />Sec. 48 -16. - Consultation authority. <br />Sec. 48 -17. - North Carolina Agency Notification. <br />Sec. 48 -18. - Legal provisions. <br />Sec. 48 -19. - Purchase of agricultural conservation easements. <br />Sec. 48 -20. - Effective and adoption dates. <br />Sec. 48 -21. - Enactment. <br />Sec. 48 -1. - Title. <br />An ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina, entitled, <br />"Voluntary Farmland Protection Ordinance." <br />(Ord. of 03 -24 -1992, Art. I, eff. 04 -01 -1992) <br />Sec. 48 -2. - Authority. <br />The articles and sections of this ordinance are adopted pursuant to authority conferred by the N.C. <br />Gen. Stat. §§ 106 -735 through 106 -744 and Chapter 153A. <br />(Ord. of 03 -24 -1992, Art. II, eff. 04 -01 -1992) <br />Sec. 48 -3. - Purpose. <br />Through its plans, ordinances and other programs, it is the expressed policy of Orange County to <br />conserve, protect and encourage the preservation and improvement of agricultural land within the <br />County boundaries as a critical component of the County's cultural and rural character and its economy <br />by virtue of the production of food, fiber and other products. The purpose of this Ordinance is to reduce <br />Orange County, North Carolina, Code of Ordinances <br />Page 1 of 13 <br />