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8 <br /> PART|-GENERAL ORDINANCES <br /> Chapter 4O-VOLUNTARY FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM <br /> become effective upon implementation as provided in this Section. The boundaries of each Region are <br /> identified as follows and are depicted on the map which is Exhibit A to this Ordinance: <br /> /1\ Cedar Grove, <br /> (2) HighRoch/EOand. <br /> (3) ConeCraeh/Buokhonn' <br /> (4) White Cross, <br /> (5) New Hope, <br /> (0) Schley/Eno, <br /> (7) Co|dvve|i <br /> 8d Implementation. <br /> (1) In order to implement the purposes stated in Gaubon 48-3. this program provides for the <br /> creation of Voluntary Agricultural Districts that meet the following standard: <br /> (2) The 'District or Enhanced District shall consist of o minimum of one or more Certified <br /> Qualifying Farms. <br /> /3U Farmland that does not meet the minimum acreage requirement tobe certified but that meets <br /> all other certification qualifications may be added to an existing District or Enhanced District upon <br /> execution by the owner and the recording of a conservation agreement between the County and <br /> the owner. <br /> (4) All land enrolled in e F<egiVn, defined in Section 48-6/a1' above' ahoU be pad of a single <br /> diatrict, whether enrolled in the District or the Enhanced District. If a single fonn has acreage in <br /> two or more magiono, the farm shall participate in the district where the largest acreage is found. All <br /> land in a region as defined in Section 48-6(a). obove, shall be treated as a single district whether <br /> enrolled in the District or the Enhanced District. <br /> (c) Education. The County may take such action as it deems appropriate through the Board or other <br /> entities or individuals to encourage the formation of the Districts or the Enhanced Districts and to further <br /> their purposes and objectives, including the implementation of public information programs to <br /> reasonably inform landowners ofthe agricultural district program. <br /> (d) Addition and withdrawal. <br /> (1) Qualifying farmland in a Region shall be added to the Agricultural District as provided in this <br /> Ordinance. <br /> (2) In the event that one or more Certified {}uoUfvin0 Fomna in the AohuU|tuno| District withdraws <br /> and the acreage in the District or Enhanced District becomes |eom than the minimum aomaoQe <br /> required or results in the remaining land being noncontiguous. any Agricultural District will <br /> continue to exist so long as there is one Certified Qualifying Farm in the Agricultural District. <br /> (Ord. of 03-24-1902' Art. V|. eff. 04-01-1892; Amend. of 04-17-2000. eff. 04-17'2000; Amend. of <br /> 08-23-2005. eff. 08-23-2005; Amend. of 64-20-2010, ef[ 04-20-2010) <br /> Orange County, North Carolina,Code ofOrdinances <br /> Page 5of13 <br />