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1 a ORANGECOUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date:December 17, 1996 Agenda Abstract Item#e_ SUBJECT: VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION MAPLEVIEW FARM-PROPERTY OF ROBERT P. NUTTER DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes —_No BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes__(_No ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: (1)Application Donald R. Belk (2)Vicinity Maps PIanner IUPreservation X2594 (3)Certifications: - Natural Resources Conservation Service PHONE NUMBERS: - Tax Supervisor Hillsborough 732-8181 (4)Staff Checklist Mebane 227-2031 (5)Draft Conservation Agreement Durham 688-7331 (6)Agricultural Districts Advisory Board Minutes, 11-20-96 Chapel Hill 967-9251 PURPOSE: To consider the application of Robert P. Nutter for certification of Mapleview Farm as qualifying farmland and designation as a Voluntary Agricultural District (see Attachments #1 and#2). BACKGROUND: Section IV.D.2. of the Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance permits the Agricultural Districts Advisory Board to review and approve applications for qualifying farmland and make recommendations concerning the establishment and modification of agricultural districts. Section V of the Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance contains the requirements for inclusion in a voluntary agricultural district. To be certified as qualifying farmland, a farm must: 1. Be participating in the farm present use-value taxation program established by the N.C. General Statutes, Sections 105-277.2 through 105-277.7, or is otherwise determined by the County to meet all the qualifications of this program set forth in the N.C. General Statutes, Sections 105-277.3. 2. Be certified by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture as being a farm on which at least two-thirds of the land is composed of soils that: a. Are best suited for providing food, seed, fiber, forage, timber, and oil oil seed crops; b. Have good soil qualities;