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22 1 2 State law, specifically NCGS 153A-340 (b) (2) now provides 5 different options with 3 respect to how a property owner `demonstrates' the property is a farm, specifically: 4 a. A farm sales tax exemption certificate issued by the Department 5 of Revenue. 6 b. A copy of the property tax listing showing that the property is 7 eligible for participation in the present use value program 8 pursuant to G.S. 105-277.3. 9 c. A copy of the farm owner's or operator's Schedule F from the 10 owner's or operator's most recent federal income tax return. 11 d. A forest management plan. 12 e. A Farm Identification Number issued by the United States 13 Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency. 14 15 A parcel of property no longer has to be listed, or qualify for, the present use value 16 program to be considered a farm for our purposes. 17 18 As previously indicated the chief reasons staff is proposing to combine the 2 land use 19 categories into one is: 20 21 1. By State law farms are allowed anywhere. Staff does not believe we can have 22 language within the Plan which could be interpreted as limiting their location in 23 only 1 land use category. This is why such language is being eliminated. 24 2. By combining the 2 land use categories we are ensuring there is universal 25 understanding that a farm is allowed through the area covered by the Plan. 26 3. The current Joint Planning Land Use Map shows there are no properties within 27 the `Agricultural' land use category. The map provided as part of Item 7-d 28 (attachment 4) was created at the request of the Carrboro Board of Alderman and 29 is being provided for the BOCC's edification. All this map shows are the various 30 farms throughout the Rural Buffer that are part of the present use value program. 31 It is not a definitive list/map of all farm properties. It should in no way be 32 construed as a `modern' equivalent of the older map (assuming Commissioner 33 Gordon is referring to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan Map). The Joint Planning 34 Land Use Map, as previously indicated, does not specifically delineate any 35 parcels of property as being located within the `Agricultural' land use category. 36 37 38 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the proposal summary slide. He asked about the 39 proposed change to the University Lake watershed. He asked if a current property owner with 40 one house on 5 acres in the University watershed would be able to construct another dwelling, 41 or divide that parcel. 42 Michael Harvey said the ordinance establishes that any lot that legally existed prior to 43 1989, when the University Lake watershed density standards were adopted, receives a density 44 bonus, where you can have up to 5 lots at a 2 acre density. He said, in the scenario presented 45 by Commissioner Dorosin, if the lot was created in 1980 at 5 acres, the owner could create one 46 additional lot at a 2 acre minimum lot size. He said if the lot was created in 2014, the owner will 47 limited to one 5 acre lot. 48 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the defacto density limit and asked for clarification on 49 this.