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M ORD- 2015 -015 Requirements. To secure County certification as qualifying farmland (Certified Qualifying Farm), a farm must be real property that meets the following requirements: (1) Be located in the unincorporated area of Orange County; (2) Be ,,..++,- pal4iGipatiRg f49F@s[r astabl:svh9d by ICI Q GAP Stat. § 105_277.2 +-rc thm6igh' § 105277. 7, AP r thapwi $ datormip.ad by tho GG Rt y to moot all Oho q ialifinatinnc of this PFE)gram cot forth in § 105- :277 3 engaged in agriculture as that word is defined in NC. Gen Stat. § 106 - 581.1; (3) 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-. are best suited for providing food, seed, fiber, forage, timber, forestry products, horticultural crops and oil seed crops; e. tt (4) Be managed, if highly ornrlihle land- I I „n the farm in accordance with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and N.C. Soil and Water Conservation Service defined erosion - control practices that are ad-d-FI I t„ Said highly GFO Jihlo land and have a current conservation farm plan and /or forestry management plan associated with the current usages and owner}; and (5) Be the subject of a conservation agreement, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 121 -35, between the County and the owner of such land that prohibits non -farm use or development of such land for a period of at least ten years, except for the creation of not more than three lots that meet applicable County zoning and subdivision regulations. (Oii'd f: 03 24 1992, AiI e l`. 04 01 ...1992; Amend of:04 .1 .7...2000, e l`. 04 1 7...2000; Amend of: 06 ...