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<br /> "' `?s`. , - t : (19T3); Ltlxnd 1, C'itj' of II ilmini tun, 27x efficient
<br /> --i•J''•: '`• Y l t•y nL pr•o{)tielron and utilization :�
<br /> . ,:,-,' ,w a�. t 659 0 ! n! lixatiun of the
<br /> N.C. 18D S.1 . t1 Sl:l(1171 See lets ! t
<br /> -�a't- :;j am- 1.. )- 'astir- protlucls of the sat ;Ls essential to tat
<br /> •;:;:e _-. •? ;-4 '1 :p once Co. r.,Gunk, 11 r�.C.r1},p. 49d, L';
<br /> ' '-„•_,...•..�;'xr” 1 _• r' I health and tvclfitrc of our people ,,,,
<br /> --�..4-.•;,'r---.- ,1 '{ S.I'...cl itJ9(1'.171). Sc t't:rttl C.tclrrs created n ( r• ,S. 106•,i3. j.
<br /> 't,"1.�:t `gip; . ', :� . genuine controversy 1 uncertainty
<br /> ,•, 4. > tray an: certatinty as to r;
<br /> "� "'''';'f {' Section l{i6 51(3 also sanctions the"[d]evcl-.
<br /> :`'^:1'W r--'`''• r ' the status of the tract of land ant! now
<br /> :,:r,s; titi V'a,.,$'. ' opment of new and improved methods of •-ii:
<br /> r,�•q.. '�, require resolulinn h}' the cuurty: the exist- l
<br /> rte:,. t ,."'"•'td.t ,
<br /> ,_;c:=sry` rP;, ence of the Mecklenburg Courtly Zoning
<br /> production, •marketing,distribution,procesa- it-"
<br /> ing and utilization of plant ... commodities is
<br /> S▪ ..,y cli,:. ;•••• i Ordinance(luring the time in question; the l
<br /> -;;' - ', 1 r al all stages
<br /> s,., I,,ia..t4.l, `` •i ; 1, issue o. whether the plaintiff's 19.6-acre
<br /> b from the original producer w
<br /> t�- t,; r ,; a tract of land was a bona fide farm and
<br /> . through .o the ultimate consumer , . (and] /A,
<br /> :;>"�`; »� °'^' E'er ! from the, Zoning Ort1i-
<br /> l:: :a r i therefore exempt : n:ethculs of conservation, develo mtent, and i-
<br /> ,y.''ac- ,. 1; 1
<br /> ' "k'.= -,,'' i i nonce or whether lh tr•t t .�•,., ,,;,,d use of hind •
<br /> -:;• ,�:t,n- 1'.Ia plant nursery and greenhouses and not. for By the evidence prresentccl, plaintiff hr�s•
<br /> "'' 'Y: farm ur poses; and the history of dealings ' established that is I I°`
<br /> ' = M▪'' •�� P' } - t,cts :ut�! rnnrh, ton the -
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<br /> : _,: -• ' between the parties all shown in the r,.cord. 19.6-acre tract are w•it he S•,
<br /> `''==-.-� l hiZf 'y do
<br /> �,y:y i;.;4r'. :.,1 .; It is the public policy of North Cttrclina ct;tred public policy- The evidence•shows
<br /> ::i: _b-. : dI to encourage farming, farmers, and farm- that the plaintiff has utilized the most most- [
<br /> '4:'i'rY1` '� ` ' ` ' lands, The Gcncral Assembly has slated •
<br /> ::;N-r,as"•-r{,.; •,-: sy� Y ern and efficient equipment and methods in �f
<br /> :` _i: ;_;�:- �: ;A. this policy in various ways: p{ron'inp* cultivating- and haw ting�^grf- i''"7
<br /> '`''_'`''?'`-'a' •�'r' ' ' "It is declared to be in the interest of cultural products of all kinds pincLurlin , • tr
<br /> ,.?-3-.: the public welfare that the North Carali- vegetahlcs and vegetable ilant.s, and in /� '
<br /> f,....!...;.,-4.:',..-.:-.-•„•:-..-..,`-... ...1 11 iii••
<br /> !!! i na farmers who are producers of .-• growing.and cultivntin r shriddr• V I:
<br /> =• >: ; ' ' field crops ttnd other agricultural prod- C w ich is t
<br /> i:.. . :.y,_.., ;,:;.' ' 1i ! used fur. the )m vent�n of soil erosion, for
<br /> r,: - - -'t'' acts,including .••- vegetables ... as well
<br /> a ;,':'xc:n'{ ;l i noise control. and for wind and ::un s 1'4
<br /> °,4--. :--j• as bulbs and flow and other - screen,
<br /> „.-,:t- ' ,1 agi icul- llowevcr, about 1.1 May 197:1 defendants' a
<br /> �'= ,j,:.;:: c. , turai products .•. shall he!x'rniitirtl and
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<br /> rii. t`c•:,,L^.- .� %Itlllrlt,�1t1.ti1u•t•tt,t'lllflll'ttlt.`Il the plaintiff that •
<br /> i.')t1? ;jva ► 1_ encouraged Lo net , ., in promoting and
<br /> J'?'i?a?;- { ;i S stimulating, its 1 t,li-;Iere lr:u'l was zoned !t-•1'L for single
<br /> z.' ,„ , .• g, • ,• the inemtsctt prudue. u t
<br /> t family residences and that plaintiff's rats- 1•.
<br /> ".7,1:::5%.:-,,f--.r.'4'.'• ''� . 'ni••' Lion, use and sale, domestic and forci n, t
<br /> '°-•f-'..'3 • ;•' ' g inl agricultural products thereon in con- t =
<br /> �:11.i.;:'.•-: ,,;;, :r, of any and all of such agricultural cam- f i
<br /> ts;,rs' ;, ::h •�;' moditics." G.S. 106--5a0, junction with its contiguous 83-acre tract a
<br /> :`'`" ::•"d 'y;.:t it I ` "The farm ,', , lands of the State of `ls in violation of the Zoning t,
<br /> �'%' �"�,•,;,Ji'�M b Ordinance, 1 ,
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<br /> Plaintiff's subsequent request.to 1 it '
<br /> `•`� I ! >G rezoned
<br /> 'c�'�'��.�"'�-'-'f`� c,l ; - North Carolina are among the basic a:;-
<br /> =••"�;• '`' `1'.,r "'f i st is of the Slate and the preservation of to 1tU-Rural District was denied. This de- i
<br /> ;L't.; y:?•r ji,.� t-.j 1.
<br /> "` '''°"'t-� +•r 3: these lands is necessary to protect and clarpica-v judgment action followed on 1 1
<br /> ', ::rr'�. ;1:,i promote the l February 19,:A El
<br /> ,.:,,.;, ; •;,,, p to he he ilt.t, safes}, and general r
<br /> YMt ] ', welfare of its people . . ,," C.S. 139 The ii tsic evidence and findings of act F,
<br /> ::,y r; , ,`.r'11 (,• a: (�)O are rat subhlnntiaily in dispute. Plaintiff t'
<br /> ,,l: y*u'p ��1,' It is the declared policy of the St:tic to purchased the 19-6-acre tract in 1976, and 1'
<br /> a;i,, y ^'7F* a 1.::; conserve and pratert and encourage the during the three years prior to institution t:.,
<br /> :;�''1-- .si development and improvement of its ag- of this action in 1950, plaintiff prepared, .
<br /> •/ .•1 r'' ricutlurul land for the production of food developed and used the land for ugricuttur- i
<br /> "':':is• .▪•., and other agricultural products." G.S. at purposes in conjunction with its adjacent
<br /> ic
<br /> 'r;' e a+ ', lOG-700. '
<br /> 't .4_. 83;lcre tract. It is the application of the •
<br /> =Prza•,N;;x� :14:,1 i "1t is declared to be the policy of the late to the facts that divide the ptu'ties. i' `}
<br /> ;;:_i ?r;,ria,•;y:11-' • State of North Carolina to promote the now take a closer hook at the zoning law, k'
<br /> -.-r,:::-..:6,..r...1:-..-,:i.:,:. I i. Rrusscll sprouts,broccoli,cabbage,eauliflo-.c- alyssum, cclosia, coleus, dust miller, Imp:t- (P...'
<br /> =-.- : er, cucumbers, eggplant, greens, lettuce, on tans,marigolds.portu'aca,salvia; photinta,II- f
<br /> ;�~ 'f i I l i tons, a i.
<br /> ,,•;.r •.i: peppers,potatoes,squash,tomatoes,can- gustntm, burfcrdi juniper; azaleas, and other a
<br /> s a' ti!; talus,le, watermelons; petunias, snapdragons. :p
<br /> .' •_ _ . P types of pants and shrubbery.
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