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• T V.° "• •' .. ®., _ .. . . GENERAL- ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1985 SESSION (REGULAR SESSION, 1986) - - '. RATIFIED . BILL ' - = - ' : CHAPTER 1025 • - - - HOUSE BILL 1190 - : _ . AN ACT TO ESTABLISH POLICIES TO PRESERVE !ARMAND. - The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: Section 1.•.- Chapter 106 of the North Carolina General _ . -. Statutes is amended, by adding a new Article 61 to read as . _ ,. follows: "Article 61. . . "Preservation of farmland. . - "s. _ 106-735. . Short title and Purpose.a--(a) This Article shall t :- ` ..:• be known as 'The Farmland Preservation Enabling Act'. . . . - • (b) • The purpose of this Article is to authorize counties to ,. - , • undertake a, series of programs to encourage the preservation of --':_ farmland as defined• herein..-: -- ' • • ' . •- •"5 106-736. . - Farmland : .w reservation programs authorized.--A ' - . - -:" county may by ordinance establish a farmland preservation 'program •- under' this- - Article. The - ordinance may authorize qualifying farms, as defined in B.S. . 106-737, to take advantage of one or more of the benefits authorized by the remaining_sections of this ,...., 7) _. . Article.. . • . ' • "6 106-737. - Dualifyin q- farmland.--In order for farmland to qualify under this- Article, it must be real property that: - (1) Is participating.__ in the farm present-use-value taxation program established by B. S. .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 G.S. . 105-277.3; _.�_. - -.. —•--_- .. (2) --•Is---certified : by the- Soil_ Conservation Service of the ;•. - : _y_ United States Department of Agriculture as being a farm on which • --=- at least two-thirds of the land is composed of soils that ' (i) are : -;_r best suited or prova. ing food, see , a_ber, .for, tamer, and • oil : seed:- crops, • (ii) . have g sail qualities, (iii) - are - - :_favorable:for- all- major crops common to the county where the land _ .is located,:- (1v)--have a favorable growing season, and -(v) receive - --. - 7.. tie available moisture-needed to produce high yields an average - • - :- of eight out of ten years; or on which at--least two-thirds of the --:•-,::. :-,-..._ --.-' land has=been actively used in - agricultural, horticultural or -_--� .:. : s:L_ rations -...�;. _=� -r::�-.-�nre:try operations as defined in G.S. ;.105-277.2 (1) , (2) '-and (3) - '-=-.:i� -e1-during- each-of-the...five previous years, measured from the date on - :-;•-•.1,. - -- = . :F whi.cn the .= determination.•- must be made as to whether the land-in - ,; ; _ F -question qualities; - - - - - (3)'-'..•: .1.s.:- managed .-µin accordance with - the - Soil Conservation _ = _' Service= defined-erosion control practices that are : addressed - to -.-" - highly erodable-land; .and - - . - - ' -' - -- • • .__ _ - 1 - -:: -• _ . (4) . •. Zs the subject of a Conservation agreement; as defined in - : :: - G.•5. 121-35, -between the county and the -owner of such - land that - - ' " • prohibits nonfarm 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 .9. - • • .-. regulations. -- - _ . „Fix``1 ': .. �. ., _ _. .... ...........