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2 <br /> 1 During those years, my farm was known for its husbandry expertise and <br /> 2 exceptional safety standards. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Soon after the County land across from my farm was annexed, trespassing and <br /> 5 vandalism began. I promptly spent $35,000 to further secure my livestock and <br /> 6 home. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 By 1997, demand by UNC and area vets to board other's horses led me to build a <br /> 9 new barn. Because my house lies 600 ft. from the road front, a tiny caretaker <br /> 10 apartment was included with the original plan- to be completed when money <br /> 11 allowed. Seven permits were obtained from Carrboro for related purposes. <br /> 12 Installed was a separate electric meter and service for the apartment with lines <br /> 13 embedded under 4" of concrete -which could not have been done thereafter. This <br /> 14 is an important point!! 150+ photos documented the entire construction process, <br /> 15 including inspections by Town officials. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Ten years later, Carrboro alleged-falsely- that the apartment had never been <br /> 18 know, permitted, inspected, or given a Certificate of Occupancy (CO)–and sued <br /> 19 me! Why, after a decade? <br /> 20 <br /> 21 According to its Planning Department, (as recorded in August 2008) because <br /> 22 (Quote): It would be prohibitively expensive for the town to buy (my) land or <br /> 23 otherwise to leapfrog over it to bring utilities to the farms north of its slated future <br /> 24 development!" <br /> 25 <br /> 26 On August 24, 2008, a letter from the town read, substantively– if I would donate <br /> 27 my land to the Town, my legal problems would cease! Inexplicably, instead, the <br /> 28 judge ordered my farm subdivided and positioned for annexation. When <br /> 29 thereafter I didn't file the Conditional Use Permit (CUP)with Orange County, the <br /> 30 Town officials imposed $85,000 in fines. Thereafter, chose to criminalize me in a <br /> 31 subsequent trial. This, when the 1997 site plan—which the Town claimed during <br /> 32 the 2008 trial never existed—was introduced in an altered form and used to <br /> 33 criminalize me in 2009. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 At this point, you must be asking: What is so important about the Kille Farm? <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Between Sept. 2009-Feb. 2010 on three occasions, 27 southern Orange County <br /> 38 farms petitioned the BOCC- to protect our farms by returning jurisdiction to County <br /> 39 control-as allowed by NC law. Each of the three petitions disappeared. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 By 2011 the NCGA responded to ETJ landowners' call for help! And adopted two <br /> 42 (Landmark) laws which aimed to address how, for decades, pro-development <br /> 43 Town leaders had been "taking" private land by denying landowners of their <br /> 44 Constitutional rights of"due process" and "just compensation". For years <br /> 45 thereafter, Carrboro regularly disregarded these laws, claimed continuing <br /> 46 jurisdiction over land uses, and issued illegal permits- causing added risks and <br /> 47 harm for owners. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 It was thereafter that vandalism at my farm increased measurably (and she listed <br /> 50 these acts). Who knows what's occurred when I am not home or I am asleep. <br /> 51 Just this past week there were four more incidents of trespass! And with my <br />