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------------ . <br /> , . . <br /> . . <br /> '.i. . <br /> • <br /> • cil Al]. bona fide farm units and land within 600 feet of all bona <br /> farm units and within one-half mile of all poultry, swine or <br /> hairy bona fide farm units will be shown in the Orange County <br /> Land Records System with the warning outlined in 2.3 f) <br /> attached. <br /> e) Mandatory public hearinaswdll be required on the impact on agricpltural. <br /> activities of public projects and the proposed use of eminent domain <br /> .Lo acquire farmland. Findings will be presented to the decision- <br /> Making body of the agency proposing acquisition and to the N.C. <br /> Commissioner of Agriculture. The N.C.Commissioner of Agriculture <br /> tmlidahm the power th:vieir:pi:se:0::: of leaTizt domain <br /> rthteoaTioy governing 1 g c g to over- <br /> ride such a veto, <br /> f) All reasonable attorney's fees of the defendant farmowner as <br /> determined bythe Court in nuisance suits will be assessed <br /> 1 <br /> against the plaintiffs in any nuisance suit found to be frivolous <br /> by the court. <br /> g) A bona fide farm in Classes B, C and D if sold and remains as a <br /> farm may immediately reapply for present-use value taxation and <br /> is not subject to the three year roll-back period mandated by <br /> 105-277.4 (c). <br /> h) In the case of a natural disaster which requires the farm to be <br /> involuntarily withdrawn from the program, no penalty for with- <br /> lrawl will be assessed except as mandated by G$. 105-277,4. <br /> . _ <br /> ARTICLE 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS <br /> 3.1 Requirements for Establishment of a District <br /> a) A Voluntary Agricultural District shall be composed of 640 <br /> 1 <br /> contiguous acres of farmland partici th <br /> pating in the Orange County <br /> flereservation Program, <br /> b) Al Voluntary Agricultural District shall be formed on the basis <br /> of a signed agreement among participating owners to sustain <br /> agriculture in the district. <br /> I <br /> c) The agreements shall be reviewed and approved by the Agri- <br /> crltural Advisory Board (Article 4). <br /> ARTICLE 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD <br /> 4.1 CLmposition of the Agricultural Advisory Board <br /> The Agricultural Advisory Board shall be composed of the fol- <br /> 4wing-merribers; <br /> I <br /> a) one voting member from each Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> I <br /> L <br /> b) nine Orange County farm people appointed at large by the <br /> I <br /> Board of County Commissioners. <br /> 5 <br /> _ __ 7, . r,, <br /> , - ,-....„-______-__________ <br />