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I~ <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />s <br />9 <br />10 <br />Il <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />D. <br />The Cotutty may take such action as it deems appropriate through the Board or other entities <br />or individuals to encourage the formation of the Districts and to further their purposes and <br />objectives, including the implementation of public information programs to reasonably <br />inform landowners of the agricultural district progranr. <br />Addition and Withdrawal <br />1, Qualifying farmland shall be added to a Voluntary Agriculhual District as provided <br />in tltis Ordinance. <br />2, Tn the event that one or more Certified Qualifying Fanns in the District withdraws <br />and the acreage in the District becomes less than ilxe mirrimum acreage required, a <br />Voluntary Agricultural District will continue to exist so long as tlxere is one Certified <br />Qualifying Farm in the District, <br />ARTICLE VII <br />CERTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION OF FARMLAND <br />A. <br />Requirements <br />To secure County certification as qualifying farmland (Certified Qualifying Farm), a farm must: <br />1. Consist of a minimum of 20 contiguous acres; <br />2. Be participaturg in the farm present-use-value taxation program established by <br />N.C.G,S. §105-277.2 through §105-277.7, or is otherwise determined by the cotmty <br />to meet all the qualifications of this program set forth in G.S. 105-277,3 ; <br />3, Be certified by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States <br />Department of Agriculture as being a farm on which at leasttwo-tlxirds of the land is <br />composed of soils that: <br />a Are best suited for providing food, seed, fiber, forage, timber, forestry <br />products, horticultural crops and oil seed crops; <br />b. Have good soil qualities; <br />c. Are favorable for all major crops comrnon to the cotmty where the land is <br />located; <br />d, Have a favorable growing season; and <br />e. Receive the available moisture needed to produce high yields for an average <br />of eight out often years; <br />G <br />