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ao <br />1 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />s <br />9 <br />10 <br />li <br />Iz <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />1G <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />2g <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />3.3 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />4z <br />43 <br />44 <br />B <br />Department. The Enviromnent and Resorrrce Conservation Department shall present <br />the application for consideration at the first meeting of the Board, following receipt <br />of the findings of the offices stated in this subsection, <br />3.. Within 60 days of receipt of the findings of the tax supervisor and Natural Resources <br />Conservation Service offices, the Board will render a decision regarding the <br />applicafion for qualifying farmland status, and, if applicable, prepare a <br />recommendation to the Board of Commissioners regarding the establislunent of a <br />Voluntary Agricultural Distict. The chain of the Board will notify the applicant by <br />mail of the Board's decision as to whether the real property for which certification is <br />sought safisfies the criteria established in this Ordinance and has been certified as <br />qualifying fazrnland. The chair of the Boazd will also notify the applicant of the <br />Board's reconnnendation concerning Voluntary Agricultural District designation, <br />4. Upon receipt of the reconunendation of the Board, the Board of Commissioners may <br />consider establislunent of a Voluntay Agricultural District. In deciding whether to <br />establish a District, the Board of Commissioners shall consider the findings of the <br />tax supervisor and Natural Resources Conservation Service offices as well as the <br />recommendation of the Board. <br />5. Upon approval by the Board of Commissioners, the establishment of a Voluntary <br />Agricultural District shall become effective upon recordation of the necessary <br />conservation agreements, prepared in accordance with Article VII, Section AS,, <br />executed by the landowner and the county, and recorded in the County register of <br />deeds as provided in G.S. 121-41. <br />6. Upon recordation of the requisite number of conservation easements, the <br />Environment and Resource Conservation Department will notify the tax supervisor <br />of the Vohmtary Agricultural District established, The District and each requisite <br />conservation easement will be identified on the Cormty GIS. <br />Renewal of Conservation Agreement <br />Prior to the expiration of the conservation agreement defined herein, the owners of the <br />qualifying fazmland may renew it for an additional 10-year period by recording with the <br />Orange County Register of Deeds a Declaration of Renewal. Conservation agreements not <br />renewed prior to the expiration of the 10-year period may be renewed pursuant to a new <br />application for qualifying farmland as provided in this Ordinance. <br />8 <br />