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014 <br />system, it prevents a farmer or neighboring property owner from <br />bringing suit against the County. <br />D. In no event shall any cause of action arise out of the failure of a <br />person researching the title of a particular tract to report to any <br />person the proximity of the tract to a qualifying farm or voluntary <br />agricultural district as defined in this ordinance. <br />[This provision is based on G.S. <br />above except the protection from <br />conducting the title research.] <br />106 -741 (c) and is similar to "C" <br />suit is afforded to the person <br />Section I% - WAIVER OF WATER AND SEWER ASSESSMENTS <br />A. Landowner(s) belonging to voluntary agricultural districts <br />shall not be assessed for or required to connect to Orange County <br />water and /or sewer systems. <br />[The basic provisions concerning water and /or sewer assessments are <br />contained in G.S. 106 -742. The provisions which follow are modeled <br />after that statute. It should be noted that the provision above <br />that landowners are not required to connect to such systems is <br />included to assure that the abeyance procedures are not <br />circumvented by a mandatory connection requirement in an assessment <br />resolution. It should also be noted that these provisions only <br />apply to systems extended by Orange County. They would not apply to <br />other utility providers unless there was an interlocal agreement <br />between Orange County and the provider which required the provider <br />to adhere to the same provisions.] <br />H. Water and sewer assessments will be held in abeyance, without <br />interest, for farms, whether inside or outside of a voluntary <br />agricultural district, until improvements on such property are <br />connected to the water or mower system for which the assessment <br />was made. <br />[Article 9 of Chapter 153A of the N.C. General Statutes permits <br />counties to extend public water and /or sewer facilities, and assess <br />the cost of such improvements to adjoining property owners. G.S. <br />106 -742 (a) permits the County to hold assessments for farms in <br />abeyance until connection is made to the facilities. The only <br />difference between the ordinance provisions and those contained in <br />the General Statutes is that such assessments would be held in <br />abeyance without interest. The elimination of interest payments, as <br />permitted in the statutes, is considered an incentive for farmers <br />to keep their land in agricultural use.] <br />C. When the period of abeyance ends, the assessment is payable in <br />accordance with the terms set out in the assessment resolution. <br />D. Statutes of limitations are suspended during the time that any <br />assessment is held in abeyance without interest. <br />E. Assessment procedures followed under Article 9 of Chapter 1S3A <br />shall conform to the terms of this ordinance with respect to <br />