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VOLUNTARY <br />The <br />Ordinance <br />FARIQAND• PRESERVATION ORDINANCE <br />1 <br />proposed amendment <br />is as follows: <br />to the Voluntary Farmland Preservation <br />1. Minimum Acreage Requirement <br />Under the proposal, the minimum required acreage for <br />designation as a voluntary agricultural district would be <br />reduced from 155 to 80 acres. The change would recognize the <br />role that smaller farms play in the agricultural economy, and, <br />by permitting two or more contiguous farms to join together, <br />allow farms as small as 40 acres to participate. <br />All interested citizens are invited to attend this hearing and <br />be heard. Public comment will be received during the public <br />hearing. Following the close of the public hearing, only evidence <br />received in writing by the date of the Planning Board meeting <br />following the public hearing will be considered by the Board of <br />Commissioners for decision. <br />Changes may be made in the advertised proposals which reflect <br />debate, objections and discussion at the hearing. <br />Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the <br />Orange County Planning Department located in the Planning & <br />Agricultural Center, 306F Revere Road, Hillsborough, North <br />Carolina. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday <br />through Friday. You may also call 732 --8181 (Hillsborough), 688 -7331 <br />(Durham) or 967 -9251 (Chapel Hill - Carrboro). Please ask for <br />Extension 2585 or 2575. You.will be directed to a staff member who <br />will answer your questions. <br />PUBLISH: August 12, 1992 <br />August 19, 1992 <br />Marvin Collins, Planning Director <br />