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26 <br />Agricultural District Ordinance Notes 09/10/03 <br />Article V, Section C (i) <br />This provision is intended to encourage participation of nonresident landowners. Many landowners <br />in N.C. are absentee owners living out of county or out of state. Involving these owners is likely to <br />contribute to successful agricultural district programs and farmland preservation programs. <br />Article V, Section F <br />The purpose of this provision is to give the county board of commissioners. discretion to remove <br />members from the advisory board. The only exception to this discretion is removal of a member for <br />an illegal reason; e.g., race or religion. An attempt to remove a member for an illegal reason could <br />create liability for the county. Any advisory board member who is removed is eligible for <br />reappointment at any time, as this model ordinance contains no prohibition on reappointment. To <br />give advisory board members more protection from removal, some county ordinances require a <br />unanimous vote for removal. <br />Article V, Section H (2) <br />This section of the ordinance may also include either a reference to the current version of Robert's <br />Rules of Order or a requirement that it be used as a guide for procedure. <br />Article V, Section I (5) <br />N.C.G.S. §106 -744 (c) states that any county that is an enterprise tier 1, 2, or 3 is not required to <br />match any county funds with Farmland Preservation Trust Fund monies it receives if it has a <br />farmland protection plan. Counties that are tier 4 or tier 5 are required to match 15% of Trust Fund <br />monies if they have a plan. All counties (tiers 1 through 5) without a protection plan are required to <br />match 30% of Trust Fund monies with county funds. It is to the fiscal advantage of all counties to <br />adopt a farmland protection plan in conjunction with a voluntary agricultural district ordinance. <br />Article VI, Section A <br />Regions are usually defined along the logical division lines for a county. These lines may include <br />roads, bodies of water, and school district lines. By using regions and limiting each region to one <br />district the number of districts, and, therefore, the number of representatives on the Advisory Board, <br />can be fixed at the time of the adoption of the ordinance. The model suggests four regions; <br />however, each county should determine a number of regions that makes sense for that county. <br />