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rx 8 2. Notice of the establishment of voluntary agricultural districts and their purposes shall be posted conspicuously in appropriate County offices including the Register of Deeds, Planning Department, and Tax Assessor and at such other places as directed by the Board of Commissioners. To the extent practicable maps locating the voluntary agricultural districts shall also be made available in appropriate County offices. ARTICLE XI WAIVER OF WATER AND SEWER ASSESSMENTS A. No Connection Owners of qualifying fauns within a voluntary agricultural district shall not be required to connect to County water or sewer systems. B. Abeyance Water and sewer assessments shall be held in abeyance, without interest, for qualifying farms within an agricultural district until improvements on such property are connected to the water or sewer system for which the assessment was made. C. Termination of Abeyance When the period of abeyance ends, the assessment is payable in accordance with the tenns set out in the assessment resolution. D. Suspension of Statute of Limitations Statutes of limitations are suspended during the time that any assessment is held in abeyance without interest. E. Other Statutory Abeyance Procedures Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the authority of the County to hold assessments in abeyance under N.C.G.S. §153A -201. Assessment procedures followed under Article 9 of N.C.G.S. §153A shall conform to the terms of this ordinance with respect to qualifying farms that entered into conservation agreements while such ordinance was in effect. F. Conflict with Water and/or Sewer System Construction and Improvements Grants To the extent that this Article conflicts with the terms of any federal, state, or other grants for the construction of County water or sewer systems, this Article shall not apply. 8