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Agenda - 11-05-2013 - 4b; VAD - Dunn, Neville, Compton, Shambley, Durham, Johnson, Thompson
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Agenda - 11-05-2013 - 4b; VAD - Dunn, Neville, Compton, Shambley, Durham, Johnson, Thompson
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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 5, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 -b <br />SUBJECT: Voluntary and Enhanced Agricultural District Designations for Multiple Farms <br />Dunn, Neville, Compton, Shambley, Durham, Johnson, and Thompson <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />Parks and Recreation <br />(DEAPR); Soil & Water <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Applications and Maps <br />INFORMATION CONTACTS: <br />David Stancil, 919 - 245 -2510 <br />Gail M. Hughes, 919 - 245 -2753 <br />Peter Sandbeck, 919 - 245 -2517 <br />1 <br />PURPOSE: To consider applications from multiple landowners /farms to certify qualifying <br />farmland within the Cedar Grove, High Rock /Efland, Schley /Eno, and White Cross Voluntary <br />Agricultural Districts; and enroll the lands in the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District <br />(VAD) and the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) programs. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County's Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program was started in <br />1992. To date, 28 farms have enrolled in the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program, and <br />5 farms have enrolled in the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) program, totaling <br />5,838 acres within the seven districts comprising the non -urban portions of the County. <br />The County's Voluntary Farmland Protection Ordinance (VFPO) outlines a procedure for the <br />Agricultural Preservation Board to review and approve applications for qualifying farmland, and <br />to make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners concerning the establishment and <br />modification of agricultural districts. Section VII of the VFPO contains the requirements for <br />inclusion in a voluntary agricultural district. To be certified as qualifying farmland, a farm must: <br />1. Consist of the minimum number of contiguous acres to participate in the present -use- <br />value taxation program (20 acres for forestry, 10 for agriculture and 5 for horticulture), <br />2. Be participating in the farm present- use -value taxation program established by <br />N.C.G.S. §105 -277.2 through §105- 277.7, or is otherwise determined by the county to <br />meet all the qualifications of this program set forth in G.S. 105 - 277.3; <br />
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