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14 <br /> El <br /> AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT <br /> NOTE: FINAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION TO BE PROVIDED. <br /> THIS AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made this <br /> day of <br /> S. Klopfer husband and wife, �� , 199 , by Peter H. Klopfer and Martha <br /> North Carolina unit of local governments " and between Orange County, a <br /> ("Grantee ) . <br /> WITNESSETH: <br /> WHEREAS, the Grantors are the sole owners in fee simple of certain <br /> real property in Orange County, North Carolina, more particularly described <br /> in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by this reference (the <br /> "Property") ; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Property possesses conservation values of great <br /> importance to the Grantors, the people of Orange County, and the people of <br /> the State of North Carolina; and <br /> WHEREAS, Grantors intend that the conservation values of the Property <br /> be preserved and maintained by the continuation of land use <br /> patterns, <br /> including, without limitation, those related to agriculture use existin at <br /> the time of this Agreement, that do not significantly impair or interfere <br /> with those values; and <br /> WHEREAS, Grantee is a North Carolina unit of local government seeking preserve and protect land in its agricultural condition king <br /> laws of the State of North Carolina, and, in pursuant Farmland <br /> the <br /> Preservation Enabling Act (Chapter 106, Articler61) u and�byy the eHistoricd <br /> Preservation and Conservation Agreements Act (Chapter 121, Article 4) of <br /> the North Carolina General Statutes, and pursuant <br /> Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance;tandhe Orange County <br /> ("Board")WHEREAS, the Orange County Agricultural Districts Advisory Board <br /> OrangeCountytVoluntary Farmland Preservation farmland the <br /> Or, 1e9C my <br /> ervation Program Ordinance tonoFebruary <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners designated the <br /> Property as a Voluntary Agricultural District ("District" <br /> Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance uontMarchh8, <br /> 1993; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual <br /> covenants, terms, conditions, and restrictions contained herein, Grantors <br /> hereby voluntarily agree to preserve and <br /> the Property for a period not to protect the conservation values of <br /> this Agreement, o exceed ten (10) years from the date of <br /> 1. Pur--ose. It is the purpose of this Agreement to assure that the <br /> Property will be retained in agricultural use and to prevent any use <br /> of the Property that will significantly impair or interfere with the <br /> conservation values of the Property. For the purposes of this <br /> Agreement, "agricultural use" is defined as cultivation of soil for <br />