Agenda - 03-08-1993 - III-K; VAD - Morris

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1 O R A N G E C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 8 , 1993 Agenda Abstract Item # IiT-k SUBJECT: VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION JOHN FRANK AND DOROTHY S. MORRIS DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X_No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Applications Planning Director X2592 Vicinity Map Certifications PHONE NUMBERS: - Soil Conservation Service Hillsborough 732-8181 - Tax Supervisor Mebane 227-2031 Staff Checklist Durham 688-7331 Draft Conservation Agreement Chapel Hill 967-9251 Land Records Report Draft 2/17/93 Agricultural Districts Advisory Board Minutes PURPOSE: To consider the application of John Frank and Dorothy S. Morris for designation of their property on Morrow Mill Road in Bingham Township as a voluntary agricultural district. BACKGROUND: Section IV.D.2 . of the Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance permits the Agricultural Districts Advisory Board to review and approve applications for qualifying farmland and make recommendations concerning the establishment and modification of agricultural districts. The official designation of agricultural districts is the responsibility of the Board of Commissioners. Section V of the Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance contains the requirements for inclusion in a voluntary agricultural district. To be certified as qualifying farmland, a farm must: 1. Be participating in the farm present use-value taxation program established by the N.C. General Statutes, Sections 105-277 . 2 through 105-277 .7 , or is otherwise determined by the County to meet all the qualifications of this program set forth in the N.C. General Statutes, Sections 105-277. 3 .