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14 <br /> 1.1-0 E\ - <br /> AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT <br /> THIS AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made this <br /> day of , 199 , by Claude L. Hughes, Jr. <br /> ("Grantor") , and between Orange County, a North Carolina unit of local <br /> government ("Grantee") . <br /> WITNESSETH: <br /> WHEREAS, the Grantor is the sole owner in fee simple of certain real <br /> property in Orange County, North Carolina, more particularly described in <br /> 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 Grantor, the people of Orange County, and the people of <br /> the State of North Carolina; and <br /> WHEREAS, Grantor intends that the conservation values of the Property <br /> be preserved and maintained by the continuation of land use patterns, <br /> including, without limitation, those related to agriculture use existing 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 <br /> to preserve and protect land in its agricultural condition pursuant to the <br /> laws of the State of North Carolina, and, in particular, by the Farmland <br /> Preservation Enabling Act (Chapter 106, Article 61) and by the Historic <br /> Preservation and Conservation Agreements Act (Chapter 121, Article 4) of <br /> the North Carolina General Statutes, and pursuant to the Orange County <br /> Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Agricultural Districts Advisory Board <br /> ("Board") certified the Property as qualifying farmland pursuant to the ' <br /> Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance on February <br /> 17, 1993 ; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners designated the <br /> Property as a Voluntary Agricultural District ("District") pursuant to the <br /> Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance on March 8 , <br /> 1993 ; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual <br /> covenants, terms, conditions, and restrictions contained herein, Grantor <br /> hereby voluntarily agrees to preserve and protect the conservation values <br /> of the Property for a period not to exceed ten (10) years from the date of <br /> this Agreement. <br /> 1. Purpose. 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 />