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1 <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 3,,1992 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Item # ZI -G <br />SUBJECT: VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION <br />- CRUTCHFIELD PROPERTY <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes S No - <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: - -- - <br />Applications Planning Director X2592 <br />Vicinity Map --------------------- - --------- <br />--- <br />Certifications PHONE NUMBERS: <br />- Soil Conservation Service Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />- Tax Supervisor Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Staff Checklist Durham 688 -7331 <br />Agricultural Districts Chapel Hill 967 -9251 <br />Advisory Board Draft 7/$/92 <br />Minutes <br />Proposed Conservation Agreement <br />PURPOSE: To consider the application of the Crutchfield Heirs <br />(by Patsy Moore Upton) for designation of their <br />property on Moorefields Road in Cheeks Township as <br />a voluntary agricultural district. <br />BACKGROUND: Section IV.D.2. of the Voluntary Farmland <br />Preservation Program Ordinance permits the <br />Agricultural Districts Advisory Board to review and <br />approve applications for qualifying farmland and <br />make recommendations concerning the establishment <br />and modification of agricultural districts. The <br />official designation of agricultural districts is <br />the responsibility of the Board of Commissioners. <br />Section V of the Voluntary Farmland Preservation <br />Program Ordinance contains the requirements for <br />inclusion in a voluntary agricultural district. To <br />be certified as qualifying farmland, a farm must: <br />1. Be participating in the farm present use -value <br />taxation program established by the N.C. <br />General Statutes, Sections 105 -277.2 through <br />105- 277.7, or is otherwise determined by the <br />County to meet all the qualifications of this <br />program set forth in the N.C. General Statutes, <br />Sections 105- 277.3. <br />