Agenda - 05-19-1992; VAD - Walters

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I O R A N G E C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 19. 1992 Agenda Abstract Item # V= -A 1 SUBJECT: VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION - WALTERS FARM 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 5/6/92 Agricultural Districts Chapel Hill 967 -9251 Advisory Board Minutes Proposed Conservation Agreement Section V - Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance PURPOSE: To consider the applications of Victor Carl Walters, Jr. and Elizabeth T. Walters for designation of their farm on High Rock Road in Cedar Grove 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.