Agenda - 05-19-1992; VAD - Walters

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1.6 a. The orange County Tax Supervisor's Office; and b. The local office of the Soil Conservation service of the United•States Department of Agriculture. Within 30 days of receiving'an application, the above offices shall evaluate the application for compliance with the requirements of Section V.D.2. above and return their findings to the Planning Department. The Planning Department shall present the application for consideration at the first meeting of the Agricultural Districts Advisory Board, following receipt of the findings of the above offices. 3. Within 60 days of receipt of the findings of the Orange County Tax Supervisor and Soil Conservation offices, the Board will render a decision regarding the application of qualifying farmland status, and, if applicable, prepare a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners regarding the establishment of a voluntary agricultural district. The Chair will notify the applicant by mail of the Board's decision as to whether the real property for which certification is sought satisfies the criteria established in Section V and has been certified as qualifying farmland. If application was also sought for designation as a voluntary agricultural district, the Chair will notify the applicant of the Board's recommendation concerning such designation. 4. Upon receipt of the recommendation of the Board, the Board of County Commissioners may consider an application for establishment of a voluntary agricultural district. In deciding whether to establish a district, the Board of County Commissioners shall consider the findings of the Orange County Tax Supervisor and Soil Conservation offices as well as the recommendation of the Board. 5. Upon approval by the Board of County Commissioners, the establishment of a voluntary agricultural district shall become effective -upon recordation of a conservation agreement, prepared in accordance with Section. V.C.(1)(d), executed by the landowner and the County, and recorded in the Orange County Register of Deeds as provided in the N.C. General Statutes, Section 121 -41. 6. Upon recordation of a conservation easement, the Planning Department will notify the Orange County Tax Supervisor of the voluntary agricultural district established. The location of said district will be marked on the Orange County tax maps. E. The County may take such action as it deems appropriate through the Agricultural Districts Advisory Board or.other body or individual to encourage the formation of voluntary agricultural districts and to further their purposes and objectives, including, at a minimum, a public information program to reasonably inform landowners of the farmland preservation program.