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12 <br /> AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT DRAFT <br /> THIS AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT("Agreement") is made this <br /> day of , 199_1 by Robert P. Nutter ("Grantor") and between Orange <br /> County, a North Carolina unit of local government("Grantee"). <br /> WITNESSETH: <br /> WHEREAS, the Grantor is the sole owners in fee simple of certain real property in <br /> Orange County, North Carolina, more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and <br /> incorporated by this reference (the"Property"); and <br /> WHEREAS, the Property possesses conservation values of great importance to the <br /> Grantors,the people of Orange County,and the people of the State of North Carolina; and <br /> WHEREAS, Grantor intends that the conservation values of the Property be preserved <br /> and maintained by. the continuation of land use patterns, including, without limitation, those <br /> related to agriculture use existing at the time of this Agreement, that do not significantly impair <br /> or interfere with those values; and <br /> WHEREAS, Grantee is a North Carolina unit of local government seeking to preserve <br /> and protect land in its agricultural condition pursuant to the laws of the State of North Carolina, <br /> and, in particular, by the Farmland Preservation Enabling Act (Chapter 106, Article 61) and by <br /> the Historic Preservation and Conservation Agreements Act(Chapter 121,Article 4) of the North <br /> Carolina General Statutes, and pursuant to the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation <br /> Program Ordinance; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Agricultural Districts Advisory Board (`Board") <br /> certified the Property as qualifying farmland pursuant to the Orange County Voluntary Farmland <br /> Preservation Program Ordinance on , 199 ; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners designated the Property as a <br /> Voluntary Agricultural District ("District") pursuant to the Orange County Voluntary Farmland <br /> Preservation Program Ordinance on , 199_; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual covenants, terms, <br /> conditions, and restrictions contained herein, Grantor hereby voluntarily agrees to preserve and <br /> protect the conservation values of the Property for a period not to exceed ten(10) years from the <br /> date of this agreement. <br /> Attachment#5 <br />