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6 <br /> ( 3 ) Review and make recommendations concerning proposed amendments to this Ordinance ; <br /> (4) Conduct public hearings ; <br /> (5 ) Hold joint public hearings with the Orange County Board of Commissioners on public projects <br /> likely to have an impact on agricultural operations within Orange County ; <br /> (6) Advise the Board of County Commissioners on projects , programs or issues affecting the <br /> agricultural economy or activities within the County and that will affect Agricultural Districts ; <br /> (7 ) Study additional methods of farmland preservation and make recommendations to the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners ; and <br /> ( 8 ) Perform other related tasks or duties assigned by the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners ; and <br /> ( 9) Provide recommendations and input on modifications to the Orange County Agricultural <br /> Development and Farmland Protection Plan , as defined in N . C . Gen . Stat . § 106 -744 ( e) ( 1 ) and <br /> the County' s Lands Legacy Program , for presentation to the Board of Commissioners . <br /> (Ord . of 03 -244992 , Art . V, eff. 04 - 014992 ; Amend . of 0447 -2000 , eff. 0447 -2000 ; Amend . <br /> of 06 -23 -2005 , eff. 06 -23 -2005 ; Amend . of 04 -20 -2010 , eff. 04 -20 -2010 ; Res . No . 2015 - 064 , <br /> Att . , 12 - 7 -2015 , eff. 12 - 7 -2015 ) <br /> Sec . 48 - 6 . - Creation of voluntary agricultural districts and enhanced voluntary agricultural districts . <br /> ( a) Regions. Orange County is hereby divided into seven Agricultural District Regions that will become <br /> effective upon implementation as provided in this Section . The boundaries of each Region are <br /> identified as follows and are depicted on the map which is Exhibit A to this Ordinance : <br /> ( 1 ) Cedar Grove , <br /> (2 ) High Rock/Efland , <br /> ( 3) Cane Creek/Buckhorn , <br /> (4) White Cross , <br /> ( 5 ) New Hope , <br /> (6) Schley/Eno , <br /> (7) Caldwell . <br /> ( b ) Implementation. <br /> ( 1 ) In order to implement the purposes stated in Section 48 -3 , this program provides for the creation <br /> of Voluntary Agricultural Districts that meet the following standard : <br /> (2 ) The District or Enhanced District shall consist of a minimum of one or more Certified Qualifying <br /> Farms . <br /> (3) Farmland that does not meet the minimum acreage requirement to be certified but that meets all <br /> other certification qualifications may be added to an existing District or Enhanced District upon <br /> execution by the owner and the recording of a conservation agreement between the County and <br /> the owner. <br /> (4) All land enrolled in a Region , defined in Section 48 -6 ( a) , above , shall be part of a single district , <br /> whether enrolled in the District or the Enhanced District . If a single farm has acreage in two or <br /> more regions , the farm shall participate in the district where the largest acreage is found . All land <br /> in a region as defined in Section 48 -6 ( a) , above , shall be treated as a single district whether <br /> enrolled in the District or the Enhanced District . <br /> Page 4 <br />