ORD-2022-005-Approval of Revisions to Orange County voluntary farmland protection program Ordinance code ordinances chapter 48 and boundary adjustment for the New Hope voluntary agricultural district

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8 ( a) Application and certification procedures. A farmland owner may apply for either certification as qualifying farmland or for qualifying farmland designation . For a farmland owner to receive the benefits provided by this Ordinance , the farm must be certified as qualifying farmland ( Certified Qualifying Farm ) by the Board and approved and designated as a Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District by the Board of Commissioners . ( 1 ) Applications for qualifying farmland certification shall be made to the County Department of Environment , Agriculture , Parks and Recreation on forms provided by the Department . (2 ) The Department of Environment , Agriculture , Parks and Recreation shall review each application for completeness . When complete , the application shall be forwarded to : a _ The tax ca an ® n �ic ^ r16 G#iGe ; The Tax Administration - Land Records GIS Division ; and b . The local office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture . The Department of Environment , Agriculture , Parks and Recreation shall submit the application along with the finrlinnc ^fsupporting information from the Tax Administration Department — Land Records GIS Division and the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture to the Board ( a ) (2 ) nr rang eAeRGinn th ® ranf (3) The Board shall render a decision within 60 days of the meeting at which the application and finds supporting information ^vfrci�ra Tnv ® rlministr.ation department and the Natural Rama FGeae were presented for consideration . If applicable , the Board shall prepare a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners regarding the establishment of a Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Dlstrlctwithin 60 days of the meeting . (4) Upon receipt of the recommendation of the Board , the Board of Commissioners may consider establishment of a Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District . a ( 5 ) Upon approval by the Board of Commissioners , the establishment of a Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District shall become effective upon execution of the necessary conservation agreements , prepared in accordance with section 48 -7 , subsection 48J ( a) ( 5) , I executed by the landowner and the county_, and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District agreements shall be recorded in the County register of deeds as provided in N . C . Gen . Stat . § 121 -41 . (6 ) Upon execution of the r naaicc tn�rR61R;; ber. ^ff conservation agreementisl , the Department of Environment , Agriculture , Parks and Recreation will notify the Tax Administration Department — Land Records GIS Division of the Agricultural District established . The Agricultural District and each requisite conservation agreement will be identified on the County GIS . ( b ) Appeal. If an application is denied by the Agricultural Preservation Board , the landowner may , within 15 days of notification of disapproval of the application , request in writing that the Agricultural Preservation Board reconsider its decision . The request for reconsideration shall state the reason (s ) therefore . Upon either an initial denial , if no request for reconsideration was made , or denial after reconsideration , the landowner shall have 30 days from the date of notification to appeal the decision to the Board of County Commissioners . Such appeal shall be presented in writing . The decision of the Board of County Commissioners is final . (Ord . of 03 -244 992 , Art . VIII, eff. 04 - 014 992 ; Amend . of 044 7 -2000 , eff. 044 7 -2000 ; Amend . of 06 -23 -20055 eff. 06 -23 -2005 ; Amend . of 04 -20 -20105 eff. 04 -20 -2010) Page 6