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a <br /> �" rhmu T <br /> ,Y?13i ., Ri N 11 ,�r <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> To: Brent BOue, District Conservationist <br /> Jahn Smith,Tax Supervisor <br /> From: The Moon, land Use/Preservabon Planner <br /> Date: March 7, 2002 <br /> Sub)ecti tee H. Miller Property <br /> Application for Certification as Qualifying farmland <br /> Please find attached the application of Lee H. Miller for Certfcation as Qualifying Farmland, <br /> Mr. Miller submitted the form as part of the application process for the County%Voluntary <br /> Agricultural District Program. The property is listed for present-use taxation program and has a <br /> plan on file with the Natural Resources Conservation Service or North Carolina Forest Service. <br /> To secure such unification, a tract must: <br /> 1. Be participating in the present use-value taxation program established <br /> by the NC General Statutes, Sections 105-2772 through 105-277.7, or is <br /> otherrvise determined by the County to meet all the qualfications of this <br /> program set foM In the NC General Statutes, Section 105-277.3. <br /> [Respmue m be pioNCed by 7tax 5 yramsorf <br /> 2. Be certified by the Natural Resources Conservation SeMce of the United States <br /> Dapartment of Agilcul[ure (NRCS) as being a farm an which at least two-thirds <br /> of the land is motional of soils that <br /> a. Are best suited for providing fund, seed,fiber, forage,amber, and <br /> on seed crops; <br /> It. Have good sail qualities; <br /> C. Are favorable for all major chaps common t0 Orange County; <br /> d. Have a favorable growing season; and <br /> e. Receive the available moisture needed in produce high yields far <br /> an average of eight(8) out of ten (10) years; OR be one on which at <br /> least two-thirds of the land has been actively used for agricultural, <br /> horticultural or forestry operations as defined In the NC General Statutes, <br /> Section 105-277.2 (1,2, and 3), during each of the five(5) previous <br />