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4/3/00 <br />4. Within 30 days after the request for public hearing, the Boazd will make a report to the decision-making <br />body of the proposed condemnor, which report shall contain the Board's findings and recommendations <br />regarding the proposed action. <br />Pursuant to N.C. General Statutes, Section 106-740, the proposed condemnor shall not formally initiate a <br />condemnation action while the proposed condemnation is properly before the advisory board within these <br />time limitation. <br />Section VIII -RECORD NOTICE OF PROXIMITY TO FARMLANDS <br />A. PURPOSE <br />The purpose of this section is to help prevent potential conflicts from occurring between qualifying fames and non- <br />farm landowners regarding acceptable and responsible farming operations and practices, and to m,'nim;~e the <br />incidence of nuisance suits against owners of qualifying farmland. <br />B. PROCEDURE <br />Upon certification of qualifying farmland and designation of real. property as a voluntary agricultural district, the <br />Orange County Land Records System shall be changed to include a notice reasonably calculated to alert a person <br />reseazching the title of a particular tract that such tract is located within one-half mile of a voluntary agricultural <br />district. <br />C. In no event shall the County or any of its officers, employees, or agents be held liable in damages for any <br />misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance occurring in good faith in connection with the duties or obligations <br />imposed by any ordinance adopted under subsection B above. <br />D. In no event shall any cause of action arise out of the failure of a person reseazching the title of a particulaz tract to <br />report to any person the proximity of the tract to a qualifying farm or voluntary agricultural district as defined in this <br />ordinance. <br />Section IX -WAIVER OF WATER AND SEWER ASSESSMENTS <br />A. Landowner(s) belonging to voluntary agricultural districts shall not be assessed for or required to connect to Orange <br />County water and/or sewer systems. <br />B. Water and sewer assessments will be held in abeyance, without interest, for fauns, whether inside or outside of a <br />voluntary agricultural district, until improvements on such property are connected to the water or sewer system for <br />which the assessment was made. <br />C. When the period of abeyance ends, the assessment is payable in accordance with the terms set out in the assessment <br />resolution. <br />D. Statutes of limitations are suspended during the time that any assessment is held in abeyance without interest. <br />E. Assessment procedures followed under Article 9 of Chapter 153A of the N.C. General Statutes shall conform to the <br />terms of this ordinance with respect to qualifying farms that entered into conservation agreements while such <br />ordinance was in effect. <br />F. Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the authority of the County to hold assessments in abeyance under N.C. <br />General Statutes, Section 153A-201. <br />Section X -LAND-USE INCENTIVES TO <br />VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT FORMATION <br />A. PURPOSE <br />