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I <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 19. 1992 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Item # V= -A <br />1 <br />SUBJECT: VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION - WALTERS FARM <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes —X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Applications Planning Director X2592 <br />Vicinity Map ----------------------------------- <br />Certifications PHONE NUMBERS: <br />- Soil Conservation Service Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />- Tax Supervisor Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Staff Checklist Durham 688 -7331 <br />5/6/92 Agricultural Districts Chapel Hill 967 -9251 <br />Advisory Board Minutes <br />Proposed Conservation Agreement <br />Section V - Voluntary Farmland <br />Preservation Program Ordinance <br />PURPOSE: To consider the applications of Victor Carl Walters, <br />Jr. and Elizabeth T. Walters for designation of <br />their farm on High Rock Road in Cedar Grove Township <br />as a voluntary agricultural district. <br />BACKGROUND: Section IV.D.2. of the Voluntary Farmland <br />Preservation Program Ordinance permits the <br />Agricultural Districts Advisory Board to review and <br />approve applications for qualifying farmland and <br />make recommendations concerning the establishment <br />and modification -of agricultural districts. The <br />official designation of - agricultural districts is <br />the responsibility of the Board of Commissioners. <br />Section V of the Voluntary Farmland Preservation <br />Program Ordinance contains the requirements for <br />inclusion in a voluntary agricultural district. To <br />be certified as qualifying farmland, a farm must: <br />1. Be participating in the farm present use -value <br />taxation program established by the N.C. <br />General Statutes, Sections 105 -277.2 through <br />105- 277.7, or is otherwise determined by the <br />County to meet all the qualifications of this <br />program set forth in the N.C. General Statutes, <br />Sections 105 - 277.3. <br />