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<br />6. Study additional methods of farmland preservation and make recommendations to the Board. of <br />Commissioners; and <br /> <br />7. Perform other agricultural related tasks or duties assigned by the Board of Commissioners. <br /> <br />ARTICLE VI <br />CREATION OF VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAl.. DISTRICTS <br /> <br />A. Rel!ions <br /> <br />Cabarrus County is hereby divided into Three (3) regions as defined below: <br /> <br />Ie Northwest <br /> <br />2. Eastern Cabanus <br /> <br />3. Midland <br /> <br />B. Imnlementation <br /> <br />In order to implement the purposes stated in Article ill, this program provides for the creation of voluntary <br />agricultural districts or E1jhanced Voluntarv Allricultural Districts which meet the following standards: <br /> <br />Ie The District sJ:all contain a minimum of Twenty (20) contiguous acres of qualified farmland; or <br /> <br />2. The District Shall contain Two (2) or more qualified farms within areas designated by the <br />Advisory Board. . <br /> <br />All land enrolled in a region, defined in section A, above, shall be part of a single district. If a single farm has <br />acreage in two or more regions, the farm shall participate in the district where the largest acreage is found. <br /> <br />C. Education <br /> <br />The county may take such action as it deemS appropriate through the Advisory Board or other entities or <br />individuals to encourage the formation of the Districts and to further their purposes and objectives, including <br />the implementation of a public infonnation program to reasonably inform landowners of the agricultural district <br />program The county may contract with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension to serve as the educational <br />advisor and organization charged with delivering this educational program <br /> <br />D. Addition and Withdrawal <br /> <br />I. Qualifying farmland in a region with an existing district shall be added to the district as herein provided. <br /> <br />2. In the event that one or more participants in the District withdraw and the acreage in the District becomes <br />less than the minim\llll acreage required or results in the remaining land being noncontiguous, a voluntary <br />agricultural district mil continue to exist so long as there is one qualifying farm. <br />3. Enhanced VoluntaIi Allricultural Districts reouire the a conservation al!teement between Cabanus County <br />Government and the allricultural oroducer that cannot be revoked for at least 10vears. <br /> <br />ARTICLE VII <br />CERTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION OF FARMLAND <br /> <br />Reouirements <br /> <br />4 <br />G-..-\ <br />11 <br />