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Jurisdiction
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Editor's Notes and Links to HTML
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| Alamance |
Passed in March
2001. More information is available
on the Alamance County Voluntary
Farmland Preservation Program
by clicking on the following
link: Alamance
County Voluntary Farmland Preservation
Program. |
| *Alexander |
Passed on March 5, 2002.
AlexanderScanned PDF file includes ordinance, application, staff checklist, program brochure and the notice to real estate purchasers.
Presentation on Alexander Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program is available in PDF: Alexander Presentation [PDF, 496kb].
Click on the following link to access the searchable PDF file: Alexander Searchable PDF. Please note that the year of passage in the searchable version, 2000, is not correct and that the year of passage is 2002. |
| *Alleghany |
Passed August
18, 2003. Available in searchable
PDF.
Alleghany Scanned PDF file contains ordinance, application, and approval form.
Click on the following
link to access the searchable
PDF file: Alleghany
Searchable PDF. Also available in PDF directly
from
Alleghany
County Government County Ordinances
website. Click on the following
link
to access: Farmland
Preservation PDF. |
| Ashe |
Passed on July 16, 2001.
Ashe Searchable PDF contains ordinance. |
| Avery
|
Passed on March 2, 1992. |
| Beaufort |
Passed on August 6, 2007.
Beaufort Scanned PDF contains the ordinance and is a 1.5MB download. |
| Bladen |
Passed on **, 2007
Bladen Searchable PDF contains ordinance. |
| *Brunswick |
Passed September 17, 2001.
Brunswick Scanned PDF, [630kb], contains ordinance and program application.
More information is available on Brunswick County's Voluntary Agricultural District Program by clicking on the following link: Voluntary Agricultural District Program- Brunswick County. |
| Buncombe
|
Amended 02-20-01. See amendment below.
Also available online in searchable HTML format through Municode (Search for "farmland preservation"). Click
on the following link to access: Buncombe
HTML.
More information is available on Buncombe County's Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program by clicking on the following link: Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program- Buncombe County. |
Buncombe
amendment
|
This is the 02-20-01 amendment. The full
version of Buncombe County's Program, including this amendment,
is available online in searchable HTML format. Click on
the following link to access: Buncombe
HTML. |
| Burke |
Passed on August 6, 2002.
More information is available on the Burke County Voluntary Agricultural District Program by clicking on the following link: Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program- Burke County. |
*Cabarrus+
approved
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Passed on November 21, 2005. Allows for enhanced voluntary agricultural districts.
Cabarrus Scanned PDF, contains the scanned ordinance, the application for farmland preservation program, conservation agreement, example approval letters, and advisory board rules of procedure.
More information on the Cabarrus County Voluntary Agricultural District Program is available by clicking on the following link: Cabarrus County - Voluntary Agricultural Districts. |
Cabarrus
old proposal |
This old proposed version is posted on this page for reference and example purposes only and is not the approved or legally enforceable version. |
| Caldwell |
Passed on August 20, 2001.
More information
is available on
the Caldwell
County Voluntary Agricultural
District Ordinance by clicking on the following
link: Caldwell County - Voluntary Agricultural District Program. |
| Caswell |
Passed on March 19, 2001. |
Catawba
not passed |
This program ordinance was proposed but was not passed. This document was a draft only and it is included here only for reference and example purposes. |
| Chatham |
Passed on Nov. 5, 2001.
Also
available in searchable HTML format. Click on the following
link to access: Chatham
HTML.
More information is available on the Chatham County Voluntary Agricultural District Program by clicking on the following link: Chatham County - Voluntary Agricultural District Program. |
| Cherokee
|
Passed on December 5, 1995. |
| Clay |
Passed in March 1993. |
| *Cleveland |
Passed on June
5, 2001.
Cleveland County PDF file contains ordinance, program application, and brochure.
Program reports for
2002 and 2003 are available
in PDF by clicking on the following
link Cleveland
Reports.
More information
is available on Cleveland County's
Voluntary Agricultural
District Program by clicking
on the following link: Voluntary
Agricultural District Program
- Cleveland County. |
| *Cumberland |
Passed on November 20, 2007.
Cumberland Searchable PDF contains ordinance and form to process application through the Register of Deeds Office. |
| Currituck |
Passed on April 16, 2001.
Currently available in searchable
PDF.
Also available online in searchable HTML format through Municode (Search for "farmland preservation"): Currituck
HTML. |
| Davidson |
Passed on June 27, 2006.
Searchable PDF format is available by clicking on the following link: Davidson Searchable PDF. |
| Durham new |
Amended through August 2003 (not indicated in ordinance, however).
Durham Searchable PDF contains the ordinance establishing both the voluntary agricultural district program, which utilizes conservation agreements, and the purchase of development rights, which utilizes conservation easements; as well as a program brochure.
More information is available on Durham County's Farmland Protection Program by clicking on the following link: Farmland Protection Program - Durham County.
Also available online in searchable HTML format through Municode (Search for "farmland preservation"): Durham HTML. |
| Durham old |
Old Version Included for Reference Purposes Only
Passed on May 13, 1996.
This document is the old Durham County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program and is included here for example and reference purposes only. The amended and legally enforceable ordinance is available above. This PDF document is not searchable.
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| *Duplin |
Passed on June 7, 2005. PDF file includes brochure also. |
| Eastover |
Passed on December 4, 2007.
Eastover Searchable PDF contains the program ordinance. |
| Franklin |
Passed on August 18, 2003. |
| Forsyth
|
The
guidelines dated July 1997
are currently in effect in
Forsyth County. The "Forsyth
County Farmland Preservation
Guidelines" dated August 25,
1986 are included for example/reference
purposes only. A searchable PDF version of the Forsyth County program ordinance, without the 1986 guidelines is available by clicking on the following link: Forsyth Searchable PDF. More information is available
on Forsyth County's Farmland Preservation Program by clicking
on the following link: Farmland Preservation Program- Forsyth County. |
| Gaston |
Passed on July 22, 2004.
Searchable PDF format is available by clicking on the following link: Gaston Searchable PDF. |
| Greene |
Passed on May 7, 2007
Greene Searchable PDF contains the ordinance. |
| *Guilford |
Passed on September 7, 2000.
The PDF file
contains the ordinance, application, brochure and other
related materials. The ordinance only is also available online
in searchable HTML format through Municode (Search for "farmland preservation"). Click on the following link
to access: Guilford
HTML. |
| Haywood
|
Passed in 1994. |
| Haywood+ |
Passed on March 5, 2007.
Haywood Enhanced Searchable PDF contains amendments, adding the creation of enhanced voluntary agricultural districts, to the Haywood County Farmland Preservation Ordinance. |
| Haywood |
Passed on **, 2008. |
| Henderson
|
Passed on December 18, 1991. |
| Iredell new |
Amended through June 6, 2006
Iredell Searchable PDF contains the updated ordinance. |
| *Iredell old |
Old Version Included for Reference Purposes Only
Passed on June
19, 2001.
Iredell PDF file contains ordinance, application for farmland preservation program, and program brochure.
Program report for
2002 is available in PDF by
clicking on the following link Iredell
2002 Report. Also available online in searchable HTML format through Municode (Search for "farmland preservation"): Iredell
HTML. |
| *Iredell PDR |
Iredell PDRApp PDF file contains application for purchase of development rights and program brochure. |
| Johnston |
Passed on May 1, 2006.
Searchable PDF format is available by clicking on the following link: Johnston Searchable PDF. |
| *Lincoln |
Passed on October
7, 2002.
LincolnScanned PDF file contains ordinance, application for farmland preservation program, conservation agreement, staff checklist, tax office form, notice to real estate purchasers, notice to applicant for building permit, and program brochure.
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| Macon |
Passed on February 4, 1997.
Macon Searchable PDF contains ordinance. |
| Madison |
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| McDowell |
Passed on August 11, 2003. |
| *Northampton |
Ordinance updated and passed on May 15, 2006
Originally passed
on January 21, 2003.
NorthamptonScanned PDF file contains ordinance, application procedure, application, staff checklist, conservation agreement filed with with register of deeds office, staff checklist, notice to applicant for building permit, and program brochure.
Searchable PDF format is available by clicking on the following link: Northampton Searchable PDF. |
| Orange
new |
Passed on March 24, 1992.
The Orange County Voluntary
Farmland Preservation Program ordinance was amended in
April of 2000. All changes are reflected in this most
recent ordinance document. This PDF document is searchable.
Also available online in searchable HTML format through Municode (Search for "farmland preservation"): Orange
HTML.
More information is available
on Orange County's Voluntary Agricultural
District Program by clicking
on the following link: Voluntary Agricultural District Program - Orange County. |
| Orange old |
This document is the old Orange County
Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program and is included
here for example and reference purposes only. The amended
and legally enforceable ordinance is available above.
This PDF document is not searchable. |
| Polk |
Passed on February 4, 2002. Allows for enhanced voluntary agricultural districts.
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| Polk+ |
Passed on April 17, 2006. Allows for enhanced voluntary agricultural districts.
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Randolph+
new
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Passed on February 5, 2007.
Randolph Searchable PDF contains the updated ordinance. |
| *Randolph old |
Old Version Included for Reference Purposes Only
Passed February 7, 2005. Randolph PDF file contains ordinance and example map of agricultural districts.
More information is available
on Randolph County's Voluntary Agricultural
District Program by clicking
on the following link: Voluntary Agricultural District Program - Randolph County. |
| Rockingham |
Passed on June 7, 2004.
Rockingham1 PDF file contains ordinance, application, and brochure.
Also available in searchable PDF format by clicking on the following link: Rockingham Searchable PDF. |
| Rowan
|
Passed on July 19, 1990. |
| Rutherford |
Currently available in searchable PDF. Also available online in searchable HTML format through Municode (Search for "farmland preservation"): Rutherford
HTML. |
| Sampson |
Passed on August 20, 2001.
SampsonCounty PDF file, [1.57MB download], contains ordinance, application, supplemental information, staff checklist, conservation agreement, brochure, notice to real estate purchasers, and photos of program signage. |
| Scotland |
Passed on March 10, 2008
Scotland County Searchable PDF file, [104 kb download], contains the ordinance only. |
| Siler
City |
Although this is a municipal legal device,
and is not a county ordinance, this Resolution is posted
here for reference purposes. It is significant because
it is an example of how a municipality can support an
Agricultural District Program established by a county—in
this instance Chatham County. Passed on November 4, 2002. |
| Stanly |
Passed on November 18, 2002. |
| *Stokes |
Passed on April 14, 2003.
StokesScanned PDF file includes ordinance text application, supplemental tract form, program brochure, and description of benefits.
Searchable PDF format is available by clicking on the following link: Stokes Searchable PDF.
More information is available on Stokes County's Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program by clicking on the following link: Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program - Stokes County. |
| Surry |
Passed on August 1, 2005.
Surry Searchable PDF contains ordinance. |
| Transylvania* |
Passed
on March 11, 1996. Scanned PDF
file includes the ordinance,
program
application, and program
brochure. |
| Union |
Passed on May 7, 2001. |
Wake
Easement
Program |
Passed on October 2, 1989. |
Wake
Ag
District |
Passed on September 16, 2002.
More information is available
on Wake County's Voluntary Agricultural
District Program by clicking
on the following link: Voluntary
Agricultural District Program
- Wake County. |
| Warren |
Passed on April 2, 2007.
WarrenSearchable PDF, [50kb download], contains ordinance. |
| Watauga |
Passed October
2, 2000.
WataugaSearchable PDF file contains ordinance and application for farmland preservation program.
Program report for
2002 is available in PDF by
clicking on the following link Watauga
2002 Report. More information is available
on Wake County's Voluntary Agricultural
District Program by clicking
on the following link: Voluntary Agricultural District Program - Watauga County. |
| Wayne |
Passed on August 3, 2004. |
| *Wentworth+ |
Passed on July 18, 2006. Allows for enhanced voluntary agricultural districts.
Searchable PDF format is available by clicking on the following link: Wentworth Searchable PDF, which includes the program application and advisory board application. |
| Wilson |
Passed in 2004. |
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Yadkin
|
Passed on November
18, 2002. Searchable PDF format is available by clicking on the following link: Yadkin Searchable PDF. |
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