45-50. Procedures

The Henderson County Agricultural Advisory Board shall adopt procedures, based upon the model procedures promulgated by North Carolina State University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, for both voluntary and enhanced voluntary agriculture districts for the following:

  1. Application
  2. Approval of Agriculture Easement and Conservation Agreement terms. Such agreement to sustain, encourage, and promote agriculture must be executed by the landowner and recorded with the Advisory Board and with the Henderson County Register of Deeds. Permitted uses for the land subject to such Easement and Conservation Agreement include agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and outdoor recreation. The Easement and Conservation Agreement for the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District shall be binding upon all successors in interest to the landowner according to its terms, except for successors in interest resulting from the exercise of rights under a security interest or lien that preceded the Easement and Conservation Agreement.
  3. Enforcement, including methods for determining compliance and for revocation by the County for non-compliance.