Article VII - Special Requirements

The purpose of this article is to help meet the needs of agriculture as an industry and to prevent conflicts between voluntary agricultural district participants and nonfarm landowners in proximity to districts.

Voluntary agricultural districts will not be permitted in designated County growth areas, as delineated in the most recently adopted County Land Use Plan, such plan being adopted after the effective date of this Chapter.

The Board shall consult as much as possible with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, the North Carolina Division of Soil and Water Conservation and any other entity the Board deems necessary to the proper conduct of its business.

1. A copy of this Chapter shall be recorded with the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture's office after adoption. At least once a year the County shall submit a written report to the Commissioner of Agriculture's office indicating the status, progress and activities of the County's farmland preservation program, including voluntary agricultural districting information regarding:
   1. Number of landowners, acres and farms enrolled.  
   2. Number of acres applied.  
   3. Number of acres certified.  
   4. Number of acres denied.  
   5. Date each agricultural district was certified.    
2. Copies of the reports cited in Subsection A will be sent to:  
   1. North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture.  
   2. North Carolina Department of Transportation.  
   3. North Carolina Department of Commerce.  
   4. Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce.  
   5. Any other entities the Board deems appropriate.  

At such time as Henderson County has a computerized land records system, it shall be required that such records include some form of notice reasonably calculated to alert a person researching the title of a particular tract that such tract is located within 1/2 mile of the property line of any tract of land enrolled in a voluntary agricultural district.