<div class="chunk-title">Article IX. - Revocation, Enforcement and Renewal of Conservation Agreements</div>
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               A.
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               <span class="ital">Revocation and Enforcement.</span>
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               1.
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               <span class="ital">District.</span> By providing 30 days advance written notice to the Advisory Board, a landowner of
               qualifying farmland within a Voluntary Agricultural District may revoke the Conservation
               Agreement or the Advisory Board may revoke the same Conservation Agreement based on
               noncompliance by the landowner, subject to the same provisions as contained in Article
               VIII(C) for appeal of denials. Such revocation shall result in loss of qualifying
               farm status and loss of eligibility to participate in a district. Absent noncompliance
               by the landowner, neither the Advisory Board nor the Board of Commissioners shall
               revoke any Conservation Agreement prior to its expiration. If the Advisory Board shall
               revoke this Conservation Agreement for cause, the landowner shall have the appeal
               rights set forth in Article VIII(C). Transfers of land in a Voluntary Agricultural
               District due to death of the landowner, sale or gift shall not revoke the Conservation
               Agreement unless the land no longer qualifies for the present-use-value taxation program
               or, in the event that there are water or sewer assessments held in abeyance, the new
               owner(s) fails to agree in writing to accept liability for those assessments in the
               event that the land is withdrawn either voluntarily or involuntarily from the district.
               Enforcement of the terms of a Conservation Agreement for land enrolled in a Voluntary
               Agricultural District shall be limited to revocation of the Conservation Agreement
               and the benefits derived therefrom.
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               2.
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               <span class="ital">Enhanced District.</span> Conservation Agreements for land within Enhanced Districts are irrevocable for a
               period of ten years. Enforcement of the terms of the Conservation Agreement may be
               through an action for injunctive relief and/or damages in any court of competent jurisdiction.
               The County may also terminate any benefits to the owner under this program either
               permanently or during the period of violation, as appropriate. If the Advisory Board
               shall revoke this Conservation Agreement for cause, the landowner shall have the appeal
               rights set forth in Article VIII(C). The right to terminate program benefits is in
               addition to any legal rights that the County may have under either this Ordinance
               or the terms of the applicable Conservation Agreement. The County may seek costs of
               the action including reasonable attorney fees if such a provision is incorporated
               into the Conservation Agreement.
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               B.
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               <span class="ital">Renewal.</span>
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               1.
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               <span class="ital">District.</span> A Conservation Agreements for land within a Voluntary Agricultural District shall
               continue until such time as it is revoked as otherwise allowed herein.
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               2.
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               <span class="ital">Enhanced District.</span> A Conservation Agreement for the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District shall be
               deemed automatically renewed for an additional term of three years, unless either
               the Advisory Board or the landowner gives written notice to the contrary prior to
               the termination date of the Conservation Agreement. At the end of each three-year
               term, the Conservation Agreement shall automatically renew for an additional three-year
               term unless notice of termination is given.
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               (Ord. of 1-5-2009, Art. IX; Ord. of 12-19-2011, Art. IX)
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