<div class="chunk-title">Article XI. - Additional Enhanced Agricultural District Benefits</div>
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               Land enrolled in the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District program is entitled
               to all of the benefits available under the Voluntary Agricultural District program,
               and to the following additional benefits:
               
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                  A.
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                  <span class="ital">Sale of Non-farm Products.</span> Landowners participating in Enhanced Districts may receive up to 25 percent of gross
                  sales from the sale of nonfarm products and still qualify as a bona fide farm that
                  is exempt from county zoning regulations under N.C.G.S. Â§ 153A-340(b). A farmer seeking
                  to benefit from this subsection shall have the burden of establishing that the property's
                  sale of nonfarm products did not exceed 25 percent of its gross sales. A county may
                  adopt an ordinance pursuant to this section that sets forth the standards necessary
                  for proof of compliance.
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                  B.
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                  <span class="ital">Agricultural Cost Share Program.</span> Landowners participating in Enhanced Districts are eligible under N.C.G.S. Â§ 143-215.74(b)
                  to receive the higher percentage of cost-share funds for the benefit of that farmland
                  under the Agriculture Cost Share Program established pursuant to Part 9 of Article
                  21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes for funds to benefit that farmland.
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                  C.
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                  <span class="ital">Priority Consideration.</span> State departments, institutions, or agencies that award grants to farmers are encouraged
                  to give priority consideration to landowners participating in Enhanced Districts.
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                  D.
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                  <span class="ital">Utility Assessment Waiver.</span> As provided in Article X above, waiver of all county utility assessments in addition
                  to waiver of water and sewer assessments is available to all participants in Enhanced
                  Districts.
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               (Ord. of 1-5-2009, Art. XI; Ord. of 12-19-2011, Art. XI)
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