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Section 1: G.S. 106-740 — Public hearings on condemnation and rezoning of farmland

Voluntary Agricultural Districts: New Model Ordinance May Require Adoption

Due to several inclusions of the word "shall" in recent N.C. statutory updates concerning Voluntary Agricultural Districts (VADs), counties should consider amending or adopting a new VAD ordinance.…

Topographic map showing Concord Lake, Coldwater Creek, Heilmans Mill, Edgason Lake, roads

Bona Fide Farm: Court Limits Exemption in Stream Protection Buffer Zone

The North Carolina Court of Appeals in December upheld a Cabarrus County Zoning Board’s revocation of a building permit for a barn set inside a Waterbody Buffer Zone. At issue in the case of Arstark…

North Carolina map with counties in blue or red and red pins; legend: Blue=with FA, Red=without FA

Solar Energy: NC Department of Environmental Quality Releases HB 329 Decommission Study

[Farmlaw Editor's note: the final report discussed below - mandated by state statute - has been circulated in draft form. The broad outline below responds to concerns of landowners and communities…

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Administrative Law: Exhaustion Required for Administrative Bona Fide Farm Determination

While the term "bona fide farm" is used by various government agencies to express their version of whether a certain type of farm is legitimate, the term has but one statutory application in North…

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Bona Fide Farm Zoning: NC Appeals Court Limits Agritourism Definition

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on May 15 placed a check on the expanding list of activities operated in rural North Carolina under the definition of “agritourism.” In the Harnett County case of…