(A) Regions. This county is hereby divided into two regions as defined below:
(1) North of Interstate 40 (I-40); and
(2) South of Interstate 40 (I-40).
(B) Implementation.
(1) In order to implement the purposes stated in § 157.03, this program provides for the creation of Voluntary Agricultural Districts which meet the following standards: the District or Enhanced District shall contain the minimum acres of agricultural land, forest land, or horticulture land that is part of qualified farmland.
(2) All land enrolled in a region, defined in division (A) above, shall be part of a single district, whether enrolled in the District or the Enhanced District. If a single farm has acreage in two or more regions, the farm shall participate in the district where the largest acreage is found. All land in a region as defined in division (A) above shall be treated as a single district whether enrolled in the District or the Enhanced District.
(C) Education. The county may take such action as it deems appropriate through the Advisory Board or other entities or individuals to encourage the formation of the Districts and Enhanced Districts and to further their purposes and objectives, including the implementation of a public information program to reasonably inform landowners of the agricultural district program.
(D) Addition and withdrawal. Qualifying farmland in a region with an existing district shall be added to the district as herein provided.
(1996 Code, § 157.06) (Ord. passed 1-7-2008; Ord. passed - -2018)