(A) Regions. Surry County is hereby divided into five regions, as defined on enclosed map.
(B) Implementation. In order to implement the purposes stated in § 155.03 of this chapter, this program provides for the creation of voluntary agricultural districts which meet the following standards.
(1) The district shall contain a minimum of 25 contiguous acres of qualified farmland; or smaller acreage may be accepted if the board determines it to be agriculture based.
(2) The district shall contain one or more qualified farms within areas designated by the Advisory Board.
(3) All land enrolled in a region, defined in division (A) above, shall be part of a single 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 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.
(1) Qualifying farmland in a region with an existing district shall be added to the district as herein provided.
(2) In the event that one or more participants in the district withdraw and the acreage in the district becomes less than the minimum acreage required or results in the remaining land being non- contiguous, a voluntary agricultural district will continue to exist so long as there is one qualifying farm.
(Ord. passed 3-16-2015)