Chatham County - Voluntary Ag Parcels

Polygons features representing parcels in Chatham County, NC that are part of the voluntary ag district (VAD). The feature class is maintained by the Chatham County GIS department on an annual basis by referencing the tax database to determine which parcels are to be included in the VAD layer. A Voluntary Agriculture District ordinance has been adopted by 80 counties in North Carolina including Chatham County. The purpose of the Agricultural District Program is to encourage the preservation and protection of farmland from non-farm development. This is in recognition of the importance of agriculture to the economic and social well being of North Carolina. The ordinance provides for the creation of an Agricultural Advisory Board to administer this program. The Board reviews and approves applications for qualifying farmland as well as establishing the agricultural district. Chatham GIS SOP: "MAPSERV-27"本数据集所包含的多边形要素，用于表征北卡罗来纳州查塔姆县内纳入自愿农业区（Voluntary Agricultural District, VAD）的地块。该要素类由查塔姆县地理信息系统（Geographic Information System, GIS）部门每年维护，通过参考税务数据库筛选确定需纳入该VAD图层的地块。北卡罗来纳州包括查塔姆县在内的80个县已颁布《自愿农业区条例》。农业区项目的宗旨是推动农田保护，使其免受非农开发的侵蚀。此举旨在认可农业对北卡罗来纳州经济与社会福祉的重要价值。该条例规定设立农业咨询委员会，负责本项目的管理工作。该委员会需审核并批准符合资质的农田申请，同时推进农业区的设立流程。查塔姆县地理信息系统标准作业程序（Standard Operating Procedure, SOP）："MAPSERV-27"