127 N.C. App. 700 - Sedman v. Rijdes’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “[W]hen the General Assembly granted authority to the counties to regulate and restrict the use of land by means of zoning ordinances in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-340, including the power to regulate and restrict the “use of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, or other purposes,” it carved out one important exception to the counties’ jurisdiction: the authority to regulate land being used for “bona fide farm purposes.” Specifically, county zoning “regulations may not affect bona fide farms, but any use of farm property for nonfarm purposes is subject to the regulations.” Although the statute does not define “bona fide farm,” it does define “bona fide farm purposes’^.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 196 N.C. App. 68 - North Iredell Neighbors for Rural Life v. Iredell County