HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013/01/22 RESOLUTION PRECLUDING FIRING RANGES OR PISTOL PITS AS AGRITOURISM ACTIVITIES IN HARNETT CTY NCHarnett
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Resolution Precluding Firing Ranges or Pistol Pits
as Agritourism Activities
in Harnett County, North Carolina
WHEREAS, County of Harnett ( "Harnett County ") is one of the fastest growing counties
in the state of North Carolina with a population of approximately 119,000 people; and
WHEREAS, Harnett County has a rich heritage as a rural farming and agricultural
community and the Harnett County Board of Commissioners recognizes and supports the
significant contributions farmers make to the growth and development of Harnett County; and
WHEREAS, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners recognizes and supports
agritourism, as that term is defined in North Carolina General Statutes and the Harnett County
Unified Development Ordinance, as a good source of supplemental farm income; and
WHEREAS, defining what activities may be considered agritourism is a difficult task and
one in which a number of factors must be considered; and
WHEREAS, the decision to determine whether an operation does or does not meet the
statutory definition of agritourism rests with each individual county; and
WHEREAS, significant controversy has arisen in Harnett County as to whether a firing
range or pistol pit operated on a working farm is properly considered an agritourism activity; and
WHEREAS, up to this point, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners has made no
determination as to whether a firing range or pistol pit operated on a working farm is properly
considered an agritourism activity; and
WHEREAS, this controversy needs to be resolved for the benefit of all; and
WHEREAS, after having considered all the facts and circumstances surrounding the
operation of a firing range or pistol pit on a working farm, the Harnett County Board of
Commissioners finds that the operation of a firing range or pistol pit on a working farm is not a
rural activity incident to the operation of a farm, and therefore, is not an agritourism activity and
such activities should be regulated through the Harnett County Unified Development Ordinance
and other applicable rules and regulations, and precluded as an agritourism activity in Harnett
County;
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS, based on the foregoing, that the operation of a firing range or pistol pit on a
working farm is not a rural activity incident to the operation of a farm, and therefore is not an
agritourism activity and such activities should be regulated through the Harnett County Unified
Development Ordinance and other applicable rules and regulations, and precluded as an
agritourism activity in Harnett County.
Marg et Regina F heeler, Clerk
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This the W day of January, 2013.
J s A. Burgin, Ch man
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Marg et Regina F heeler, Clerk
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This the W day of January, 2013.
J s A. Burgin, Ch man