Court Opinion

ID: 9856733
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:56:23.201363+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:40:27.060655
License: Public Domain

Judge Walker
concurring.
Although I concur, I find it important to note that plaintiffs not only contend that defendants are not engaged in a “bona fide farm purpose” in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-340, but also that defendants’ operation violates the Orange County Zoning Ordinance (“ordinance”).
Plaintiffs have unsuccessfully challenged defendants’ operation as being in violation of the ordinance in the past, most recently in 1988. They now contend that Orange County erred in determining that defendants’ operation “qualifies as a bona fide farm use and is therefore exempt from the County’s zoning regulations.” However, since Orange County is not a party to this action, this issue is not before us.