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(~ Chairman Walker presented a Setter-dated January 14, 1974, Prom Charles W. Johnston, Chairman of the Orange County Planning Hoard. Said letter stated that the Planning Hoard went "on record to exDresa its confidence in Mr. Haithcoak's integrity and ability as Zoning Officer.'' The Chairman referred to Item ~2 of the Agenda: (Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Association! A. Presentation of a petition calling for the creation of the Orange Grove Rural Fire Protection District.) The following petiticlns-'wer'e'filed }Sy rdward.S; Tohnaon, President of the Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company. Thep contained a tdtal of 257 signatures of resident freeholders: PETITION FOR FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION THE UNDERSIGNED, being RESIDENT FREEHOLDERS living in a district lying outside the corporate limits of any city or town, which district is described below in this petition and shall hereafter be designated as the ORANGE GROVE FIRE DISTRICT, petition the BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR ORANGE COUNTY to call an election in said district for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein the question of levying and collecting a special tax on all taxable property in said district, of an amount not exceeding fifteen cents ($.15) of the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property, for the purpose of providing fire protection in said district. The undersigned further petition that the aforementioned tax shall first be levied for, and fire protection begun Sn, the fiscal pear ending Tune 30, 1975.... The diatriat Por which the Pira district election is sought lies with the following boundaries: Beginning at the Orange County line on U. S. Highway 54 (approximately 11 miles west of Chapel Hi11), thence north with the county line 5.5 miles to the Mebane Oaks Raad (SR 1007), a boundary of the Effland Fire District; thence with the r-:ffland Fire District boundary as follows: with the Mebane Oaks Road (SR 1007) in a southeasterly direction 1.7 miles to the intersection with the Oak Grove Church Rosd (SR 1117), thence with the Oak Grove Church Road in a southeasterly direction 3.1 miles to the intersection of SR 1118, thence with SR 1118 in a south- easterly direction 0.7 miles to the intersection of SR 1115, thence in a northeasterly direction with SR 1115 1.2 miles to the intersection of the Buckhorn road (SR 1114), thence with the Buckhorn road in a northerly direction 0.7 miles to the intersection of SR 1125, thence with SR 1125 in a northeasterly direction 4.5 miles to the inters®ction of SR 1120, thanes with SR 1120 in a northeasterly direction 0.7 miles to the bridge on Seven Mile Creek, thence with said creek in an easterly direction to the Eno River in the line of the Orange Rural Fire District; thence with the Orang® Rural Fire Diatriat as follows: in an easterly direction with said Eno River to SR 1131}, thence with SR 1134 in a southerly direction 1.1 miles to the intersection with SR 1135, thence with SR 1135 in a westerly, southerly, and then easterly direction 1.9 miles to another intersection with SR 1134, thence in a southerly direction with SR 1134 0.7 miles to an intersection with SR 1006, thence in a southerly direction with SR 1006 0.6 miles to the intersection of SR 1129, thence in an easterly direction with SR 1129 3.0 miles to the intersection of SR 1009, thence in a southerly direction with SR 1009 2.2 miles to the intersection of SR 1723, a boundary of the New Hope Fire District; thenoe with the New Hope District line and with SR 1009 approximately 3.1 miles to the South Orange Fire District; thence with said South Orange Fire Diatriat in a southwesterly direction approximately 1.4 miles to the intersection of Dairyland Road (SR 1112) and Bethel Church Road (SR 1104); thence with the Bethel Church Road in a southwesterly direction and includin both sides of said road 1.9 miles to U. S. Highway 54, thence with U. S. ~4 and including both sides of said road 1.4 miles to th® intersection of Antioch Church Road (SR 19$1), thence in a southerly direction with the Antioch Church Road, and including both sides of said road, 1.0 miles to the intersection of SR 1952, thence with SR 19$2 and including bgth sides oP said road 0.9 miles to the intersection of U. S. Highway 54, thence with U, s, 51~., and including both sides of said highway, in a westerly direction 1.9 miles to the intersection of SR 1958. Thence with SR 19$8 and including both aides of said road in a southerly direction 0.3 miles to the intersection of SR 1957, thence with SR 1957 and including both sides of said road in southerly, westerly, and then northwesterl direction 2.8 miles to the intersection of II.S. Highway 54, thence with U. S. 5~ in a northwesterly direction 2.3 miles to the Orange County line, the point of beginning.