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<_ ~4 <br />twenty-four (124) apartment units; that the area lies without the corporate <br />limits of any municipality and there is no fire protection available within <br />said area: <br />TI <br />It is impossible or impracticable to provide fire protection service <br />on a county-wide basis in that three municipal fire depaztments presently <br />exist in the county together with seven rural fire districts, and any effort <br />to provide fire protection on a cour_ty-wide basis would seriously affect the <br />operations of these established organizations, and the cost of county-wide <br />£ire protection would be a great financial burden on the taxpayers of the <br />county and the service would apply to azeas of the county that axe so sparsely <br />populated as to not justify ox' need fire protection; <br />ITI <br />It is economically feasible to provide fire service in the district <br />hereinafter described without unreasonable or burdensome annual tax levies <br />in that the appraised value of the property within the proposed district <br />is in excess of $5,680,00; (that an additional ad valorem tax levy of 30G <br />per 5100.00 of property valuation would provide fire protection;) <br />IV <br />There is a demonstrable demand for fire protection within the area, <br />which demand has been manifested by n merous property owners within the <br />district petitioning the Board of County Commissioners to make fire protec- <br />tion available within said azea. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, HE IT RESOLVED, that the Boazd of Commissioners of <br />Orange County does hereby define the following area as a service distxict <br />for the purpose of providing fire protection in the area described as <br />follows: <br />Tax Map 54-A Block A parcel 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 <br />Tax Map 54-A Block B parcel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 <br />Tax Map 54-B Block B parcel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, <br />12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, <br />Tax Map 54-B Block C pazcel 1, 2, 3, 4, S, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1T, <br />12, 13, 14, <br />Tax Map 54-B Block D pazcel 1, 2, 3, 4, <br />Tax Map 54-B Block A parcel 1, 2, 3, 4, <br />HE TT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the effective date of this resolution <br />shal be July 1, 1974.~ <br />"THAT WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County on the <br />19th day of March, 1974, resolved that a public hearing should be held on the <br />question of the establishment of a County Service District within the area of <br />Briarcliff, as hereinafter set forth and described; and whereas, pursuant to <br />said resolution, on the 25th day of June, 1974, at 8:00 o~clock P.M., in the <br />District courtroom of the Chapel Hill Police Building, the Commissioners did <br />conduct a public hearing; that said hearing was held in accordance with the <br />requirements of General Statutes 153A-302 and notice thereof was duly given <br />as required by said statute; that the report required by General Statute <br />1532.-302 was filed in accordance with the requirements of said statute. <br />After considering all information presented at the public hearing and <br />all other information available to the Board, the Board finds as a fact the <br />following: <br />I - <br />That there is a demonstrable need for providing in the district herein- <br />after described fire protection; that within said azea there aze approximately <br />fifty (50) single family dwellings; that the area lies without the corporate <br />limits of any municipality and there is no fire protection available within <br />said area; <br />Iz <br />It is impossible or impracticable to provide fire protection service on <br />a county-wide basis in that three municipal Eire depaztments presently exist <br />in the county together with seven rural fire districts, and any effort to provide <br />fire protection on a county-wide basis would seriously affect the operations of <br />