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10 <br />HOLTKAMP LETTER <br />Concern about other incorporation efforts: <br />As of November 1, 1998, new laws concerning incorporation make it more difficult for <br />rural areas to incorporate by creating new density requirements. (HB 13 61) These laws also <br />change the requirments for involuntary annexation; however, the law regazding voluntary <br />annexation remains unchanged. The application of the Town of Hebron is considered as an <br />"exceptional case" in that its application was presented just after the law changed and otherwise <br />complied with the then existing criteria for incorporation. <br />Conclusion: <br />This is not an effort to isolate the community from Orange County or Mebane. This is an <br />effort to protect the county goals of rural preservation and to afford standing to the community <br />citizens and their county representatives that the law does not otherwise allow. Without the <br />standing that incorporation provides, there is only one force in the future of the community: the <br />neighboring municipality. In North Carolina, the goals of rural and county preservation are <br />trumped by a variety of laws which accord considerable power to municipalities. Meaningful <br />rural preservation efforts especially in rural azeas neaz municipalities require creative and <br />innovative solutions to real challenges. The incorporation of a rural town can be a creative and <br />innovative solution. The community of Hebron would appreciate the opportunity to work with <br />Orange County to create a meaningful, creative foundation for rural preservation. <br />