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2 <br /> east along Old US 70 E. , south on NC 86, then along Old NC 10 east to the Southern Railway <br /> crossing; then north on Lawrence Road, east along Old US 70 E. , to Seven Springs Road, <br /> returning westward along US 70 E. , south on Lawrence Road and west on Old US 70 E. to Old <br /> NC 86 (Churton Street). Included in Route 5 are Joppa Oaks, Byrdsville, Strayhorn Hills, <br /> Colonial Hills Mobile Home Park, Colonial Hills Subdivision and Piney Grove and Valley <br /> Forge Roads. Route 2 Durham encompasses an area beginning at the Durham County line on <br /> Ebenezer Church Road, south along Pleasant Green Road to US 70, and includes the following <br /> subdivisions: Country Lane Estates, Pleasant Green Estates, Meadow Estates, Brigadoon, <br /> and Meadows of Eno. The following roads are also included: Knight Drive, Deerwood Lane, <br /> Cole Mill Road, Jones Homestead Road, Cabe Ford Road, Willett Road, Laurel Ridge Road, <br /> Linden Road, and US 70 from Linden Road east to the Durham County Line. <br /> THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PLANNING BOARD, OR <br /> CITIZENS. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell , seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis, to <br /> approve the house and building numbers for Rural Route 2, Durham and Rural Route 5, <br /> Hillsborough, followed by notifications of the Hillsborough Postmaster, the Durham <br /> Postmaster and the N.C. Department of Transportation, as required by G. S. 153A-240. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 2. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> a. Article 2.3.3.2 Board of Adjustment Administration <br /> This presentation was made by Mary Scearbo. In summary this item was <br /> presented to receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to <br /> show that the Board of Adjustment meeting is subject to the Open Meetings Law. The <br /> proposed amendment provides a reference to the portion of the General Statutes pertaining <br /> to Open Meeting Laws (H.S. 143-318.9 et seq). This portion of the General Statues <br /> includes the purposes for which a public body may hold an executive session and exclude <br /> the public. <br /> THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, THE PLANNING BOARD <br /> OR CITIZENS. <br /> b. Article 7. 14.4 Density Bonus for Affordable Housing <br /> This presentation was made by Mary Scearbo. In summary this item was <br /> presented to receive citizen comment on a proposal to provide incentives for the <br /> development of housing affordable to low and moderate income families. The Report of the <br /> Low-Moderate Income Housing Task Force, completed September, 1987, included a <br /> recommendation to amend the Zoning Ordinance to increase incentives for new construction <br /> of low and moderate-income housing. The proposed amendment provides such an incentive <br /> by offering a density increase when affordable housing opportunities are created by a <br /> developer. The density bonus provisions apply only to Planned Developments located <br /> outside of a protected watershed, and could be applied in one of several ways: <br /> 1) A density increase of up to 25% if a percentage of the units or lots are sold or rented <br /> to low or moderate income households. <br /> 2) A density increase of up to 25% if off-site land area is donated to Orange County for <br /> future development of an equivalent number of affordable units. <br /> 3) A 50% density increase if all of the lots/units are reserved for qualifying households. <br /> Occupancy would be restricted by a contractual agreement with the Orange County Department <br />