RES-2007-054 Six-Month Development Moratorium in the Carrboro Northern Study Area

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~~ ~5 ~~a~?~~j~l A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ASIX-MONTH MORATORIUM ON THE CONSIDERATION OF REZONING PROPOSALS AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF NEW APPLICATIONS FOR CONDITIONAL AND SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BY THE TOWN OF CARRBORO IN THE CARRBORO JOINT PLANNING TRANSITION AREAS WHEREAS, Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill entered into a Joint Planning Agreement, dated September 22, 1987, as amended April 2, 1990, September 30, 1998, February 2, 1999, and August 20, 2002; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Joint Planning Agreement, a Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Map were adopted by all parties to the Joint Planning Agreement, and have since been amended on several occasions; and WHEREAS, Joint Planning Transition Areas were identified wherein the Towns administer their Land Use Ordinances as if the land were located within the planning jurisdiction of the Towns; and WHEREAS, a "Northern Study Area Plan" which encompassed the Carrboro Joint Planning Transition Areas was prepared and adopted as an amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan by Orange County on February 2, 1999; and WHEREAS, advisory boards for the Town of Carrboro have expressed doubts that goals and objectives of the Northern Study Area Plan are being achieved: and WHEREAS, asix-month moratorium on the consideration of rezoning proposals and the acceptance of new applications for conditional and special use permits for residential development is recommended while an examination of the Land Use Ordinance and zoning map is conducted to determine if changes are warranted to better implement the goals and objectives of the Northern Study Area Plan; and WHEREAS, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on March 27, 2007 and adopted asix-month moratorium for the Northern Study Area; and WHEREAS, the moratorium is not effective anywhere in the NSA (town limits and ETJ or Transition Areas 1 and 2) until the moratorium is adopted by Orange County as well; and WHEREAS, Section 2.3.C of the Joint Planning Agreement defines the procedures whereby a moratorium may be established in the Joint Planning Transition Areas; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners approves a moratorium until October 26,2007 on the consideration of rezoning proposals and the acceptance of new applications for conditional and special use permits for residential development by the Town of Carrboro in the Northern Study Area consistent with the attached ordinance adopted by the Carrboro of Aldermen on March 27, 2007. The moratorium shall become effective upon adoption of this resolution.