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y ~ ~~ , <br />U3;~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: Mav 26, 1998 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Item# C 2(a-d) <br />SUBJECT: Designation of Orange County Historic Landmarks <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Executive Summary: Preserving the Orange Tradition: <br />A Landmark Designation Program for Orange County <br />Property Owner Notification Letters and Consent Forms <br />Landmark Designation Reports <br />Minutes of Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, <br />February 25, 1998 <br />Comments on Designation Reports by State Historic <br />Preservation Office <br />Minutes of Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, <br />March 25, 1998 <br />Draft Ordinances for Local Landmark Designation: <br />Bingham School <br />Chatwood <br />Moorefields <br />Rigsbee's Rock House <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Don Belk <br />Preservation Planner/ X2594 <br />PHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on the proposed ordinances to designate four (4) Orange <br />County Historic Landmarks. <br />BACKGROUND: In April 1991, Orange County adopted the Ordinance Creating the Historic <br />Preservation Commission (HPC) of Orange County, also referred to as the <br />"Historic Preservation Ordinance" . In accordance with Section 1.7 of this <br />Ordinance, the Historic Preservation Commission may recommend to the County <br />Commissioners areas to be designated by ordinance as "historic districts" and <br />individual structures, buildings, sites, areas or objects to be designated by <br />ordinance as "landmarks". Article 3 of the Historic Preservation Ordinance <br />describes the procedure for designating local historic landmarks. <br />The Orange County Historic Preservation Plan, an element of the Orange County <br />Comprehensive Plan, was adopted in April 1996. The Preservation Plan guides the <br />County's historic preservation activities by providing an outline of goals, objectives, <br />and action strategies that serve as a program of work for the Orange County Historic <br />Preservation Commission. The Preservation Plan describes Orange County's <br />