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LAW OFFICES <br />COLEMAN, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE <br />A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br />129 E. TRYON STREET <br />P. O. DRAWER 1529 <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />919- 132 -2t% May 5, 1998 <br />FAX 919 -732 -7997 <br />Mr. John M. Link, Jr. <br />Orange County Manager <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />FROM THE DESK OF <br />GEOFFREY E. GLEDHILL <br />RE: Ordinance Application and Enforcement - Hillsborough <br />and Orange County <br />Dear John: <br />In a letter dated February 18, 1998, Mavor Horace Johnson <br />wrote to the Board Chair "to express the concern of the <br />Hillsborough Board of Commission members about the handling of a <br />variety of enforcement issues within the Hillsborough <br />Extraterritorial Planning Area." The letter goes on to state <br />that various citizen complaints are being referred by County <br />staff to the Town of Hillsborough. The ccmplaints have to do <br />with "animal infestations, solid waste accumulations, and dumping <br />of animal carcasses and other debris" witi,in the Town's <br />Extraterritorial Planning jurisdiction. <br />Not addressed in Mayor Johnson's letter- but in a similar <br />vein, Orange County's former Planning Direccor had been <br />investigating press statements attributed to :Hillsborough Town <br />staff, the gist of which were that Orange County was responsible <br />for investigating building code violations in the Town of <br />Hillsborough. In the context of Mayor Johnson's le- - I have <br />aa"",:.ered the research that Marvin Collins had done on this point <br />and :ii 1_ take this oppor�.unity to report _ha-_ :es°_arch and _,my <br />conclusions about <br />Hillsborough's p'_anr__ng jurisdict_, _,n ex- :_..mss s <br />extr_c=rritorial jurisdiction boundary. _ ;.n_. _ oraz ,ance, <br />s1...- division regulations and building code rep -•laci ins +t ^e State <br />ate <br />Code) apply within the Town of :iii _��o =eugh a._d its cTJ. <br />ocher illsborough ordinances stop at <br />fl=ange County's zoning regulations, regulations and <br />b•.:i _- :ng code regulatic:ls (the State Bu- 1t'in, _ode; inc_ude those <br />p�;rtions of the unincorporated area of .he C`­_nty outsize of the <br />c.roerate boundaries and the ETJs of all of towns and cities <br />located within Orange County. All other Count_ regulatory <br />ordinances are applicable in the unincorporated areas of the <br />County, including the ETJs of the towns and cities within the <br />County. There are a few instances of reciprocal resolutions and <br />