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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 />9t9- 732.2(96 May 5, 1998 <br />FAX 9t9- 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. GLEDHD -L <br />RE: Ordinance Application and Enforcement - Hillsborough <br />and Orange County <br />Dear John: <br />In a letter dated February 18, 1998, Mayo= 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" within -he Town's <br />Extraterritorial Planning jurisdiction. <br />Not addressed in Mayor Johnson's ?ette. but in a similar <br />vein, Orange County's former Planning irecccr had been <br />investigating press statements attributed to H.11sborough 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 l =:ter I have <br />gathered the research chat Marvin Colllr.s '-.a4 �n this ocint <br />ar.d w.4-1-1 take this 0000rcunity_ to report Ana= _=s =arcs and my <br />conclusions about <br />Hillsborough's planning jurisdict e::__._ds cs <br />extraterritorial jurisdiction boundary. ^; ordinance, <br />subdivision regulations and building code ,'t ^e State <br />Building Code) apply within the Town, of _ _s..crc _-^ and its ETJ. <br />=.11 ocher Hillsborough ordinances stop a: <br />Orange County's zon_ng regulations, SuG_' :_s _= gulat_cnS and <br />building code regu''_acicns (t:1e State`' 3u-l_. :rte ^.G=; = nclude those <br />pertions Of the unincorporated area e= outside of- the <br />corporate boundaries and the ETJs of ai of towns an-4 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 />