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15 <br />UUutli� <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE <br />MOOREFIELDS <br />IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK <br />Whereas, all of the prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance prescribed in Part 3C, <br />Article 19, Chapter 160A (Historic Districts and Landmarks) of the General Statutes of North <br />Carolina and an Ordinance creating the Historic Preservation Commission of Orange County (the <br />"Historic Preservation Ordinance ") have been met; and <br />Whereas, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has taken into full consideration <br />all statements and information in the survey and research report prepared by the Orange County <br />Historic Preservation Commission and presented to the Board of County Commissioners on the <br />6th day of May, 1998, on the question of designating the property known as Moorefields as a <br />historic landmark; and <br />Whereas, the property known as Moorefields, located in the Cheeks Township in the <br />County of Orange and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, is one of the <br />earliest appearances of the Federal Style in North Carolina; and <br />Whereas, the property known as Moorefields and built ca. 1785 by Alfred Moore, a hero <br />of the American Revolution and one of North Carolina's foremost jurists; and <br />Whereas, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission has recognized the <br />historic, architectural and cultural significance of the property known as Moorefields and has <br />recommended that the property be designated a "historic landmark" as defined in Section 2.6 of <br />the Historic Preservation Ordinance; and <br />Whereas, the Division of Archives and History of the North Carolina Department of <br />Cultural Resources has reviewed and commented on the findings of the Orange County Historic <br />Preservation Commission. <br />Now, therefore, be it obtained by the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, <br />North Carolina that: <br />Section 1. The property known as Moorefields, located at in the Cheeks Township, <br />Orange County, North Carolina jurisdictional area, more particularly described in Exhibit A, is <br />hereby designated a historic landmark pursuant to Part 3C, Article 19, Chapter 160A of the <br />General Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance. <br />Section 2. That the owner(s) and occupant(s) of the property known as Moorefields be <br />given notice of this ordinance as required by applicable law, and that copies of this ordinance be <br />filed and indexed in the office of the County Clerk, Orange County Register of Deeds, Orange <br />