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0 <br />A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN <br />WHEREAS, Orange County, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the Town of Carrboro entered <br />into a Joint Planning Agreement, dated September 22, 1987, as amended April 2, 1990; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the Joint Planning Agreement, a Joint Planning Area Land Use <br />Plan was adopted on October 13, 1986 by all parties to the Joint Planning Agreement, and has <br />since been amended on several occasions; and <br />WHEREAS, A Small Area Plan that provides a framework for the future use of land <br />within Carrboro's northern growth area was accepted by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on <br />August 19, 1997; and <br />WHEREAS, the Small Area Plan was the product of a four year planning process that <br />involved numerous public officials, planners, and residents of the affected area, culminating in a <br />two -day facilitated workshop sponsored by Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro; and <br />WHEREAS, the geographic area covered by the Small Area Plan includes Carrboro's <br />Transition Area as identified in the Joint Planning Agreement, which area is also covered by the <br />Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, implementation of the recommendations contained in the Small Area Plan <br />requires certain amendments to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan; <br />- NOW THEREFORE, THE [ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS] <br />[CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL] [CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN] HEREBY <br />RESOLVES THAT THE JOINT PLANNING AGREEMENT BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: <br />1. Section VII of the Plan ("Overview of Implementation Strategies ") is amended on <br />page 91 by adding under the heading "Coordination with other Plans" a second paragraph to read <br />as follows: "Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the "Facilitated Small Area Plan <br />for Carrboro's Northern Study Area," accepted by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on August <br />19, 1997, is specifically incorporated by reference into this Plan and supersedes any provisions of <br />this Plan that are inconsistent with the Small Area Plan with respect to the CJDA Transition <br />area." <br />2. Section V of the Plan ("Joint Planning Operating Principles ") is amended on page 59 <br />by deleting the engird first paragraph at the top of the page, which begins with "The portion of the <br />Transition Area...." and includes numbered subparagraphs 1 through S. (The deleted language <br />divides Carrboro's Transition Area .into Transition Area I and Transition Area II and prohibits <br />the density of Transition Area II from exceeding one unit per acre until at least 75% of the area <br />- -thin Trwisition. Area I meets certain dcv--lopmentai thicsholds). <br />- _- <br />T. �Y <br />19 <br />