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3 <br />Attachment 1 —Town of Hillsborough Materials, Introduction <br />Town considering amendments to the Future Land Use Plan — find out how it might impact you <br />Local governments are mandated to have a Future Land Use Plan as part of their comprehensive <br />planning materials. A future land use map indicates general use categories envisioned for different <br />parts of a town. These categories are more general than zoning and simply act as a guide for the <br />implementation of zoning. Towns a further mandated to take the designations on a zoning map into <br />consideration when adopting zoning. Put more simply, a town should not zone a parcel for commercial <br />use if the future land use plan indicates the area is residential without first amending the Future Land <br />Use Map to reflect that change. <br />In 2007, Hillsborough adopted a Future Land Use Map following the adoption of the Strategic Growth <br />Plan cooperatively with Orange County. This map has served as the basis for zoning decisions in town <br />since its adoption. Following the adoption of the new Unified Development ordinance, the Planning <br />Board began work on amending the Future Land Use Plan to better align with both the new <br />development ordinance and changing local ideas about development in general. This revised plan is <br />now ready for public review and discussion. A formal public hearing will be conducted on October 17 <br />and the Town Board will consider adopting the new map after the close of that hearing. <br />What's new: <br />The revised Future Land use Map has land use designations recommended for areas outside the town's <br />current jurisdiction as a step toward implementing some jurisdiction changes with Orange County. <br />Areas shown on the map with a future land use designation (i.e. in color) are potentially subject to land <br />use regulation by the Town under a pending inter -local agreement with Orange County. Areas shown in <br />white on the map are not impacted by this plan and outside the town's jurisdiction and the jurisdiction <br />of the inter -local agreement. <br />The designations are aimed at encouraging mixed use development. The text that accompanies the map <br />describes each designation and lists the zoning districts that may occur within that designation. The text <br />descriptions of the land use designations and a table comparing the designations to zoning districts are <br />available on the town's website or from the Planning Department. This project website <br />is: h_ t_ tp: / /www.ci.hillsborough.nc.us/ content / future -land- use - plan - revisionupdate and can be accessed <br />from the right hand box on the planning department page of the Town of Hillsborough website. <br />This map is still a work in progress and subject to change. Comments from property owners and citizens <br />will definitely be considered. Areas without a color designation on the map, but inside the service <br />boundary are still under discussion. <br />What's the impact to me as a land owner ?: <br />The Future Land Use Plan has no impact on your current zoning or how you live your daily life on your <br />property. The designation on your property only comes into consideration if you wish to change the <br />zoning on your property either for your own use or because you wish to sell. If the current use of your <br />property (say a house or business) doesn't align with the Future Land Use Plan designation (say it's listed <br />as neighborhood mixed use), nothing happens unless or until you or a potential buyer requests rezoning <br />of the property. <br />The Urban Services Boundary shown on the map was enacted through an inter -local agreement among <br />Orange County, the three municipalities in the county and OWASA. Areas outside the boundary are not <br />