Agenda - 02-21-2013 - Attachment 8B

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Attachment 8B Memorandum To: David Stancil From: Peter Sandbeck Date: February 7, 2013 Subject: Update on Extending Orange County Local Landmark Program into Hillsborough’s ETJ Copies: Margaret Hauth,Jeff Thompson,Rich Shaw Over the last several years, members of the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) and DEAPR staff have received inquiries about the Orange County Local Landmark Program from property owners in the municipalities, particularly Hillsborough. Since the Local Landmark Program is a form of zoning, the County is at present unable to designate local landmarks outside of the County’s planning jurisdiction—including sites outside of town limits but inside the town’sExtraterritorial Planning Jurisdiction (ETJ). The Town of Hillsborough’s ordinance provides for the designation of historic districts but does not currently provide for the designation of individual properties as landmarks. At the joint BOCC and Hillsborough Town Board meeting on February 18, 2010, both electedboards expressed interest in providing local landmark designation opportunities to suitable properties within the Town’s ETJ and directed staff to research the matter further. Since that time, DEAPR staff and Town planning staff have collaborated to explore a potential inter-local agreement to allow the County’s Local Landmark Program to extend into the Town’s ETJ. After the most recent follow up meeting on February 6, 2013, the Town staff expressed its support for allowing the County to extend its Local Landmark Program into the Town’s ETJ and asked DEAPR to develop a draft inter-local agreement to share with Town and County legal staff for review, and ultimately for presentation to both boards for review and approvalwithin the next year. NATURAL andCULTURALRESOURCES DIVISION Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks & Recreation PO Box 8181,Hillsborough, NC 27278 Phone: (919) 245-2510 Fax: (919) 644-3351