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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 7, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -a <br />SUBJECT: Joint Public Hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission for the Captain <br />John S. Pope Farm Local Historic Landmark Designation <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, Parks PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />and Recreation (DEAPR) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1) Local Landmark Application (Part 2) Rich Shaw, 245 -2514 <br />2) National Register Nomination Excerpt Peter Sandbeck, 245 -2517 <br />3) Letter from State Historic Preservation <br />Office <br />4) Draft January 23, 2013 Historic <br />Preservation Commission Meeting <br />Summary <br />5) Public Hearing Notice <br />6) Draft Designation Ordinance <br />PURPOSE: To conduct a joint public hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) <br />to receive public comment on the application and proposed ordinance to designate the Captain <br />John S. Pope Farm as an Orange County Local Historic Landmark. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1991, Orange County adopted the "Ordinance Creating the Historic <br />Preservation Commission (HPC) of Orange County ", also referred to as the "Historic <br />Preservation Ordinance ". A few years later, in 1997, the County adopted a voluntary program to <br />designate properties of local historic and architectural significance called the Local Landmark <br />Program. One of the HPC's duties is to recommend properties for local landmark designation. <br />Properties may be designated as individual landmarks or as part of historic districts. Properties <br />must meet a higher standard of historic and /or architectural significance to be designated as an <br />individual landmark. The higher standard is appropriate since landmark property owners are <br />eligible for a fifty percent (50 %) property tax deferral as long as the site continues to retain its <br />historic character, as provided by North Carolina General Statutes under 160A- 400.1- 400.14. <br />The historic landmark designation process, outlined in Article 3 of the County's Historic <br />Preservation Ordinance, involves several steps culminating with the adoption of an ordinance <br />for each individual landmark site or historic district. At its January 23, 2013 meeting, the HPC <br />accepted a Part 2 application from Mr. Robert Pope to consider his property, the Captain John <br />S. Pope Farm, for designation as an Orange County Local Historic Landmark, thus initiating the <br />application process (Attachments 1 and 2). Mr. Pope's application materials were submitted to <br />the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for review and comment as required by the <br />Historic Preservation Ordinance. The HPC received a favorable response from the SHPO staff <br />(Attachment 3). The HPC concurred with the SHPO's evaluation that the Captain John S. Pope <br />