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ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 26, 1998 <br /> Agenda Abstract <br /> Item# C 2 (8-d) <br /> SUBJECT: Designation of Orange County Historic Landmarks <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br /> ATTACEMIENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Don Belk <br /> Executive Summary: Preserving the Orange Tradition: Preservation Planner/X2594 <br /> A Landmark Designation Program for Orange County <br /> Property Owner Notification Letters and Consent Forms PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Landmark Designation Reports Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Minutes of Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, Mebane 227-2031 <br /> February 25, 1998 Durham 688-7331 <br /> Comments on Designation Reports by State Historic Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> Preservation Office <br /> Minutes of Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, <br /> March 25, 1998 <br /> Draft Ordinances for Local Landmark Designation: <br /> Bingham School <br /> Chatwood <br /> Moorefields <br /> Rigsbee's Rock House <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on the proposed ordinances to designate four(4) Orange <br /> County Historic Landmarks. <br /> BACKGROUND: In April 1991, Orange County adopted the Ordinance Creating the Historic <br /> Preservation Commission (HPC) of Orange County, also referred to as the <br /> "Historic Preservation Ordinance". In accordance with Section 1.7 of this <br /> Ordinance, the Historic Preservation Commission may recommend to the County <br /> Commissioners areas to be designated by ordinance as "historic districts" and <br /> individual structures, buildings, sites, areas or objects to be designated by <br /> ordinance as "landmarks". Article 3 of the Historic Preservation Ordinance <br /> describes the procedure for designating local historic landmarks. <br /> The Orange County Historic Preservation Plan, an element of the Orange County <br /> Comprehensive Plan, was adopted in April 1996. The Preservation Plan guides the <br /> County's historic preservation activities by providing an outline of goals, objectives, <br /> and action strategies that serve as a program of work for the Orange County Historic <br /> Preservation Commission. The Preservation Plan describes Orange County's <br />