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y . . ., DRAFT 101 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE <br /> MOOREFIELDS <br /> IN ORANGE COUNTY,NORTH CAROLINA <br /> AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK <br /> Whereas, all of the prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance prescribed in Part 3C, <br /> Article 19, Chapter 160A (Historic Districts and Landmarks) of the General Statutes of North <br /> Carolina and an Ordinance creating the Historic Preservation Commission of Orange County(the <br /> "Historic Preservation Ordinance")have been met;and <br /> Whereas, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has taken into full consideration <br /> all statements and information in the survey and research report prepared by the Orange County <br /> Historic Preservation Commission and prqsented to the Board of County Commissioners on the <br /> 6th day of May, 1998, on the question of designating the property known as Moorefields as a <br /> historic landmark;and <br /> Whereas, the property known as Moorefields, located in the Cheeks Township in the <br /> County of Orange and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, is one of the <br /> earliest appearances of the Federal Style in North Carolina; and <br /> Whereas,the property known as Moorefields and built ca. 1785 by Alfred Moore, a hero <br /> of the American Revolution and one of North Carolina's foremost jurists;and <br /> Whereas, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission has recognized the <br /> historic, architectural and cultural significance of the property known as Moorefields and has <br /> recommended that the property be designated a"historic landmark!' as defined in Section 2.6 of <br /> the Historic Preservation Ordinance; and <br /> Whereas, the Division of Archives and History of the North Carolina Department of <br /> Cultural Resources has reviewed and commented on the findings of the Orange County Historic <br /> Preservation Commission. <br /> Now,therefore,be it obtained by the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, <br /> North Carolina that: <br /> Section 1. The property known as Moorefields, located at in the Cheeks Township, <br /> Orange County, North Carolina jurisdictional area, more particularly described in Exhibit A, is <br /> hereby designated a historic landmark pursuant to Part 3C, Article 19, Chapter 160A of the <br /> General Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance. <br /> Section 2. That the owner(s) and occupant(s) of the property known as Moorefields be <br /> given notice of this ordinance as required by applicable law, and that copies of this ordinance be <br /> filed and indexed in the office of the County Clerk, Orange County Register of Deeds, Orange <br />