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�` .r DRAFT 105 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS <br /> RIGSBEE'S ROCK HOUSE <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 presented to the Board of County Commissioners on the <br /> 6th day of May, 1998, on the question of designating the property known as Rigsbee's Rock <br /> House as a historic landmark; and <br /> Whereas, the property known as Rigsbee's Rock House, located in the Eno Township in <br /> the County of Orange and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, is one of the <br /> best preserved and most intact examples of the Tudor Revival Style in Orange County;and <br /> Whereas, the property known as Rigsbee's Rock House and built ca. 1929, is a colorful <br /> part of Orange County folklore,with its legends linking it to Prohibition-era bootlegging; <br /> Whereas, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission has recognized the <br /> historic, architectural and cultural significance of the property known as Rigsbee's Rock House <br /> and has recommended that the property be designated a"historic landmark!'as defined in Section <br /> 2.6 of 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 Rigsbee's Rock House, located in the Cheeks <br /> Township, Orange County, North Carolina jurisdictional area, more particularly described in <br /> Exhibit A, is hereby designated a historic landmark pursuant to Part 3C, Article 19, Chapter <br /> 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation <br /> Ordinance. <br /> Section 2. That the owner(s) and occupant(s) of the property known as Rigsbee's Rock <br /> House be given notice of this ordinance as required by applicable law, and that copies of this <br />