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' 1 <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 3, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Carrboro Development Moratorium <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT NEEDED Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Carrboro Moratorium Mary Willis <br /> Carrboro Request for Review of Moratorium Extension 2583 <br /> Excerpt from Northern Study Area Plan <br /> 2/13/96 Letter from Board of Commissioners TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 10/15/97 Letter from Mary Willis Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> 10/23/97 Letter from Mike Nelson Durham 688-7331 <br /> Draft Amendment to Joint Planning Agreement Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Draft Legal Notice for Amendment Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To respond to a proposal by the Town of Carrboro to adopt a development <br /> moratorium in the Northern Study Area. <br /> BACKGROUND: On November 11,the Carrboro Board of Aldermen will conduct a public hearing <br /> to consider a development moratorium until April 30, 1998 in the Northern Study <br /> Area. The moratorium would affect projects with five or more units or lots. The <br /> Northern Study Area includes the Transition Areas, which are subject to provisions <br /> of the Joint Planning Agreement. <br /> Requirements of Joint Planning Agreement <br /> Section 2.6c of the Joint Planning Agreement requires that proposed amendments <br /> to the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance be delivered to Orange County within 30 days <br /> of the public hearing. If approved by the Board of Aldermen, the amendment is <br /> automatically adopted by reference by Orange County, unless a written objection is <br /> filed by Orange County prior to the public hearing. An objection must be based on <br /> inconsistency with the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. <br /> Previous Request for Moratorium <br /> In 1996, early in the development of the Northern Small Area Plan, Carrboro <br /> proposed a development moratorium for the study area. The Board of <br /> Commissioners authorized its Chair to sign a letter of objection. The letter, dated <br /> February 13, 1996, stated that the amendment was inconsistent with the JPA Land <br />