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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 5, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item <br /> SUBJECT: ADVERTISEMENT FOR PUBLIC HEARING- August 26, 1996 <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X—No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Public Hearing Items Mary Willis -Extension 2583 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the advertisement for the August 26, 1996 quarterly public hearing. <br /> BACKGROUND: The next regular quarterly public hearing is scheduled for August 26, 1996. A <br /> summary of each item proposed for public hearing is provided below. The <br /> proposed legal advertisement, the text of proposed ordinance amendments, and <br /> other background information are attached. <br /> ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS <br /> 1. Z-5-96 Efland Transition Area <br /> The Orange County Planning Staff proposes that a new zoning overlay <br /> district be applied to the 10-Year and 20-Year Transition Areas in the <br /> Efland area. The proposed overlay would allow setbacks of 20 feet from <br /> road right-of-way and 8 feet from side and rear property lines, with <br /> provision for zero-lotline development in the interior of a subdivision. The <br /> proposed setbacks are comparable to the setbacks currently allowed in the <br /> R-5 zoning district. <br /> Efland was an existing developed community when Cheeks township was <br /> zoned in 1984, and is partially served by public water and sewer. Of the <br /> 1,037 existing lots in the Transition Areas, which includes the Efland <br /> community as well as area west to the vicinity of Buckhorn Road, 578 are <br /> non-conforming lots smaller than 40,000 square feet. Many cannot be <br /> built upon in accordance with the 20-foot (side/rear) and 40-foot (front) <br />