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2 <br /> Whenever Chapel Hill proposes to amend the text of its Land <br /> Development Ordinance, and whenever Carrboro proposes to amend <br /> the text of its Land use Ordinance, the respective towns shall deliver a <br /> copy of the full text of the proposed amendment to Orange County not <br /> later than thirty(30) days before the date of the public hearing on any <br /> such amen aknent. However, with the written consent of the Orange <br /> County Manager or his designee, this thirty (30) day period may be <br /> reduced to not less than (10) days Unless Orange County files with <br /> the respective towns a written objection on or before the date of the <br /> public hearing on the proposed ordinance amendment, the adoption of <br /> the amendment by the respective town shall automatically effect a <br /> corresponding amendment to the applicable ordinance adopted by <br /> reference by Orange County as provided in Section 2.1 C. Any such <br /> objection shall be based on a determination that the proposed <br /> amendment is inconsistent with the adopted Joint Planning Area Land <br /> Use Plan. If a town adopts an amenabnent despite Orange County's <br /> objection, then it shall refer such amendment to Orange County with a <br /> request that the County make corresponding changes as expeditiously <br /> as reasonably possible so that the town may continue to enforce within <br /> its portion of the Transition Area the same standards as it enforces <br /> within its own planning jurisdiction. In the event of objection by <br /> Orange County as provided herein, no such amen&rent shall be <br /> effective within the Joint Planning Area until it is adopted by Orange <br /> County. <br /> Subsequent to the receipt of the Carrboro notice, the County <br /> Attorney wrote to the Orange County Planning Director, <br /> identifying a two-step process for dealing with the proposed <br /> moratorium (copy attached). Since moratoria are a restriction on <br /> permit administration and don't fit neatly into the Joint Planning <br /> Agreement, the first step would involve Carrboro proposing its <br /> amendment pursuant to Section 2.6.C; e.g., the subject of this <br /> agenda item abstract. The second step would then involve an <br /> amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement to provide for <br /> moratoria, their duration, and the reasons justifying them. Such an <br /> amendment would make the moratoria decision one of policy and <br /> could be considered at the April 1996 Joint Planning Area Public <br /> Hearing. <br /> Following receipt of the County Attorney's letter, further <br /> discussions indicated that the application of development moratoria <br /> is not without precedent. On October 2, 1989, Orange County <br /> adopted Section 6.15 of the Zoning Ordinance which permits <br /> "interim development standards" (e.g., development moratoria) to <br /> be applied "...in an area where plans are being prepared for the <br />