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I j ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 28, 1996 Action Agenda SUBJECT: STONEY CREEK SMALL AREA PLAN Item#C 2(a) DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: _X—Yes No BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes_X–No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: • Final Draft Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan Gene Bell,Planner III, Ext. 2589 • Stone's Creek: A History of the Stoney Creek Area • Certificate of Mailing and Letter TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough- 732-8181 Durham- 688-7331 Mebane- 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251 PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on the Draft Stoney Creek Small Area Plan. BACKGROUND: On December 5, 1994,the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted the following charge: "To prepare a land use plan, including recommendations for implementation,for the Stoney Creek Basin Planning Area southeast of the town of Hillsborough." Since March 16, 1995,a 22 member Planning Group of neighborhood representatives plus elected and appointed officials and seven alternates has worked on a Stoney Creek Land Use Plan that achieves two goals: 1. Preserves landowners' rights to get fair value for their property; and 2. Protects the area's"rural character." The Planning Group identified key resource areas and then identified levels of land-use intensity that would help protect these resources. Three levels of land-use intensity are recommended for different parts of the Stoney Creek area: 1. Lower intensity areas lie adjacent to most of the resource areas and best typify the area's remaining rural character. They are proposed to have the lowest future development densities and water and sewer extension is=envisioned. 2. Intermediate intensity areas are intended to provide a transition between lower and higher intensity. They are envisioned as being predominantly residential