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' r 56 Nift: Salutation on letter to property owners within 500 feet stated:Dear Owner of Property Within 500 Feet of the Stoney Creek Basin Area: May 10, 1996 Dear Stoney Creek Basin Property Owner: The following text is excerpted from a public hearing announcement which will run in the News of Orange on May 15 and 22 and the Chapel Hill Herald on May 16 and 23. It is being mailed to all property owners of record in the area known as the Stoney Creek Basin and also property owners within 500 feet of this area. The Stoney Creek Basin is defined generally as lying south of I-85, west of the University branch of Southern Railroad, and east of New NC Highway 86(see map on back of this letter). A public hearing will be held in the Superior Courtroom of the Orange County Courthouse (New), 106 East Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Tuesday, May 28, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or against the following items: ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT 1. CP-2-96 Stoney Creek Small Area Plan AMEND the Orange County Land Use Plan to incorporate the Stoney Creek Small Area Plan. 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 that time, a 22 member Planning Group has worked on a land use plan for the 4,700 acre area that achieves two goals: 1. Makes sure landowners get fair value for their property; and 2. Protects the area's"rural character." The Planning Group identified key resource areas and then identified three levels of land-use intensity that would help protect these resources. The resources include Duke Forest, the Stoney Creek Wildlife Corridor, scenic road corridors, and existing farmland and neighborhoods. Lower intensity areas lie adjacent to most of the resource areas and best typify the area's remaining rural character; intermediate intensity areas are intended to provide a transition between lower and higher intensity; and higher intensity areas are adjacent to areas experiencing urban growth pressures and at some future date will likely be annexed into a municipality. The Planning Group has recommended against rezoning as a means of plan implementation and has instead used the voluntary Flexible Development Options currently being considered for adoption as the basis for their recommendations. All interested citizens are invited to attend this hearing and be heard. Public comment will be received during the public hearing. Following the close of the public hearing, only evidence received in writing by the date of the Planning Board meeting following the public hearing will be considered by the Board of Commissioners for decision. Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the Orange County Planning Department located in the Planning and Agricultural Center, 306F Revere Road, Hillsborough,North Carolina. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. You may also call Gene Bell at extension 2589 at 732-8181 (Hillsborough), 688-7331 (Durham), 967-9251 (Chapel Hill-Carrboro) or 227-2031 (Mebane/Graham).