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22 <br />RES -2013 -091 <br />Attachment 5 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH /ORANGE COUNTY <br />CENTRAL ORANGE COORDINATED AREA LAND USE PLAN, <br />AREAS WITHIN THE TOWN's URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough worked cooperatively to <br />prepare a Strategic Growth Plan Report (dated November 2006) that <br />called for preparation of an Interlocal Agreement for areas surrounding the <br />Town of Hillsborough; and <br />WHEREAS, a Hillsborough- Orange Interlocal Land Management Agreement (dated <br />June 2009) was approved and called for preparation of a Joint Land Use <br />Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina Session Law 1987 -233 authorizes Orange County and its <br />municipalities to engage in joint planning programs; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Hillsborough adopted a Future Land Use Plan (dated March <br />2013) for its Urban Service Area, which includes its planning jurisdiction, <br />additional areas of County jurisdiction, and is to become the Central <br />Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Land Use Plan for areas within the <br />Town's Urban Service Area; and <br />WHEREAS, the Draft COCA Land Use Plan was heard at the September 9, 2013 <br />Quarterly Public Hearing; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Planning Board has reviewed the Draft COCA Land <br />Use Plan and unanimously recommended approval; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board finds that the COCA Land Use Plan for areas within the Town's <br />Urban Service Area will further carry out the intent and purpose of the <br />Interlocal Agreement and is consistent with the goals and objectives of the <br />Orange County 2030 Comprehensive Plan; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />that the attached document titled "Town of Hillsborough- Orange County Central Orange <br />Coordinated Area Land Use Plan, Areas Within the Town's Urban Service Boundary" is <br />hereby approved to include the following change to the "Rural Living" Future Land Use <br />Classification: <br />"Rural Living. These areas reflect existing very -low density residential uses with <br />densities below 0.5 dwelling units per acre (at least a 2 aGFe minimum lot 4e that <br />occurs in areas without public water and sewer service, in locations where continued <br />low- intensity use without public water and sewer is desirable for the foreseeable <br />future." <br />