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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 19, 2013 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-j <br /> SUBJECT: Amendment Outline and Schedule for Upcoming Item — Town of <br /> Hillsborough/Orange County Interlocal Agreement Implementation —Adjustment <br /> of Hillsborough Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) and Application of County <br /> Future Land Use Map Classifications and Zoning <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br /> Atlas Amendment Outline Supervisor, 245-2579 <br /> (CP and Zoning-2013-02) James Bryan, Staff Attorney, 245-2319 <br /> 2. Letter from Town Mayor (9/10/13) Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 245-2592 <br /> 3. Memo from Town Planning Director Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use <br /> (10/17/13) Planner, 245-2567 <br /> PURPOSE: To authorize staff to proceed with steps for the adjustment of Hillsborough <br /> Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) and application of County Future Land Use Map Classifications <br /> and Zoning to affected areas according to the schedule proposed in the Amendment Outline <br /> (Attachment 1). <br /> BACKGROUND: Consistent with the Hillsborough-Orange Interlocal Land Management <br /> Agreement (December 2009), the Town of Hillsborough and Orange County agreed to make <br /> adjustments to the Town's ETJ. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction or "ETJ" is an area outside of the <br /> Town's corporate limits over which the Town exercises its zoning and planning authority. <br /> Hillsborough's current ETJ is to be expanded to include those areas that are most likely to be, <br /> sooner as opposed to later, the subject of urban-intensity development proposals, with <br /> annexation to follow, and contracted in areas where urban-intensity development is to be <br /> discouraged. <br /> Attachment 1 for the Board's review and approval is an Amendment outline providing the <br /> rationale, process, and implications for the adjustment of Hillsborough Extraterritorial <br /> Jurisdiction (ETJ) and application of County Land Use Element Map Classifications and Zoning <br /> to affected properties. <br /> Town of Hillsborough Initiation: <br /> Orange County received a letter (dated September 10, 2013) conveying Town Board action and <br /> adoption of a resolution indicating its interest in releasing areas west of town from its <br /> Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) and requesting jurisdiction over areas defined in the Interlocal <br /> Land Management Agreement (Attachment 2). Coordination between the respective staffs was <br /> also requested to begin identifying the required steps and to process the exchange. <br />