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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 3, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7 -c <br />SUBJECT: Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement Amendments — Revisions to <br />Existing Language Ensuring Agricultural Activities are Allowed Throughout <br />the Rural Buffer as well as Density and Minimum Lot Size Clarification(s) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1. Chart Outlining Proposed Modifications <br />2. Resolution Approving Amendment <br />Package <br />3. Excerpt of Draft Minutes from March 27 <br />2014 Joint Public Hearing <br />4. Excerpt of Approved April 2, 2014 <br />Planning Board Minutes <br />5. Excerpt of Draft May 7, 2014 Planning <br />Board Minutes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner III, (919) 245 -2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director, (919) 245 -2592 <br />PURPOSE: To consider amendments to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement <br />modifying language to ensure agricultural activities are allowed throughout the Rural Buffer and <br />to clarify required densities and minimum lot sizes within, and outside of, the University Lake <br />Watershed Area. <br />BACKGROUND: In the mid -1980s Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br />adopted a Joint Planning Land Use Plan (hereafter `the Plan') that provided land use planning <br />for the area of the county commonly referred to as the Rural Buffer. In 1987 the participating <br />entities adopted the Joint Planning Agreement (hereafter `JPA') establishing parameters for the <br />review and approval of development projects within the area. <br />The full Plan and JPA is available at: http: / /orangecountync.gov /planning /Documents.asp. <br />A Joint Planning Area Public Hearing was held on March 27, 2014 to review proposed <br />modifications to the Plan and JPA to address issues associated with the use of property for <br />agricultural purposes as well as to clarify allowable density and lot sizes, and allow for cluster <br />subdivisions, throughout the area covered by the Plan. <br />The agenda materials for the joint public <br />http:// orangecountync .gov /occlerks /140327JPH.pdf. Draft <br />hearing are contained in Attachment 3. Attachment 1 <br />proposed changes. <br />hearing are <br />excerpt minutes <br />contains a cha <br />rt <br />available at: <br />for the joint public <br />summarizing the <br />