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3 <br /> Resolution#: RES-2014-047 <br /> Attachment 1 <br /> A RESOLUTION AMENDING <br /> PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND USE PLAN AND JOINT <br /> PLANNING AGREEMENT INCORPORATING CHANGES MADE BY THE TOWN OF <br /> CARRBORO <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the Town of Carrboro have engaged <br /> in a cooperative planning effort for the area known as the Rural Buffer as detailed within a <br /> Joint Planning Land Use Plan (hereafter 'the Plan), adopted October 13, 1986, and amended <br /> from time to time, and <br /> WHEREAS, the administration of this Joint Planning Land Use Plan is laid out within the Joint <br /> Planning Agreement (hereafter `Agreement'), originally adopted on September 22, 1987, and <br /> amended from time to time, and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County initiated amendments to the Plan and Agreement seeking to <br /> ensure agricultural activities are allowed throughout the area, clarify density and minimum lot <br /> size requirements, and ensure the viability of cluster subdivisions in the area covered by the <br /> Plan and Agreement, and <br /> WHEREAS, amendments to the Plan and Agreement were approved by the Board of County <br /> Commissioners at its June 3, 2014 meeting, and <br /> WHEREAS, at its June 3, 2014 regular meeting, the Town of Carrboro Board of Aldermen <br /> adopted a resolution approving amendments with additional language to the Agreement <br /> concerning agricultural activities, and <br /> WHEREAS, at its June 9, 2014 regular meeting, the Town of Chapel Hill approved the <br /> aforementioned amendments, incorporating the Town of Carrboro's language, with no <br /> additional modifications, and <br /> WHEREAS, the County needs to incorporate the Town of Carrboro's wording change into the <br /> approved Agreement. <br /> NOW THEREFORE, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County hereby resolves that the <br /> Agreement is hereby amended to incorporate changes made by the Town of Carrboro. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the amendments to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and <br /> Agreement shall become effective upon adoption by the governing bodies of Orange County, <br /> Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. <br /> Upon motion of Commissioner , seconded by <br /> Commissioner , the foregoing resolution was adopted this <br /> day of , 2014. <br /> 1 <br />