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27 <br />Land Use Goal 6: A land use planning process that is transparent, fair, open, efficient, <br />and responsive. <br />Objective LU -6.1: <br />Undertake a comprehensive effort to inform and involve the citizens of Orange County <br />in the land use planning process. <br />Objective LU -6.2: <br />Maintain a cooperative joint planning process among the County municipalities and <br />those organizations responsible for the provision of water and sewer services to guide <br />the extension of service in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan, the Orange <br />County - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Joint Planning Agreement and Land Use Plan, and the <br />policies of the municipalities. <br />• Further implements the Hillsborough- Orange Interlocal Land Management Agreement <br />(2009 and as amended 2014), consistent with the Town of Hillsborough /Orange County <br />Central Orange Coordinated Area Land Use Plan and established Town Urban Service <br />Area, and <br />• Supports the Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement and <br />Map. <br />The amendment is reasonable and in the public interest because. <br />• Fifty -six percent (56 %) of the amendment area consists of Public /Quasi- <br />Public /Institutional (i.e. Duke Forest, Assoc. for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley, <br />State of NC, NCDOT, Krishna Temple, etc.) existing land uses and 19% of the <br />amendment area is under the Present Use Value program, and <br />• The existing land use activities in the area support the rezoning of properties to the <br />Agricultural Residential (AR) and Public Interest District (PID) general use zoning districts <br />as well as the extension of Watershed Protection, Special Flood Hazard, and Major <br />Transportation Corridor Overlays, and <br />• The proposed zoning districts include permitted uses such as single - family residential, <br />church, day care, bed and breakfast, government use, cooperative farm stand, <br />greenhouse, parks, research lands, which provide an appropriate balance between <br />development rights and environmental protection, and <br />• The proposed zoning districts and overlays are found in the vicinity, and <br />• It is consistent with the character of the area, existing development trends, and will <br />minimize the potential for incompatible land uses in the future, and <br />• It promotes public health, safety, and general welfare by furthering the goals and <br />objectives of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. <br />The Board of County Commissioners hereby adopts this Statement of Consistency and <br />findings expressed herein. <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair Date <br />