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WHEREAS, N.C.G.S. 160A-360(c) requires a city and county to agree upon an <br /> extension of a city's extraterritorial jurisdiction where a county enforces a zoning ordinance and <br /> subdivision regulations and within which the county is enforcing the State Building Code <br /> regulations; <br /> WHEREAS, Orange county enforces a zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations <br /> and enforces the State Building Code regulations within areas in the county which are outside <br /> the Joint Planning Transition Areas, corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of cities; <br /> WHEREAS, the Town of Chapel Hill wishes to extend its extraterritorial jurisdiction to <br /> include property as noted in Appendix A (including map) which is adjacent to the Town of <br /> Chapel Hill's corporate limits and/or exterritorial jurisdiction; <br /> WHEREAS, Town Council desires to extend its extraterritorial jurisdiction and, <br /> therefore, seeks the agreement of the Orange County Board of Commissioners for the <br /> extension; <br /> WHEREAS, this proposed area has been part of the Orange County/Chapel <br /> Hill/Carrboro joint planning area since 1987; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners finds the request consistent with its <br /> comprehensive plan goals, objectives and policies, including but not limited to the land use <br /> program; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners <br /> hereby agrees to, by a formally adopted resolution, beyond what is required by N.C.G.S. 160A- <br /> 360, to an extension of the Town of Chapel Hill's extraterritorial powers under Article 19 of <br /> Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes within the area identified in Appendix A. <br /> This, the 1 day of December, 2014 <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner porosin, seconded by Commissioner Price for <br /> the Board to: <br /> Approve the extraterritorial jurisdiction request by the Town of Chapel Hill pursuant to the <br /> Resolution in Attachment 5. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Craig Benedict said the Board has voted on the resolution and now needs to vote on <br /> the second part of the manager's recommendation to develop a long term plan. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner porosin seconded by Commissioner Rich to <br /> authorize the County Manager to proceed with developing a long term plan for the area. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />