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The Town of Hillsborough currently has no regulations within <br />its zoning ordinance which apply to the Major Transportation <br />1 3 1 Corridors (MTC) of 1 -40 and 1 -85. The Orange County <br />Subdivision Regulations apply buffer and landscape standards <br />to new subdivisions which are similar to and achieve the <br />same effect as the MTC provisions within its zoning <br />ordinance. <br />Wake County has initiated a procedure whereby it requires <br />municipalities to adopt certain regulations prior to release <br />of additional extraterritorial jurisdiction by the County. <br />The procedure has been applied twice, both involving MTC <br />requirements. Given the lack of such requirements in the <br />Hillsborough ordinances, and since the initiative for the <br />preparation and adoption of subdivision regulations was the <br />application of buffer standards along 1 -85, a similar <br />procedure as applied to the release of subdivision <br />regulation administration to Hillsborough appears warranted. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Town of Hillsborough be <br />informed that Orange County will agree to relinquish <br />administration and enforcement of its Subdivision <br />Regulations within the Town limits and extraterritorial <br />zoning jurisdiction upon adoption of the Town's subdivision <br />regulations under the following conditions: <br />(1) The Town provides Orange County with the opportunity to <br />review and comment on the proposed regulations prior to <br />adoption; and <br />(2) The Town adopts and incorporates into its zoning <br />ordinance and subdivision regulations design standards <br />applicable within the Major Transportation Corridors of <br />1 -85 and 1 -40 and which meet, as a minimum, the <br />Recommendations for Basic Design Standards along <br />Interstate 40 as prepared by the 1 -40 Subcommittee of <br />the TJCOG Regional Image Task Force. <br />