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QUESTION: WHAT WO D OCCUR IF CHAPEL HILL'S PLANNING ARnA WERE EXTENDED m_ Answer: If the Hoard of County Commissioners approves the request, the Town of Chapel Hill would assume responsibility for issuing building permits and administering zoning, subdivision and state building code controls in the affected areas. This action is not annexation. The residents would not pay Town taxes for these services. QUESTION: WILL MOBILE HOrMS NO LONGER BE ALLOWED IN THESE AREAS WERE THE REQUEST TO HE APPROVED? Answer: Not necessarily. Chapel Hill's current zoning ordinance allows mobile homes on individual lots in R-7 districts and mobile home courts or parks as special uses in hgxicultural districts. The Town would be required to zone the affected areas within 6D days of extension and the Town would hold at least one public hearing to hear from affected citizens before it zoned the area. QUESTION; WHAT REPRESENTATION WOULD RESIDENTS OF THE AFFECTED AREAS HAVE IN CHAPEL HILL GOVERNMENT? Answer: Five members of Chapel. Hill's ten member Planning Board live in the Town's planning area and are appointed by the board of County Commissioners. Any residents of the affected area would be eligible for appointment to the Planning Board.. The Planning Board has asked that a current vacancy not be filled at this time, in order to allow someone from the added areas to be appointed if the planning area is extended. QUESTION: HILL,T'HWHY RECENT BE GIVEN FACILITIES IN CHAPEL PLANNING AREA? Answer: The Town has no direct control over the extension policies of the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) . The Town is working closely with 01-JASA to ensure that development in areas for which it is or might in the future be responsible does not exceed oCaASA's ability to provide services. The extension of the planning area would enable the Town to consider OWASA's. abilities to provide services when considering development requests in the areas affected.