2015-336 Planning - Interlocal Agreement between Orange Co. (approved at BOCC mtg. on 10-16-2012) and Town of Hillsborough (approved on 5-11-2015 Hillsborough BOCC mtg.)

Browse Search

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT COUNTY OF ORANGE TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT made as of October 2012, by and between ORANGE COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina (hereinafter "County") and the TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH, North Carolina, a municipal corporation of the State of North Carolina(hereinafter "Town"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, this Interlocal Agreement is entered into pursuant to G.S. §160A-458 and G.S. §160A-459, which authorize towns to adopt and enforce erosion control ordinances, and G.S. §160A-360(d) which permits the Town to request the Board of County Commissioners to exercise their powers within Town's jurisdiction, and they shall thereupon be empowered to do so until the TOWN officially withdraws its request in the manner provided in G.S. §160A- 360(g). (1969,c. 1065, S. 1; 1971,c.698, S. 1; 1973, c.426, S.64; 1993,c.232, S.3.) WHEREAS, this Interlocal Agreement is entered into pursuant to G.S. § 160A-461 (Interlocal Cooperation), North Carolina Statutes, which permits the Town and the County to resolve to enter into a contract of reasonable duration to execute an undertaking within the Town's planning jurisdiction; WHEREAS, County maintains a Department of Planning and Inspections, which includes an Erosion Control Division ("Erosion Control") that conducts site plan review and inspections, maintains administrative offices and records, and administers the Erosion and Sedimentation Control requirements and provisions of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance; WHEREAS, the Town is desirous of procuring selected services of County for the enforcement of the Erosion and Sedimentation Control requirements and provisions of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance within the municipal boundaries and/or of the Town's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction as may be changed from time to time; WHEREAS, County, through said Erosion Control Division, is willing to perform such services pursuant to the terms and conditions hereafter set forth; WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of the Town and County to promote a sustainable community that provides for the monitoring of soil erosion, sedimentation control and protection of water quality; and WHEREAS, approval of this Interlocal Agreement can help promote a sustainable community;