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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 15, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-a <br /> SUBJECT: Joint Public Hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission Regarding the <br /> Proposed Designation of the Nicholas Corbett Hester House as an Orange <br /> County Local Historic Landmark <br /> DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, Parks PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br /> and Recreation (DEAPR) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Local Landmark Application and Report for Peter Sandbeck, 245-2517 <br /> the Nicholas Corbett Hester House <br /> 2) Photos and Location Map <br /> 3) Minutes of the October 28, 2015 HPC <br /> Meeting -Approval of Proposed Landmark <br /> Application <br /> 4) Proposed Landmark Ordinance <br /> 5) Letter from State Historic Preservation <br /> Office <br /> PURPOSE: To conduct a joint public hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) <br /> to receive public comment on the application and proposed ordinance to designate the Nicholas <br /> Corbett Hester House as an Orange County Local Historic Landmark, and then adopt the <br /> ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1991, Orange County adopted the "Ordinance Creating the Historic <br /> Preservation Commission (HPC) of Orange County", also referred to as the "Historic <br /> Preservation Ordinance". In 1997, the County adopted the Local Landmark Program, a <br /> voluntary program allowing the HPC to designate properties of local historic and/or architectural <br /> significance, as authorized by NC General Statute 160A-400.1-400.14. One of the HPC's duties <br /> is to recommend properties to the BOCC for local landmark designation. Properties must meet <br /> a high standard of historic and/or architectural significance to be designated as an individual <br /> landmark. The higher standard is appropriate since landmark property owners are eligible for a <br /> 50 percent property tax deferral as provided by state law, as long as the property is preserved <br /> and retains its historic character. <br /> The historic landmark designation process, outlined in Article 3 of the County's Historic <br /> Preservation Ordinance, involves several steps culminating with the adoption of an ordinance by <br /> the BOCC for each individual landmark. At its October 28, 2015 meeting the HPC accepted a <br /> Part 2 application (Attachments 1 and 2) from owner Ms. Mimi Logothetis to consider her <br /> property, the Nicholas Corbett Hester House, for designation as an Orange County Local <br /> Historic Landmark. The HPC approved a motion stating that the Hester House possesses <br /> special significance and is worthy of consideration for local landmark designation. The <br />