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20 <br />September 10, 2007 <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />200 S. Cameron Street . <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />RE: Developer Concerns At Churton Grove <br />Dear Commissioners: <br />I am a resident of the Churton Grove subdivision in unincorporated Orange County. I am writing <br />to you regarding what I believe to be a significant number of actual and potential violations of <br />Orange County Ordinances by one or more of the developers operating within my subdivision <br />and the adjacent subdivision, Braddock Park. While I am aware that there have been attempts to <br />address some of these issues through the County Planning and Inspections Department -and I <br />liave no wish to disrupt these ongoing efforts - I am writing to you because: <br />• Many of these issues have persisted for multiple years with no resolution <br />• Some of the safety issues may require a legal opinion regarding the county's liability <br />• Some of the issues may require legal interpretation regarding potentially conflicting <br />elements of Orange County Ordinances as compared to the "Special Use Permit" <br />s Awareness ought to be raised regarding the rising frustration level of homeowners at <br />Churton Grove and Braddock Park <br />• Citizens of Churton Grove and Braddock Park deserve to know what efforts the county is <br />taking to ameliorate these problems and compel the subdivision developers to keep the <br />promises they made to homeowners and the county <br />The enclosed document describes 35 topics concerning code and/or special use permit violations; <br />8 topics of specific concern regarding Phase IV; and 7 topics of general concern that, despite not <br />being tied to any specific code violations, are concerns directly re]ated to the past behavior of ane <br />of the developers that impacts our neighborhoods. The questions and sub-questions regarding <br />code and Special Use Permit violations are all directed to specific sections of what I understand to <br />be the controlling legal documents. <br />Based on my research of the facts and my layman's knowledge of the relevant statutes, I believe <br />there are violations in each of the topic areas. In many cases, it seems to me, the violations of <br />code are clear and longstanding. Despite my belief, I have posed the concerns as questions in <br />deference to the fact that Orange County is the arbiter of whether there is a code violation. To the <br />extent Orange County believes, after investigating each issue, that there is no code violation 1 am <br />seeking an explanation as to why no code violation is deemed to exist. <br />1 am aware of past and present efforts to address some of these issues; but I know of no other list <br />as comprehensive as the one i am providing. I know that Churton Grove issues have come before <br />tl~e County Commissioners at least two times in the past (November 19, 2001 and June 27, 2002). <br />There l~~ay also be other instances in tl~e past when Churton Grove concerns have been brought to <br />the attention of County Commissioners. <br />I am also aware of current efforts by tl~e Board of Directors of the Churton Grove Homeowners <br />Association to work through some of these issues with the Planning Department. I am very <br />G35 C:hurtcm Gro~•c Ri~ulc~•;ird • I Iillsbor~ugh, NC 27278 * (919) 732-39$8 <br />