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COLEMAN, BERNHOLZ, DICKERSON, AGENDA ATTACHMENT 13 <br /> BERNHOLZ, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> 110 CHURTON STREET April 23, 1981 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH,N.C. 27278 <br /> 919-732-2196 <br /> 919.942.8000 <br /> CHAPEL HILL OFFICE Ms. Anne Barnes <br /> SCETE 20,FRANKLIN BUILDING <br /> 137 E.FRANKLIN STREET Chair <br /> 91 $w NC 27514 Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> LEGAL CLINICS Orange County Courthouse <br /> 136.E ROSEMARY STREET 106 Margaret Lane <br /> NCNBPLazn <br /> Hillsborough, <br /> CHAPEL HILL,NC. 27514 g , North Carolina 27278 <br /> 919929.0394 <br /> 116 W.MAIN STREET Re: Senate Bill 229 - Orange County <br /> DURHAM,N.0 27701 <br /> 919688-9631 Omnibus Legislation <br /> ALONZO B COLEMAN,JR <br /> STEVEN A.BERNHOLZ Dear Anne: <br /> DONALD R.DICKERSON, <br /> ROGER B.BERNHOLZ <br /> GEOFFREY E.GLEDHR,L Enclosed is a legislative package known DOUGLAS HARGRAVE <br /> MARTIN J.BERNHOLZ as "A Bill To Be Entitled An Act To Make Sundry <br /> P LTRICASW BF RDHUNT Amendments Relating To Local Governments In Orange <br /> accwsBl County" that you asked me to review. I have no <br /> BONNERD.SAtWER comment on the bulk of this legislative package <br /> -except to say that most of it does not directly <br /> impact Orange County government. In Article II, <br /> Section 6, the town of Chapel Hill has requested <br /> authorization to require by ordinance the <br /> inclusion of sprinklers in all buildings in excess <br /> of fifty feet in height constructed within the <br /> corporate limits of the town of Chapel Hill, The <br /> need for such authority in Orange County may be <br /> addressed by planning . We all know the <br /> consequences of major fires in tall structures <br /> without sprinkler systems. <br /> Article V of this omnibus bill relates <br /> to Orange County and as presented by <br /> Representative Hunt contains only one substantive <br /> provision. The provision, Section 16, is an act <br /> which would permit the County by ordinance to <br /> require most multifamily dwelling unit owners to <br /> furnish to the tax supervisor the name and address <br /> of every person occupying the dwelling units on <br /> January 1 of each year . I don' t know whether <br /> Orange County would ever adopt such an ordinance. <br /> This information can be obtained by the tax <br /> supervisor through the tax listing documents and <br /> if necessary by the use of subpoena power . <br /> However, the law itself is benign in that it <br /> requires a County ordinance before it is <br /> implemented. <br /> I have also encio,,e(1 with this letter <br /> proposed additions to Senate Bill 229. New <br /> Section 17 authorizes the Board to require the <br /> reservation of residential housing units for low <br /> and moderate income families in developments in <br />