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1;y E{I\J E1L'� 1, 4? • -,s-% G8 L'� 07i.4 MEMORANDUM AGENDA #5b TO: Mayor and Council • FROM: David R. Taylor, Manager SUBJECT: Land Use Plan for the Joint Planning Area DATE: July 14, 1986 This memorandum reviews the process that has been followed to prepare a draft Land Use Plan for the Joint Planning Area. The memorandum discusses the relationship between the Joint Planning Area plan and the Chapel Hill Land Use Plan, and recommends adoption of a Joint Area Plan. If adopted, this will be for- warded to the Orange County Board of Commissioners for action along with the recommendation that the Board also adopt this plan. Background Orange County and Chapel Hill signed a Joint Planning Agreement in 1984. The agreement calls for joint preparation of a Land Use Plan in an area known as the Joint Planning Area. Adminis- trative mechanisms were established for joint review of develop- ment applications. The agreement calls for a sequence of events: 1) Preparation of a Land Use Plan for the Joint Planning Area, to be adopted by both the Chapel Hill Town Council and the Orange County Board of Commissioners. 2) Revision of Orange County's Zoning Atlas to reflect the new Land Use Plan. 3) Incorporation of Chapel Hill' s development standards into Orange County's development regulations, for application in transition areas. We are approaching completion of the first of these items. The Land Use Plan that is adopted by both the Town Council and the County Commissioners will form the conceptual basis for the zoning map revisions noted above as a second step. Three Public Hearings have been held on the draft plan being considered tonight: November, 1985 (Culbreth Junior High) , January, 1986 (Chapel Hill High School) , and April, 1986 (Carrboro Elementary) . On May 12, the Town Council reviewed a revised draft, and conducted work sessions on the draft on June 10 and July 1.