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-g- 1 Council Member Howes expressed concern that the proposal elimi- 2 nated Chapel Hill from the development of a land use plan for the 3 joint planning area, feeling this elimination in effect did away 4 with the theory of joint planning. He said he understood the 5 reasoning for having Chapel Hill have sole approval/denial of 6 development applications in the transition areas as a means of 7 eliminating duplication of efforts both for developers and the 8 staff, however, he felt the Town should have approval authority 9 of the joint land use plan. 10 11 Council Member Andresen expressed concern about the County having 12 sole zoning authority of the transition area. County Manager 13 Thompson responded that the County would probably adopt the 14 recommendations made by the Chapel Hill Town Council for the 15 zoning of the transition area as long as the proposed zoning 16 designations were consistent with the adopted land use plan. 17 18 Council Member Godschalk agreed with Council Member Howes that 19 the Town should retain its approval authority of the joint land 20 use plan even though the bulk of this plan had already been 21 decided. 22 23 Commissioner Marshall agreed that the bulk of the work on the 24 joint land use plan had been accomplished and that any amendments 25 should be jointly agreed upon, but that the job of initiating and 26 carrying out the amendments should be handled through the County. 27 28 Council Member Pasquini commented that he felt the Town should 29 also have say in the planning of the rural buffer. He questioned 30 just how much streamlining would occur in the system if a devel- 31 opment proposal still had to go to the county for a recommenda- 32 tion prior to the Town granting approval. Mr. Thompson replied 33 that the county would use the Council' s time table for any 34 proposal as well as the Town' s ordinances, and that this would 35 reduce the amount of time involved. 36 37 Council Members Godschalk and Werner expressed concern that a 38 rezoning request could come before the County for approval 39 without the Town having any input or approval authority. 40 41 Commissioner Marshall commented that the County should not 42 initiate any rezoning request in the transition area without the 43 Town's knowledge and approval. 44 45 Council Member Smith said the joint agreement should include 46 language to that affect. 47 48 Council Member Howes asked about the legality of having the Town 49 grant approval/denial of development requests within the transi- 50 tion area. County Attorney Gledhill replied that in the agree- 51 ment, Orange County would delegate the approval authority to the 52 Chapel Hill Town Council. He said appeals would follow the 53 normal channels in that the appeal would be made to the Superior 54 Court. 55 56 57 58 59 An