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O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 15c! <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date November 3, 1966_ <br /> Action S�a�da <br /> Item .L.L <br /> SUBJECT: LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT - INVENTORY OF CULTURAL , <br /> HISTORICAL , RECREATIONAL , BIOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL <br /> RESOURCES <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X - No <br /> Attachment( s) Information Contact: MARVIN COLLINS <br /> Proposed Text Changes <br /> to Pages 2.2-6 and 2.2-7; <br /> Existing Text. <br /> 10-6-86 Public Hearing Minutes . <br /> Draft 10-20-86 Planning Board Minutes <br /> Telephone Numbers <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE : To consider proposed text amendments to the Land Use Plan <br /> for recommendation to the Board of Commissioners . <br /> To receive the Planning Board recommendation . <br /> This item was submitted to public hearing on August 25, <br /> September 16 and October 6, 1986 . <br /> NEED: Orange County contains many sites of cultural , historical , <br /> recreational , biological and geological significance. Section <br /> IV-B-2, Land_ _3yit�bili y , of the Subdivision Regulations <br /> contains a mandate to the Planning Board to consider the over- <br /> all design of a subdivision in light of the suitability of the <br /> land for development . Land suitability includes an investi - <br /> gation of historic sites and unique natural areas . Although <br /> information has been available through a variety of local and <br /> State agencies, it has never been compiled in one source, <br /> making it difficult for the Planning Department and the Plan- <br /> ning Board to adequately assess the impact of subdivision <br /> proposals on such resources. Furthermore, similar mandates are <br /> not present In the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> IMPACT: In May of 1986, an inventory of cultural , historical , recrea- <br /> tional , biological and geological significance was completed . <br /> incorporation of the document into the Land Use Plan represents <br /> an important first step in insuring the protection and/or <br /> preservation of significant natural and cultural resources . If <br />