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PETITION TO AMEND JOINT PLANNING LAND USE PLAN WHEREAS, the Orange county Board of Commissioners adopted Count �-Cha el Hill -Garrboro Joint Plann + opted the Orange October 13, 1986; and �—~-- . .n Land Llse P1 an on WHEREAS, the Joint Plannir - classific and Use Plan co ._ tains a land use fl ation of R Rural Residential and Je classification as a scribes said single-family homes �w-density area ca)sisting of ituated on large 1 pats two acres i n size or grngter ; and WHEREAS, Orange County has required compliance wit t size standard through application of its Subdivisionwo-acre lot Regulations; and i WHEREAS, Orange 9 County conducted a public hearing on November 24, 1986, for the purpose of amending its Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Atlas to confc,rm with the loint_flannino Land Use Plan including the establishment of a Rural Buffer (RB) zoning district and dimensional requirements applicable Plan , pplicable therein ; and WHEREAS, the two-acre minimum lot substantia- ly increases the cost of housing and is therefore directly contrary to any intention the County has of prc u i di ng affordable housing; and WHEREAS, the two-acre minimum lot imposes hardship on the majority of land owners, most pf whom have strugt;I ed for man y yes pay for their land and the taxes thereor, , and would likertotuse the land for their children or realize * ome benef i t to themselves rather than lose the value thereof ; and WHEREAS, the two-acre minimum lot standard makes the extension of public water and sewer lines to new developments uneconomic , thereby encouraging the use of septic tanks and wells, both of which are already causing increasing health and sanitation problems; and WHEREAS, as more and more people settle in the count and sewer will of necessity have Y, public water new lots at a cost that will be devastatingnifdlotsbare large ;d ol and WHEREAS, there are other ways to obtain open space such as public parks and cluster developments with dedicated open space ; and WHEREAS, the two-acre minimum standard has made most of the platted lots in the Rural Buffer (RB) zoning nor-conforming and therefore less valuable since fiduciary institutions have reservations about making loans on non--conforming property; and WHEREAS, under the present two acre standard, existing structures on non-conforming lots, if damaged by catastrophe , might not be rebuildable in a manner suitable to the owner's needs: THE FOLLOWING RESIDENTS AI'`D PROPERTY OWNERS LIVING WITHIN THE I PROPOSED RURAL BUFFER cap) 71-thaT"- -,____ __