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L✓ PETITION TO AMEND JOINT PLANNING LAND USE PLAN WHEREAS, the Orange county Board of Commissioners adopted the Or ange Count -Cha el Hill -Carrboro Joint Plannin Land Use Plan on October 13, r=86; and WHEREAS, the Joint Plannin Land Use Plan contains a land use classification of Rural Residential and describes said classification as a low-density area consisting of single-family homes situated on large lots two acres in size or greater ; and WHEREAS, Orange County has required compliance with the two-acre lot size standard through application of its Subdivision Regulations ; and WHEREAS, Orange County conducted a public hearing on November 24, 1986, for the purpose of amending its Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Atlas to conform with the Joint Plannin Land Use Plan , including the establishment of a Rural Buffer (Rg) zoning district and dimensional requirements applicable therein ; and WHEREAS, the two-acre minimum lot substantially increases the cost of housing and is therefore directly contrary to any intention the count y has of providing affordable housing; and WHEREAS, the two-acre minimum lot imposes hardship on the majority of land owners , most of whom have struggled for many years to pay for their land and the tares thereon , and would like to use the land for their children or realize some benefit 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 county, and sewer will of necessity have to be extended topbothcoldtand new lots at a cost that will be devastating if lots are large ; 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 non-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, non-conforming lots, if damaged bycatastrophe , n might unot rbe on rebuildable in a manner suitable to the owners needs: THE FOLLOWING RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS LIVING WITHIN THE PROPOSED RURAL BUFFER (RB) ZONING DISTRICT AND ELSEWHERE IN ORANGE COUNTY RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AMEND Tur nnnwtrte.