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PETITION TO AMEND JOINT PLANNING LAND USE PLAN WHEREAS, the Orange county Board of Commissioners adopted the Ora n e Count -Cha el Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning Land Use Plan on �� October 13, 1 '`46, and WHEREAS, the Joint Plannin Land Use Plan contains a land use classification of R ural 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 requir,ed compliance with the two-acre lot size standard through application of its Subdivision Regulations ; and WHEREAS, Orange County conducted a public 1986, for the purpose of amendii ng i tshZon i ng Ordinance eand4, Zoning Atlas to conform with the Joint Plannin Land Use Plan , including the establishment of a Rural Buffer (RB) zoning district and dimensional requirements applicable therein ; and WHEREAS, the two-acre minimum lot substantially increases the cost of housing and it therefore directly contrary to any intention the county 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 man y pay for their land and the taxes. thereon , and would like rtotuse 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, public water and sewer will of necessity have to be extended to both old and 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, 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 AND PROPERTY OWNERS LIVING WITHIN THE PROPOSED RURAL BUFFER (RB) ZONING DISTRICT AND ELSEWHERE IN ORANGE COUNTY RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE ORANGE Cot IIrtTY Dnnnr► OF COMMI SSI t`lhlt±'RG nr,.irmn