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AIN PETITION TO AMEND JOINT PLANNING LAND USE PLAN WHEREAS, the Orange county, Board of Commissioners adopted the Or Count -Cha. el Hill -Carrboro Joint Plannin . Land Use Plan on an October 13, 1 ?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 1986, for the purpose of amendii ng itshZoning Ordilnanceeand4, Zoning Atlas to conform with the Joint Plannin Land Use Plan , including the establishment of a Rural Buffer RB ( ) zonin 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 int.e:ntion 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 many years to pay for their land and the taxes th ,the land for their children or real izeosomenbenefit toke to use 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 9 9 and wells, both of - -which -are -a.ir�e Jy` caus i ng, i ncreas i ng health and sanitation problems ; and - WHEREAS, as more and more people settle in the county, and sewer will of necessity have to be extended to bothcoldtand 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 COUNTY Ronan OF COMMI SSI ONERg a►-cmn