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052 <br /> DRAFT PBM 12-17-86 PAGE 13 <br /> involved until the public hearing date, the <br /> issues of clustering, water/sewer extensions and <br /> design standards for the Rural Buffer area could <br /> be addressed at the hearing. Other plan or <br /> ordinance amendment proposals. including the <br /> expansion of the Rural Buffer concept to other <br /> portions of the County and deletion of the <br /> "continuous frontage" provisions. could also be <br /> considered. <br /> 2. If the proposed ordinance amendments are not <br /> adopted and the JPA Land Use Plan standard of two <br /> acres remains in effect. a contradiction in Land <br /> Use Plan/Zoning Ordinance standards would remain. <br /> • Approval of the standards on an interim basis <br /> until issues could be resolved would eliminate <br /> the contradiction. <br /> The second option would delay approval of the <br /> proposed amendments until a second public hearing is <br /> conducted to allow more citizen comment and <br /> explanation of the proposals by Staff. Many: but <br /> not all, of the issues brought out at the November <br /> 24 public hearing could be addressed further. A <br /> special public hearing could be set for January 27 . <br /> 1987 for this purpose. <br /> Coupled with the interim bearing, the petition to <br /> amend the JPA Land Use Plan could be presented at <br /> the March 10 regular JPA public hearing. Informa- <br /> tion received at the January 27 hearing could be <br /> addressed by Staff and larger issues as well as any <br /> ordinance amendment proposals could be presented. <br /> Governing board and Planning Board members from both <br /> Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill would be <br /> present, allowing the Rural Buffer concept. <br /> mechanisms for implementation and citizen concerns <br /> to be considered. <br /> Jacobs inquired about the effects of the continuing <br /> nonconformity with the Zoning Ordinance and the JPA Land <br /> Use Plan. Collins responded that new subdivisions would <br /> be approved which created new lots of at least two acres <br /> in size. Once those lots were created. there are no <br /> specific dimensional requirements for the proposed Rural <br /> Buffer area. Tie` A and R-1 zoning districts are the <br /> only requirements listed in the Zoning Ordinance with <br /> dimensional requirements of 40.000 square feet. The <br /> concern would be what dimensional requirements (other <br /> than lot size) to apply. <br /> Eddleman asked how leapfrog development would be address- <br /> ed. Collins responded that this was a concern voiced at <br />