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O R A N G E C O U N T Y 001 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 10, 1987 Action Agenda Item# _ SUBJECT: RURAL BUFFER STUDY *************************************************************************** DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No *************************************************************************** ATTACHMENTS : CONTACT: Marvin Collins Rural Buffer Study; 3-4-87 Housing TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Cost Memorandum (Separate Hillsborough 732-8181 Enclosures) ; Chapel Hill Chapel Hill 967-9251 Planning Director 2-8-87 Durham 688-7331 Memorandum. Mebane 227-2031 *************************************************************************** PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a study of the Rural Buffer portion of the Joint Planning Area. NEED: On January 5, 1987, the Board of Commissioners approved amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and Atlas, establishing the Rural Buffer zoning district, dimensional requirements applicable therein, and its designation to 38, 000 acres of land surrounding the Chapel Hill -Carrboro urban area . Issues identified during the Rural Buffer hearings included the following: 1 . Housing affordability; 2. Property rights; 3 . Environmental impacts; 4. Tax increases; and 5. Leap frog development. The Board instructed the County Manager to prepare an outline for a study which addressed the issues and recommended design standards for implementing the open space strategy desired in the Rural Buffer. On January 20, 1987, an outline for the Rural Buffer Study was approved by the Commissioners. The results of the study were to be presented at the March 10, 1987 joint public hearing with the Town of Chapel Hill . IMPACT: The Rural Buffer Study consists of three parts : data and analysis; policy analysis; and implementation programs. The "data and analysis" section reviews information gathered