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oio , <br /> i <br /> _ PEfITU)t1 TO AMEND JOINT PLANNING LAND UDC PLAN <br /> WHEREAS, the Orb: county Board of Commissioners vdopted the Orange <br /> County--Chaff: Hi l l -Carrboro Joint Planning L i Use Plan on <br /> October 13, 996; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Jai Planning Land Use Plan contains a land use <br /> classificat n of Rural Residential and descr . bes said <br /> classificat •n as a low-density area consists ...) of <br /> single-fami . r homes situated on large lots two acres in size or <br /> greater ; anl, <br /> WHEREAS, Orange •' .runty has required compliance wit.. the two-acre lot <br /> size standa. .1 through application of its Sub. 'ision <br /> Regulations; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange C.,lunty conducted a public hearing November 24, <br /> 1986,' for tt purpose of amending its Zoning Ordinance and <br /> Zoning Atlas to conform with the Joint Planning Land Use Plan, <br /> including tF.a establishment of a Rural Buffer (RB) zoning <br /> district ar, dimensional requirements applicable therein ; and <br /> WHEREAS, the two- •,cre minimum lot substantially in,.-eases the cost <br /> of housing a-. .d is therefore directly contrary to any intention <br /> the county Fas of providing affordable housing; and <br /> WHEREAS, the two-acre minimum lot imposes hardship cn the majority <br /> of land owne 's, most of whom have struggled f4..• many years to <br /> pay for thei,• land and the taxes thereon, and would like to use <br /> the land fa' their children or realize some b:Hefit to <br /> themselves . _ether than lose the value thereof ; and <br /> WHEREAS, the two ire minimum lot standard makes t,.. extension of <br /> public wake: and sewer lines to new developme.. .s uneconomic, <br /> thereby encc .raging the use of septic tanks acid wells, both of <br /> which are a' .!ady causing increasing health al-,d sanitation <br /> problems; a. <br /> WHEREAS, as more nd more people settle in the cou- ty,, public water <br /> and sewer wi 1 of necessity have to be extendkd to both old and <br /> new lots at .a cost that will be devastating if lots are large; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, there are other ways to obtain open space such as public <br /> parks and cl _ster developments with dedicated open space; and <br /> WHEREAS, the two--.cre minimum standard has made most of the platted <br /> lots in the rural--Buffer (RB) zoning non-confurming and <br /> therefore less valuable since fiduciary institutions have <br /> reservation : about making loans on non-confor .ing property; and <br /> WHEREAS, under th_ present two acre standard, exis', ;.-ig structures on <br /> non-conformi .,g lots, if damaged by catastrophe, might not be <br /> rebuildable 'n a manner suitable to the owner's needs: <br /> THE FOLLOWING RES DENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS LIVING WITHIN THE <br /> PROPOSED RUR'.L BUFFER (RB) ZONING DISTRICT AND ELSEWHERE IN <br /> ORANGE COUNT: RetPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD <br /> OF COMMISSIC ERS AMEND THE ORANGE COUNTY-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO <br /> JOINT PLANK' 3 LAND USE PLAN TO CHANGE THE MIN:MUM LOT SIZE PER <br /> DWELLING FRU' TWO (2) ACRES TO ONE (1) ACRE WITHIN THE RURAL <br /> RESIDENTIAL LAND USE PLAN CLASSIFICATION: <br /> SIGATURE ADDRESS <br /> 3 ,-,tt$5I ' <br /> ` (Lk- 3 €4-4 1,25r1 E1;11�� y1^r '"G• <br />