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08t <br /> AGENDA #14e <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Mayor and Council <br /> FROM: David R. Taylor, Town Manager <br /> SUBJECT: Rural Buffer Recommendations <br /> DATE: April 13 , 1987 <br /> The attached resolution would recommend that the Orange County <br /> Commissioners retain present zoning designations in the Rural <br /> Buffer, recommend that the Board accept a Rural Buffer Study, and <br /> recommend that the Board direct staff to pursue the <br /> implementation measures outlined in the Rural Buffer Study. <br /> Background <br /> On March 10, 1987, the Chapel Hill Town Council and the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners held a Joint Public Hearing. There <br /> were two items on the Public Hearing: <br /> (1) Consider a draft Rural Buffer Study <br /> (2) Consider a citizen petition to rezone land in the rural <br /> buffer, from one unit per two acres to one unit per <br /> acre. <br /> At the hearing, staff presented the highlights of the study, <br /> including recommendations for implementation of the Rural Buffer <br /> concept. Extensive citizen comment followed. <br /> Rural Buffer Study <br /> The study, prepared by the Orange County Planning Department, has <br /> three main sections: "Data and Analysis," "Policy Analysis, " and <br /> "Rural Buffer Implementation. " Citizen comments mainly focused <br /> on implementation recommendations. <br /> Specifically, comments focused on the rural buffer density. <br /> Currently, the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan, adopted by <br /> Chapel Hill and Orange County, calls for a density of one unit <br /> per two acres in the rural buffer. Orange County zoning reflects <br /> this density for this area. The Rural Buffer Study recommends <br /> that that density be retained. Orange County and Chapel Hill <br /> staff members presented arguments on behalf of retaining this <br /> density. <br />