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066 <br /> - PETITI3N TO AMEND JOINT PLANNING LAND U=E PLAN <br /> WHEREAS, the Or ,e county Board of Commissioners ..dopted the Orange_ <br /> County-Chap Hil -Carrboro Joint Planning L=,_• 1 Use Plan on <br /> October 13. 986; and <br /> WHEREAS, the /RI _ planning Land Use Plan contains a land use <br /> classificat n of Rural Residential and descr;ues said <br /> classificat yn as a low-density area consisti..; of <br /> single-family homes situated on large lots tw;, acres in size or <br /> greater; an,; <br /> WHEREAS, Orange aunty has required compliance wit.: the two-acre lot <br /> size stands; .1 through application of its Sub.. vision <br /> Regulations; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange (. )unty conducted a public hearing ...1 November 24, <br /> 1986, for th- purpose of amending its Zoning Ordinance and <br /> Zoning Atlas to conform with the Joint Planning Land Use Plan, <br /> including the 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 :d is therefore directly contrary to any intention <br /> the county tzs of providing affordable housing; and <br /> WHEREAS, the two-acre minimum lot imposes hardship on the majority <br /> of land ovine's, most of whom have struggled for many years to <br /> pay for the ;.- and and the taxes thereon, and would like to use <br /> the land for their children or realize some b:sref i t to <br /> themselves . ..ther than lose the value thereof; and <br /> WHEREAS, the two .cre minimum lot standard makes t... extension of <br /> public water and sewer lines to new developme.ts uneconomic, <br /> thereby encc .raging the use of septic tanks ar.d wells, both of <br /> which are a'-•f ady causing increasing health ar.d sanitation <br /> problems; a, . <br /> • WHEREAS, as more nd more people settle in the coui. Ly, public water <br /> and sewer wi I of necessity have to be extendi. 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 aedicated open space; and <br /> WHEREAS, the two-Acre minimum standard has made most of the platted <br /> lots in the rural Buffer (RB) zoning non-conforming and <br /> therefore less valuable since fiduciary institutions have <br /> reservation: about making loans on non-conf or:::ng property; and <br /> WHEREAS, under th_ present two acre standard, exis'_4.1g structures on <br /> non-conformi -,g lots, if damaged by catastrophe, might not be <br /> rebuildable in a manner suitable to the owner's needs: <br /> THE FOLLOWING RESTDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS LIVING WITHIN THE <br /> PROPOSED RURAL BUFFER (RB) ZONING DISTRICT AND ELSEWHERE IN <br /> ORANGE COUNT: RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD <br /> OF COMMISSIC •ZRS AMEND THE ORANGE COUNTY-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBDRO <br /> JOINT PLANNI -.S LAND USE PLAN TO CHANGE THE MIN:MUM LOT SIZE PER <br /> DWELLING FR(p TWO (2) ACRES TO ONE (1) ACRE WITHIN THE RURAL <br /> RESIDENTIAL LAND USE PLAN CLASSIFICATION: <br /> SIC• aTURE ADDRFeS <br /> .3 61) / 1.4 ,< <br /> fr. <br /> r <br />