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005 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date May 26, 1987 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item IC -2 <br /> SUBJECT: DRAFT LITTLE RIVER LAND USE PLAN <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING X Yes <br /> No <br /> ATTACHMENT( S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell <br /> Draft Plan Text <br /> Comparison sheet of 1981 Plan <br /> with Amended Plan <br /> Map of Existing Plan <br /> Citizen Survey Results <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688_7331 <br /> 411 Mebane -- 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a <br /> proposed <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN, Section3.7 amendment ITTLE to <br /> RIVER <br /> TOWNSHIP. The proposed amendment addresses changing land use <br /> and population patterns in the Township. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted the current <br /> Land Use Plan for the County in September 1981 . As part of <br /> the ongoing process of refining the Land Use Plan, it was <br /> intended that specific portions of the county would be <br /> subject to further study by the Planning Staff and Planning <br /> Board in the form of Area Studies. A number of Area Studies <br /> have been included In past Planning Department work <br /> programs. The Little River Township Plan coincides with a , <br /> five year plan update schedule specified by the <br /> Commissioners in 1981 . <br /> Considerable effort has been made to Inform and involve as <br /> many of the Township ' s residents as possible, as well as <br /> other interested individuals and groups, in the process of <br /> the Plan update. The process formally began with the re- <br /> activation of Township Advisory Councils (TACs) on a county- <br /> wide basis in March 1986. Since that time eleven TAC and <br /> public Information meetings have been held in Little River <br /> Township dealing with the Plan update and related issues . <br /> The Planning Department has compiled and analyzed data on <br /> soils, topography, hydrology, land use, and transportation <br /> in the study area. This information, in part, provides the <br />