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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY 074 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date April. 4, 1988 <br /> Action agenda <br /> Item # j4 <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT <br /> (DESIGNATION OF LAND USE PLAN AS LAND USE ELEMENT) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br /> Draft Resolution <br /> Draft 2-22-88 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> Draft 3-21-88 Planning Board Minutes <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough -- 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider adoption of a resolution which would <br /> designate the Orange County Land Use Plan as the Land <br /> Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> This item was presented at public hearing on February <br /> 22, 1988 . <br /> BACKGROUND: Existing references in the Zoning Ordinance refer to <br /> the Comprehensive Plan for the County as the Land Use <br /> Plan. While the Land Use Plan has served well as the <br /> County' s Comprehensive Plan, new issues have emerged <br /> which warrant special recognition and study. Among <br /> the subjects which have received or are contemplated <br /> for such treatment are recreation and parks, open <br /> space, housing, utility services, and transportation. <br /> To recognize the special nature of such issues yet <br /> incorporate them as part of the Comprehensive Plan, a <br /> re-definition of the Plan has been proposed. The <br /> Comprehensive Plan would consist of several documents <br /> or plans, each dealing with a specific element of <br /> physical development and each adopted by resolution as <br /> part of the Comprehensive Plan. Proposed elements <br /> would include land use (the current Land Use Plan) , <br />