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4 <br /> Expansion of the town's ETJ will require approval from the County Board of <br /> Commissioners. The process for considering expanding ETJ is spelled out in <br /> NCGS 160A-360, <br /> http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Enacted Legislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter <br /> 160A/GS 160A-360.html. <br /> The statutes describe the procedural requirements that apply to the County and <br /> municipal governments. These requirements are summarized below, with notes <br /> indicating which party has responsibility for the action: <br /> 1. Extraterritorial area must be set by an ordinance adopted by the city <br /> governing board. Newspaper notice, mailed notice and public hearing <br /> requirements apply (Town). <br /> 2. Approval of a request for the extension into any area where the county is <br /> enforcing zoning, subdivision regulations, and the building code (County <br /> and Town). <br /> 3. Approvals, requests or agreements must be established by a formally <br /> adopted resolution of the governing board (County and Town). <br /> 4. Adopted boundary map must be recorded with the register of deeds and <br /> the map maintained permanently in the office of the city clerk (County and <br /> Town). <br /> 5. New zoning designation(s) must be applied to ETJ (Town) following <br /> procedures for zoning amendments. The statues provide for a sixty-day <br /> transition period, during which prior county zoning remains in place and <br /> enforceable. <br /> 6. Membership of planning board and board of adjustment must include ETJ <br /> representation (Town). Appointments to ETJ seats on municipal boards <br /> are made by the board of county commissioners. <br /> No specific requirements or standards for county approval or disapproval are <br /> included, other than the need for County approval to be secured at any time before <br /> the effective date of adoption or amendment of the extraterritorial ordinance. <br /> The Board of County Commissioners held a work session in November 2014 to <br /> consider establishing a process for reviewing ETJ extension requests. The most <br /> recent release/expansion of extraterritorial jurisdiction occurred in December 2014 <br /> when the Board of County Commissioners approved a request from the Town of <br /> Chapel Hill to exercise ETJ authority over 1,033 acres in and around the Rogers <br /> Road area of what was formerly Joint Planning Transition Area. See pages 15-19 at <br /> http://server3.co.orange.nc.us:8088/weblink8/DocView.aspx?id=36133&searchid=cc <br /> 626dd7-3fde-4f34-a245-e74181160376&d bid=0 . <br /> Courtesy review by the Orange County Planning Board did occur in conjunction with <br /> that request and approval. <br /> Orange County's role would relate to <br /> 1. Expansion of ETJ <br /> 2. Amendment to JPA Rural Land Use Classification Boundary <br />