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006 <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> OF THE <br /> ORANGE COUNTY HOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ADOPTING AND DESIGNATING <br /> THE MASTER RECREATION AND PARES PLAN <br /> AS THE <br /> RECREATION ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR <br /> ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners adopted the Orange <br /> County Land Use Plan on September 2, 1981; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has from time-to-time <br /> adopted amendments to the Orange County Land Use <br /> Plan because of: <br /> 1. Changed or changing conditions in a particular <br /> area or areas of the County; <br /> 2. An error or omission in the Plan; or <br /> 3. A change in the policies, objectives, <br /> principles or standards governing the physical <br /> development of the County; and <br /> WHEREAS, proposed amendments to Articles 2.2.12 through <br /> 2.2. 14 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance were <br /> presented at public hearing on February 22, 1988 <br /> which re-defined the nature, intent, and method of <br /> adopting the Comprehensive Plan for Orange County; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, following the conclusion of the public hearing and <br /> the receipt of the Planning Board recommendation, <br /> the Board of Commissioners adopted the proposed <br /> amendments on April 4, 1988; and <br /> WHEREAS, Article 2.2.12 of the Zoning Ordinance, as amended, <br /> states that one element of the Comprehensive Plan <br /> shall be a Recreation Element which designates a <br /> system of areas and public sites for recreation, <br /> including parks and playgrounds, recreational <br /> trails, and other similar areas; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Master Recreation and Parks Plan fulfills the <br /> purpose and intent of the Recreation Element of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan; and <br /> WHEREAS, Article 2.2.13 of the Zoning Ordinance, as amended, <br /> states that the Board of Commissioners, upon <br /> receipt of a recommended Comprehensive Plan and <br /> portions thereof from the Planning Board, shall <br /> adopt them by resolutions; and <br />