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3 <br />A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ASIX-MONTH MORATORIUM ON THE <br />CONSIDERATION OF REZONING PROPOSALS AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF <br />NEW APPLICATIONS FOR CONDITIONAL AND SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR <br />RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BY THE TOWN OF CARRBORO IN THE <br />CARRBORO JOINT PLANNING TRANSITION AREAS <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill entered into <br />a Joint Planning Agreement, dated September 22, 1987, as amended April 2, 1990, <br />September 30, 1998, February 2, 1999, and August 20, 2002; and' <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the Joint Planning Agreement, a Joint Planning Area Land <br />Use Plan and Map. were adopted by all parties to the Joint Planning Agreement, and <br />have since been amended on several occasions; and <br />WHEREAS, Joint Planning Transition Areas were identified wherein the Towns <br />administer their Land Use Ordinances as if the land were located within the planning, <br />jurisdiction of the Towns; and <br />WHEREAS, a "Northern Study Area Plan" which encompassed the Carrboro Joint <br />Planning Transition Areas was prepared and adopted as an amendment to the Joint <br />Planning Area Land Use Plan by Orange County on February 2, 1999; and <br />WHEREAS, advisory boards for the Town of Carrboro have expressed doubts that <br />goals and objectives of the Northern Study Area Plan are being achieved: and <br />WHEREAS, asix-month moratorium on the consideration of rezoning proposals and <br />the acceptance of new applications for conditional and. special use permits for <br />residential development is recommended while an examination of the Land .Use <br />Ordinance and zoning map is conducted to determine if changes are warranted to <br />better implement the goals and objectives of the Northern Study Area Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on March 27, <br />2007 and adopted asix-month moratorium for portions of the Northern Study Area <br />lying in the municipal limits and extraterritorial planning jurisdiction and requested <br />that the County Commissioners approve a moratorium for the Transition Areas; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 2.3.C of the Joint Planning Agreement defines the procedures <br />whereby a moratorium may be established in the Joint Planning Transition Areas; <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners approves asix-month moratorium on the consideration of rezoning <br />proposals and the acceptance of new applications for conditional and special use <br />permits for residential development by the Town of Carrboro in the Joint Planning <br />Transition Areas of the Northern Study Area consistent with the attached ordinance <br />adopted by the Carrboro of Aldermen on March 27, 2007. The moratorium shall <br />become effective upon adoption of this resolution. <br />Upon motion of Commissioner ,seconded by Commissioner , <br />the foregoing resolution was adopted this the day of , 2007. <br />G:'•.t': on:prehen5;ir~ P!anninF,l:lit•'ai8\1':':24`77 Pu(>lic C;tearia4s':Ane• ?a .t~',q',R•Jo;;iuirium'.~.{oi~tc~riumKcsoLdne <br />