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- • 08 I 411 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRf ,T Meeting Date: June 30,,. 38 Action A enda Item 41 SUBJECT: JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN ADJUSTMENT OF TRANSITION AREA II BOUNDhRY DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Collins Vicinity Map E.K. Powe 6/18/87 Letter Carrboro Board of Aldermen • 3/3/88 Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Chapel Hill Planning Board Hillsborough - 732-8181 3/1/88 Minutes Durham - 688-7331 Board of Commissioners Mebane - 227-2031 5/4/87 Minutes Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 • Sample Sketches 411M PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan to relocate the Transition Area II boundary north of Carrboro to a set distance of 670 feet from the border of Duke Forest. BACKGROUND: On May 4, 1987, the Board of Commissioners approved the extension of the Transition Area into the full extent of Bolin Creek basin north of Carrboro except in Duke Forest and for those properties abutting Duke Forest. • The properties abutting Duke Forest would remain in the Rural Buffer. The Transition Area boundary which resulted was a very irregular line, varying in distance from 200 feet to 1,600 feet from Duke Forest. Subsequent to the extension approval, Mr. E. K. Powe,- an attorney representing Mr. James Verner and Mr. Berl Bernhard, petitioned the County to adjust the boundary. His clients property was found to be unsuitable for septic tanks, and development of the tract for residential purposes was not possible without the availability of public sewer. The Verner/Bernhard tract is not the only property affected by the boundary variation. The tract may be 411 unique, however, in being unsuited for septic tanks. An adjustment of the boundary appear warranted, though, - since the full-extewt- of a large lot (1,600 foot depth) may be in the Rural Buffer while another lot may be in tb.