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• <br /> PETITION <br /> ,•; •'r.';';:,t4:%- <br /> 'f; / • -- : <br /> DAMASCUS FIRE DISTRICT <br /> TO: ORANGE COUNTY BOARD of COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE <br /> HILLSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br /> DATE: <br /> WHEREAS, we the undersigned resident freeholders of <br /> land lying within the below described boundaries of the <br /> ' <br /> proposed DAMASCUS FIRE DISTRICT think there is a need for the <br /> establishment of a fire district and the levying and collection <br /> of a tax for the purpose of providing fire protection within <br /> . • <br /> the said proposed DISTRICT. <br /> THEREFORE, pursuant to Article 3A of Chapter 69 of the <br /> North Carolina General Statutes, we the undersigned do hereby <br /> petition the Orange County Board of County Commissioners for <br /> the establishment of the DAMASCUS FIRE DISTRICT. <br /> We the undersigned further petition the Orange County <br /> Board of County Commissioners to call. an election in DAMASCUS <br /> FIRE DISTRICT for the purpose of submitting to the qualified <br /> voters of the said proposed District the question of levying <br /> and collecting a special tax on all taxable property in said <br /> District of not exceeding fifteen cents ($.15) on each one <br /> hundred dollars ( $100.00) valuation of property for the purpose <br /> of providing fire protection in said proposed District. <br /> The proposed DAMASCUS FIRE DISTRICT generally includes <br /> land within Southern Orange County bounded on the North by <br /> South Orange Fire District and on the South by the Orange County- <br /> Chatham County line, on the West by rear property lines of lots <br /> facing Damascus Church Rd. and rear property lines of lots on <br /> Boulder Bluff and on the East by South Orange Fire District. <br /> The proposed District is particularly described as that area outlined <br /> and lined through in red on the attached map which map is <br /> incorporated herein by reference <br />