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. r <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 16, 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # Vii'-Pr <br /> SUBJECT: REPORT: RURAL CHARACTER STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: YES x NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 11-23-92 Public Hearing Minutes Dave Stencil, Extension 2590 <br /> 1-21-93 RCSC Recommendations <br /> 1-25-93 Planning Board Minutes <br /> Staff Memorandum TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Proposed Implementation Process Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Proposed Timeline Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Proposed Charge to Participants Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Citizen Comments ( see 1-25-93 Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Planning Board packet) <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report on conceptual <br /> strategies to protect rural character in <br /> Orange County, as recommended by the <br /> Rural Character Study Committee and the <br /> Planning Board. <br /> BACKGROUND: On November 12, 1992, the Rural Character <br /> Study Committee completed 30 months of <br /> deliberation on a set of strategies to <br /> help preserve the character of Orange <br /> County's rural areas. During this time, <br /> the Committee examined a broad spectrum of <br /> data and considered numerous techniques <br /> for the preservation of rural character. <br /> Three series of township meetings were <br /> held to solicit public input. <br /> The strategies call for the creation of <br /> three products: a design guidebook, <br /> specific ordinance language to implement <br /> the development options recommended by the <br /> Rural Character Study Committee, and <br /> a Rural Character Element of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan. <br /> The strategies were presented for formal <br /> public comment on November 23, 1992 . <br /> Twenty-nine citizens spoke at the public <br /> hearing, with 75% of the speakers <br /> expressing concern with Development Option <br />