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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. a--5 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: APRIL 18, 1989 <br /> SUBJECT: LOCAL LEGISLATION <br /> DEPARTMENT: LEGAL/PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): HOUSE BILL 915 INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> GEOFFREY E. GLEDHILL (732-2169) <br /> TELEPHONE - <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To request legislative authority for Orange County to use stop <br /> work orders as an aid to the administration and enforcement of <br /> its land use ordinances. <br /> BACKGROUND: Currently, violations of County land use ordinances, including <br /> violations of approved and permitted development projects, can <br /> only be enforced through the criminal court or by use of the <br /> remedy of a court injunction. The former is typically <br /> ineffective; the latter expensive and time consuming. Stop work <br /> orders are effective in the administration of the State Building <br /> Code and the Erosion Control Ordinance. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): Authorize the preparation of an amendment to House Bill <br /> 915 to permit Orange County to provide in its land use ordinances <br /> for stop work orders to remedy violations of those ordinances. <br /> Authorize the Chair to request the amendment from the Orange <br /> County Legislative Delegation. <br /> 3 <br />