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Publid Hearing A meeting ammounced and advertised in advance and <br /> open to the public with the public given an opportunity to speak <br /> to and participate in the decision-making process on a particular <br /> project proposal. <br /> Publici.Project Any improvement, facility or service together with its <br /> associated site or right of way obtained through the excercise of <br /> eninent domain for public use. <br /> Subdivision Regulations Local ordinance regulating the conversion <br /> OfIraw land into building lots for residential or other <br /> purposes and establishing requirements for street, utilities <br /> and site.design. Orange County Subdivision Regulations have <br /> been enforced county-wide since 1978. <br /> Voluntary Classes of Participation Refers to four classes of use <br /> Value taxation for agricultural land provided in the Orange <br /> County Farm Preservation Program. Participation in any class <br /> isivoluntary and occurs only upon request of the farmland owner <br /> for use value taxation. The four classes of use value taxation, <br /> are: <br /> Class A; Provides for use value taxation of farm <br /> property and is identical to the existing <br /> N.C. Preferential Taxation Law GS 105-277.3through 105-277.7. <br /> Class B: Provides for use value taxation and is similar <br /> to Class A, but requires a twenty year deVel- <br /> . <br /> opment rights agreement. <br /> Class C: Provides for a 10% reduction in the use value <br /> assessment as the basis for taxation and requires <br /> a ten year development rights agreement. <br /> Three lots meeting Orange County Subdivision and <br /> Zoning Ordinances standards are exempt from the <br /> easement. <br /> Class D: Provides for a 20% reduction in the use value <br /> assessment as the basis for taxation and requires <br /> a twenty year development rights agreement. <br /> Three lots meeting Orange County Subdi- <br /> vision and Zoning Ordinances standards are exempt <br /> from the easement. In addition, no property tax <br /> assessment would be made of new farm structures <br /> constructed on Class D farms. <br /> Zoning District A specifically delineated area or district within <br /> whiCh regulations and requirements uniformly govern <br /> the Use, placement, spacing and size of land and buildings. <br /> Zoning Ordinance Local ordinance regulating and restricting the <br /> height, number of stories, size and placement of buildings <br /> and other structures, lot size, the percentage of lots that <br /> may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open <br /> spaces, the density of population, and the location and use <br /> of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, <br /> 10 <br /> ,11 <br /> • <br />