Agenda - 05-02-2017 - 8-i - Carrboro Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) Expansion Request

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 2, 2017 Action Agenda Item No. 8-i SUBJECT: Carrboro Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) Expansion Request — Highway 54 West DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) 1. Letter from Town of Carrboro Craig Benedict, 245-2592 2. Proposed Letter to Town of Carrboro Perdita Holtz, 245-2578 3. Map of Town of Carrboro's ETJ Expansion Request PURPOSE: To consider sending the Town of Carrboro a letter in support of the Town's request to move forward to a public hearing regarding extension of its ETJ over 2.9 acres of land along Highway 54 West. BACKGROUND: In late March the County received a letter from the Town of Carrboro (Attachment 1) requesting the Orange County Board of Commissioners favorably respond to the Town's desire to extend its ETJ over 2.9 acres along Highway 54 West. Upon a favorable response from the BOCC, the Town will proceed with holding a statutorily required public hearing on the potential ETJ expansion. Town staff has indicated the expected public hearing date is June 13, 2017. The Board of County Commissioners will be asked to adopt a formal resolution of support at a later date; staffs are discussing whether the resolution of support should occur before or after the public hearing date. This topic was discussed at the October 13, 2016 joint Orange County/Town of Carrboro meeting, as is referenced in the Town's letter. Additionally, the topic was touched upon by Orange County planning staff during the work session portion of the February 13, 2017 quarterly public hearing. Expansion of the Town's ETJ would relinquish County planning jurisdiction within the ETJ area and would allow the Town to exercise zoning and subdivision authority related to its plans and ordinances and to carry out building code enforcement. The land use plan and stipulations of the Joint Planning Agreement (JPA) currently apply in this area (link to overall JPA map only here). Currently, the portions of the parcels subject to the ETJ expansion request are designated "Rural Buffer". The Town would apply its own land use and zoning designations as part of the future public hearing process and the joint planning agreement would no longer apply to the newly-designated ETJ area. The map in Attachment 3 depicts the ETJ expansion request in relation to joint planning designations in the vicinity.