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i 11 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY /CHAPEL HILL /CARRBORO JOINT PLANNING LAND USE PLAN AND JOINT PLANNING AGREEMENT Pursuant to the requirements of the General Statutes of North Carolina, Chapter 153A, Sections 240, 323 and 343; Article 20, Sections 20.5 and 20.6, and Articles 2.2.12 and 2.2.13 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance; and Article 2 Section 2.4 of a Joint Planning Agreement between Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro;, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at Phillips Junior High School on Estes Drive in Chapel Hill, N.C. on August 30, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or against the following items: STRATEGY - CONCEPTUAL GUIDELINES FOR THE RURAL BUFFER The Rural Character Study Committee, a group of 16 Orange County citizens, has been charged with developing a strategy for the preservation of the rural character of Orange County. The Committee's goals in this effort were to develop strategies for the County, with a primary focus on a program for the Rural Buffer portion of the County. The Committee's objectives in this study are the preservation of agriculture, the protection of natural and visual resources, and the management of growth. The Committee has met with a number of rural residents and civic groups in drafting and adopting a document entitled Conceptual Guidelines for the Rural Buffer. The Conceptual Guidelines represent a policy guide for land use development patterns in the Rural Buffer. The Guidelines attempt to address the objectives of the study by recommending five development options that help preserve agriculture, protect natural and visual resources, and serve as a growth management tool. At the same time, the Guidelines seek to recognize decades of land stewardship by rural residents as well as the private property rights of individual landowners. The Conceptual Guidelines have been presented to Rural Buffer residents, and they are presented at this public hearing for general comment. The Guidelines in and of themselves do not require official action, since they are a conceptual statement of recommended policies. To be implemented, however, the Conce tual Guidelines for the Rural Buffer require certain amendments to the Joint Planninct Area Land Use Plan, shown below as LUP -4 -90.