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T � 1 ORANGE COUNTY 49 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date August 30 1990 Action Agenda Item # C -3 SUBJECT: AMENDMENTS TO THE JOINT PLANNING AGREEMENT ...as per the Conceptual Guidelines for the Rural Buffer DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING _X—Yes No ATTACHMENT(S): * - PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE JPA AGREEMENT * - EXISTING JPA AGREEMENT TEXT * - STAFF REPORT (See staff report for Conceptual Guidel_ines..., item one of JPA packet) INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Stancil, Extension 2590 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Durham - 688 -7331 Mebane - 227 -2031 Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 PURPOSE: To receive public input on a proposed amendment to the Joint Plannina Agreement for Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro. This amendment is directly related to and contingent upon the previous related items. BACKGROUND: The Rural Character Study Committee's recommended strategy for the Rural Buffer - the Conceptual Guidelines for the Rural Buffer - would also require an amendment to the Joint Plannina Agreement, adopted in November 1987. The proposed Rural Character strategies are consistent with the doctrine of the Joint Plannina Agreement, and require only a change to the "Definition of the Rural Buffer" which is found in Article I, Section 1.2(g). Specifically, the proposed amendment would add language which refers to the creation of five permitted development options with a range of lot sizes and open space set - asides. Language would also be added to qualify the prohibition on public water and sewer service extension to allow an exception for extensions into a predefined service corridor only for the development of planned "Rural Villages ". No other changes to the Agreement are necessary. Because of this item's inter - relatedness to the previous two items, it may be considered as a part of the same hearing. Thus, no separate hearing on this individual item is needed. This item may be