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4 <br />VI. PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE <br />VII. REPORTS <br />A. LOCAL LEGISLATION UPDATE <br />County Manager John Link and County Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill <br />presented a report on the results of Orange County's 1991 North Carolina <br />General Assembly legislative items. Legislation approved includes the <br />following: <br />(1) Orange County is now listed as a County which prohibits <br />spotlighting deer during the period from one half hour <br />after sunset to one half hour before sunrise. This <br />action became effective August 1, 1991. <br />(2) An Act to clarify the enabling legislation for <br />subdivision ordinance provisions relating to recreation <br />areas in Orange County is contained in Section 1 of the <br />omnibus bill. The County adopted as part of its compre- <br />hensive plan a recreational element and that element <br />created districts and regions within the county where <br />recreation sites will be located. The County's <br />ordinances implement that plan by requiring dedication <br />of property or contribution of money from the developer. <br />This bill further allows the County to use the money it <br />generates for the development of facilities as well as <br />for the acquisition of land. <br />(3) An Act to amend the enabling legislation for Zoning <br />Ordinance regulations to authorize Orange County to <br />grant density bonuses and other incentives for <br />developers of housing for persons of low or moderate <br />income is now contained in the zoning regulations as a <br />special use. This act will allow the County to provide <br />for density bonuses as a matter of right in all the <br />residential districts of the County. <br />This item will go to public hearing August 26, 1991. <br />(4) An Act to authorize Orange county to levy an occupancy <br />tax with the express authority for the use of some of <br />its proceeds for a county visitors' bureau was <br />implemented by the County Commissioners at their meeting <br />held August 5, 1991. <br />Legislation which will require further action by the Board <br />includes: <br />(1) An Act to authorize Orange County to acquire real <br />property in order to preserve open space and open areas <br />for the preservation, protection and conservation of <br />farmland, watershed areas and drinking water supplies, <br />and to acquire the fee or any lesser interest. This <br />will require a plan and funding before implementation. <br />