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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED VOLUNTARY FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM ORDINANCE, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ,ry ••• TO THE ORANGE COUNTY MINIMUM HOUSING CODE, AND A PROPOSED ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT Pursuant to the requirements of the General Statutes of North Carolina, Chapter 153A, Article 18, Part 1, Section 323, and Part 3, Section 343; Chapter 160A, Article 19, Part 6, and Part 1, Section 364; and Article 20, Sections 20.5 and 20.6, of the Grange Coun- ty Zoning Ordinance, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held in the Su- perior Courtroom of the Orange County Courthouse (New), 106 East Margaret Lane, Hill- sborough, North Carolina, on Monday, February 24, 1992, at 7:30 p.m, for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or against the following items: PROPOSED VOLUNTARY FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM ORDINANCE The proposed ordinance would establish an Agricultural Districts Advisory Board com- prised initially of seven (7) members which would have the following powers and duties: - Review and comment on applications for qualifying farmland certification and desig- nation of voluntary agricultural districts; - Hold joint public hearings with the Board of Commissioners on public projects likely to have an impact on agricultural operations within Orange County; and - Study additional methods of farmland preservation and make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners. As voluntary agricultural districts are created, up to eight (8) additional members may be appointed. Such members must be landowners in a voluntary agricultural district. Farms which are part of a designated voluntary agricultural district will be identified as such in the Orange County Land Records System, and a notice will be included to alert persons using the system of all parcels that are within one -half mile of such district(s). In addition, landowners belonging to voluntary agricultural districts shall not be assessed for or required to connect to Orange County water and /or sewer systems. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO MINIMUM HOUSING CODE The proposed amendments to the Minimum Housing Code include the following major changes: - All residential buildings, including owner- occupied dwellings, would be subject to the ordinance provisions. Currently, only renter- occupied dwellings are affected. - Enforcement of the code provisions would be the responsibility of the Code En- forcement. Supervisor in the Planning and Inspections Department or his /her desig- nee. Currently, the code provisions are enforced by the Housing and Community De- velopment Department. - The Orange County Zoning Board of Adjustment would serve as a Housing Appeals Board to hear appeals by an owner or other party from any order of the Code En- forcement Supervisor, PROPOSED ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT The proposed Zoning Atlas amendment to be considered is as follows: 1. Z -1 -92 Lawton Cabinet Company The property in question is located on the south side of Old Greensboro Road (SR 1005) west of Ivy Road (SR 1947). The property contains 4.08 acres and is specifi- cally described as Lot 23 of Tax Map 37 in Bingham Township. The current and pro- posed zoning designation of the property is Existing Commercial (EC -5) and Rural Buffer (RB). The purpose of the request is to correct an error made in designating the boundary of the EC -5 zoning district at the time the property was zoned in Septem- ber, 1981. The area of the property zoned EC -5 is 1.51 acres. All interested citizens are invited to attend this hearing and be heard. Public comment will be received during the public hearing. Following the close of the public hearing, only evidence received in writing by the date of the Planning Board meeting following the public hearing will be considered by the Board of Commissioners for decision. Changes may be made in the advertised proposals which reflect debate, objections and discussion at the hearing. Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the Orange County Planning Department located in the planning & Agricultural Center, 306F Revere Road, Hill- sborough, North Carolina. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m:, Monday through Friday. You may also call 732 -8181 (Hillsborough), 688 -7331 (Durham) or 967 - D251 (Chapel Hill - Carrboro). Please ask for Extension 2585 or 2575. You will be directed :o a staff member who will answer your questions. - Marvin Collins, Planning Director