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I <br />OR AN G E C 0 U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 1 1992 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Item # VJr- Jq <br />SUBJECT: REPORT - PUBLIC HEARING OPTIONS FOR UNIVERSITY STATION <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Schedule - Public Hearing Planning Director X2592 <br />Options <br />PHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 --8181 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Chapel Hill 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report on the options available for <br />conducting public hearings on the proposed <br />University Station project. <br />BACKGROUND: At its May 4, 1992 meeting, the Board of <br />Commissioners considered approval of the <br />advertisement for the May 26, 1992 public hearing. <br />Included among the items was an application for a <br />proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. The <br />amendment involved the proposed University Station <br />project, a planned rural village. Because of time <br />constraints associated with assembling multiple <br />properties, the applicants had requested that a <br />special public hearing be set in conjunction with <br />the May'26 public hearing. <br />The County Attorney informed the Planning Department <br />that a special hearing was not possible. The wording <br />of Article 2.2.14.3 of the Zoning Ordinance was such <br />that principal amendments to the Comprehensive Plan; <br />e.g., University Station, could only be considered <br />at the February public hearing. <br />The Board of Commissioners approved the May 26, 1992 <br />public hearing notice, including consideration of a <br />proposed amendment to Article 2.2.14.3 to allow the <br />Commissioners more flexibility in setting public <br />hearings on principal amendments. The Board also <br />approved June 29, 1992 as the special hearing date <br />for the University Station project [see Option A]. <br />