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11 <br />C. From time to time a development moratorium is appropriate in order to address exigent <br />circumstances or the results of a study of density designations, plan classifications or other <br />matters prescribed by the adopted Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan, the Joint Planning <br />Area Land Use Map or any of the land use ordinances of Orange County. To preserve the <br />status quo pending the consideration of a land use ordinance amendment designed to <br />address exigent circumstances or the results of a study, Orange County may propose the <br />adoption of a development moratorium pending consideration of the ordinance <br />amendment. Any proposed moratorium shall not be effective until adopted by Orange <br />County following a public hearing conducted by Orange County. Any such adopted <br />moratorium shall initially be no more than six months in duration and may be extended <br />one time for no more than six months for the reasons and following the procedures <br />prescribed here. <br />Section 2.5 Enforcement Remedies. <br />A. Permit revocation, if necessary and authorized by ordinance, shall be handled by the same <br />individual or board authorized to issue the original permit. <br />B. Within those portions of the Joint Planning Area where the ordinances specified in Section <br />2.lC are administered by the respective towns, enforcement efforts through the use of civil <br />penalties, criminal penalties or injunctive relief shall be initiated by the respective towns. <br />The towns shall have the duty to defend at their own expense and shall indemnify and hold <br />harmless, to the extent they can legally do so, Orange County, its Board of <br />Commissioners, its advisory boards, its staff and all members of its boards and staffs, in <br />their official and individual capacities, from any and all claims, actions, proceedings, <br />143