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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 7, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 9 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement Amendments – Agricultural <br />Support Enterprises Within the Rural Buffer Land Use Classification <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Joint Public Hearing Materials <br /> <br />Informational Attachments: <br />2. Map Showing Properties in the Joint <br />Planning Area Currently Enrolled in the <br />Present-Use Value Tax Program <br />3. Chart of Basic Zoning Program <br /> <br />Informational Attachment Under Separate <br />Cover: <br />4. Proposed Comprehensive Plan and <br />Unified Development Ordinance <br />Amendments (this information is included <br />in Planning Board agenda item #10) <br />Perdita Holtz, Planner III, (919) 245-2578 <br />Craig Benedict, Director, (919) 245-2592 <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To make a recommendation to the BOCC on proposed amendments to the Joint <br />Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement to allow for the possibility of locating appropriate <br />Agricultural Support Enterprises within the Rural Buffer land use classification. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: In the mid-1980s Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br />adopted a Joint Planning Land Use Plan and accompanying Agreement that provided land use <br />planning for the area of the county commonly referred to as the Rural Buffer. Other geographic <br />areas, such as Transition Areas, are also covered in the plan. The full plan and agreement is <br />available at: http://orangecountync.gov/planning/Documents.asp. <br /> <br />A Joint Planning Area (JPA) Public Hearing was held on March 27, 2014 to review proposed <br />modifications to the Land Use Plan and Agreement in order to allow appropriate agricultural <br />support enterprise uses in the Rural Buffer land use classification. Attachment 1 is the agenda <br />materials for the joint public hearing and includes the proposed text amendments. This item <br />was previewed at the April 2, 2014 Planning Board meeting to familiarize Planning Board <br />members with the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement and to review this item. <br /> <br />The Planning Board is familiar with the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) amendments <br />regarding Agricultural Support Enterprises (which were part of the February 24, 2014 quarterly <br />public hearing agenda: http://orangecountync.gov/occlerks/140224.pdf). The amendments to <br />151