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PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />Current Planning <br />(919) 245-2575 <br />(919) 644-3002 (FAX) <br />www.orangecountync.gov <br />131 W. Margaret Lane <br />Suite 201 <br />P. O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> TO: Orange County Planning Board <br /> <br /> FROM: Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />Michael D. Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor <br /> <br /> DATE: November 5, 2014 <br /> <br /> SUBJECT: Chapel Hill Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) Expansion Request <br /> __________ <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To be informed of Chapel Hill’s request for ETJ expansion into an area <br />currently part of the Joint Planning Area (JPA) <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The subject area of approximately 1,000 acres is part of an area <br />known as the Historic Rogers Road area. This area was made part of the JPA Chapel <br />Hill Transition Area in 1987 which ceded most of land development rules to Chapel Hill <br />from Orange County. Independent projects have proceeded accordingly since then. <br />However, a community wide sewer proposal is being considered with public funding <br />from Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro in this area. In order to facilitate funding <br />opportunities from Chapel Hill, the area if ‘converted’ from JPA transition to Chapel Hill <br />ETJ would permit such Chapel Hill contribution. <br /> <br />Orange County is required to review the request in accordance with NCGS 160A – 360. <br />If approved Chapel Hill would use city zoning categories if different than the present <br />JPA zoning categories. Orange County’s involvement in land use decisions is this area <br />would cease since Chapel Hill ETJ would be solely in effect. <br /> <br />Orange County planning staff has reviewed the Chapel Hill ETJ expansion proposal in <br />accordance with NCGS and finds it in compliance. Extraterritorial representation is a <br />requirement of state law and changes will need to be made to create ETJ <br />representation instead of JPA transition area representation based on population. <br /> <br />5