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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />NOTICE OF JOINT PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING <br /> <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Chapel Hill Town Council <br />Carrboro Board of Aldermen <br /> <br />A public hearing will be held at the Southern Human Services Center, 2501 <br />Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at <br />7:00 p.m. for the purpose of giving all interested persons an opportunity to speak for <br />or against the following item: <br /> <br />1. Text Amendments to the Joint Planning Agreement – Revise existing <br />language in Section 2.7 (Representation of Transition Area Residents) of the <br />Joint Planning Agreement to modify membership on the Town of Chapel Hill’s <br />Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment. <br />Currently, at least one resident of the Town’s Transition Area, as designated on <br />the Joint Planning Land Use Map, is appointed to each advisory board. Earlier in <br />2015, the Town of Chapel Hill extended its Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) over <br />approximately 1,033 acres of land which changed most of the Town’s Transition <br />Area to ETJ. Approximately 274 acres of land remains designated as Chapel Hill <br />Transition Area. <br />The Town is considering: 1) replacing the Transition Area resident on its <br />Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment with a Chapel Hill resident; or 2) <br />replacing the Transition Area resident with a resident from either the Transition <br />Area, the Extraterritorial Area or a Chapel Hill Resident. <br />Purpose: To hear public comment on the proposed text amendments. <br /> <br />Substantial changes in items presented at the public hearing may be made following <br />the receipt of comments made at the public hearing. Accommodations for <br />individuals with physical disabilities can be provided if the request is made to the <br />Orange County Planning Director at least 48 hours prior to the Public Hearing by <br />calling the one of the phone numbers below. The full text of the public hearing items <br />may be obtained no later than October 9, 2015 at the County website <br />www.orangecountync.gov at the Board of County Commissioners Meeting Agendas <br />link. <br /> <br />This is the legal advertisement for the October 15th JPA (Joint Planning Area) joint public hearing. <br />The Planning Boards of the three jurisdictions are not required to attend the joint public hearing but <br />they do make recommendations to their respective elected boards. This item is expected to be on <br />the agenda of the Orange County Planning Board on November 4th for a recommendation to the <br />Board of County Commissioners. The public hearing materials will be posted on the County’s <br />website no later than Friday, October 9th and video of the hearing will be available shortly after the <br />public hearing. Documents related to the Joint Planning Area are available on the Planning <br />Department’s website: <br />http://www.orangecountync.gov/departments/planning_and_inspections/documents.php <br /> 5