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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 4, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~-G, <br />SUBJECT: Legal Advertisement for Joint Planning Area Public Hearing -March 29, 2004 <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Legal Advertisement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, ext 2592 <br />Gene Bell, Planner III, ext 2589 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider the legal advertisement far items tc be presented at the Joint Planning <br />Area (JPA) Public Hearing scheduled for March 29, 2004. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners reviews proposals to be considered at <br />ptablic hearing for consistency with general County policy and presentation format. The <br />fallowing items are proposed for consideration at the March 29, 2004 JPA Hearing. <br />JOINT PLANNING AGREEMENT <br />Amend Exhibit A to the Agreement (Joint Planning Area Land Use Map) to change the <br />designation of the Chapel Hill Southern Transition Area to Rural Buffer. The May 2000 <br />Chapel Hill Comprehensive Plan and recently adopted Water and Sewer Management <br />Planning and Boundary Agreement removed the Southern Transition Area from the Urban <br />Services Area. Existing low-density development patterns and the lack of future water and <br />sewer extension are compatible with the designation of Rural Buffer which currently bounds <br />the area to the east. <br />JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN (TEXT AND MAP) <br />Amend the text of the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan to change the designation of <br />the Chapel Hill Southern Transition Area to Rural Buffer and remove references the <br />Southern Small Area Plan. The May 2000 Chapel Hill Comprehensive Plan and recently <br />adopted Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement removed the <br />Southern Transition Area from the Urban Services Area. Existing low-density development <br />patterns and the lack of future water and sewer extension are consistent with the <br />designation of Rural Buffer which currently bounds the area to the east. Densities specified <br />in the Southern Small Area Plan (one unit per acre for areas east of US 15/501 and one unit <br />