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~~9 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br />CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN <br />JOINT PLANNING AREA PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 29. 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.2. <br />SUBJECT Proposal to Amend the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Map <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) YES <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Joint Staff Memorandum & Ordinance <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 receive public comment on a proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Area <br />Land Use Plan and Map. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning is premised on two types of <br />areas adjacent to the existing incorporated areas and extraterritorial jurisdictions (ETJ): Transition <br />Areas and Rural Buffer. Section 1.2.H of the Joint Planning Agreement defines Transition Area <br />as being: <br />That portion of the Joint Planning Area designated on the Joint Planning Area Land Use <br />Map as such. This area is further defined as being in transition from rural to urban or <br />already urban in density. Urban services (public utilities and other town services) are now <br />provided fo this area or are projected fo be provided to this area. <br />Rural Buffer is defined as follows in section 1.2.G: <br />That portion of the .loint Planning Area designated on the Joint Planning Area Land Use <br />Map as such and designated in the .loint Planning Area Land Use Plan as Rural <br />Residential, Agricultural, Public/Private Open Space, Resource Conservation, <br />E~ctracfive/Disposal Use and the overlay district designated University Lake Watershed <br />Area. This area is further defined as being aloes-density area consisting of single-family <br />homes situated on large lots having a minimum size of two (2) acres. The Rural Buffer is <br />further defined as land which, although adjacent to an Urban or Transition area, is rural in <br />character and which will remain rural, contain low-density residential uses and not require <br />urban services (public utilities and other town services). <br />G:\Comprehensive Planning Div\GENE~2004 Public HcanngsVvlar 24 dPA\Amdl to JPA LUP\Amdt to IPA LUP Abst doc <br />