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~~~ ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director teyntP v( pfo Comprehensive Planning ~~ ° A °: 306E Revere Road (919) 245-2589 ~_ " s. P O Box 8181 (919) 644-3002 (FaX) ,~" Hillsborough, www.co.orange.nc.us °«b ~.__~~°° North Carolina, 27278 March 12, 2004 Dear Property Owner: Orange County tax records list you as the owner of property that lies all or partially within an area proposed for land use plan and zoning changes. This area, bounded by Chatham County to the south, US 15-501 to the west, the Chapel Hill Extra_territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) to the north, and Old ~ystra Road to the east is known as the Chapel Hill Joint Planning Southern Transition Area ('Chapel Hill Transition' on the attached map) according to the 1987 Joint Planning Area Land Use Plari, Background Since the mid 1980's, this area has been part of the Orange Gounty -Chapel Hill - Carrboro Joint Planning Area, A three-party agreement and jointly prepared and adopted land use plan establish land use policy for the area. Outside the town limits and ETJ, the agreement and plan define two areas: Transition and Rural Buffer, Transition Areas are in transition from rural to urban or already urban in density. Urban services (public utilities and other town services) are now provided to these areas or are projected to be provided in the future, Town zoning was applied in the Transition Areas as the final step in the Joint Planning process, Rural Buffer is defined as being glow-density area consisting of single-family homes situated on large lots having a minimum size of two (2) acres, Though adjacent to an urban or transition area, the Rural Buffer is rural in character and will remain rural, contain low-density residential uses and not require urban services, but instead is intended to be serviced by private well and sewage systems, Rural Buffer is both a land use plan designation and zoning classification, Recent amendments by the Town of Chapel Hill to its comprehensive plan have resulted in the Chapel Hill Southern Joint Planning Transition Area being removed from the Urban Services Area - an area originally proposed for future public water and sewer service. As is the case with current development, future residential development will rely on private well and sewage systems resulting in a low density, rural residential pattern for the area.