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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING 8~ INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Direc#or eopace n~ er Comprehensive Planning ~~. + ~, ' ~ - 306E Revere Road (919) 245-2585 ~ ~ P O Box 8181 (919) 644-3002 (FAx) ~ Hillsborough, www.co.orange.nc.us "°<<4 ~.<°~~°' North Carolina, 27278 3~, .~ November 30, 2000 TO: Persons and corporations affected by proposed moratorium extension on development applications near the NC 8fi and I-40/Old NC 86 intersections in Orange County's Zoning Jurisdiction (also known as Areas A, 1, & 2). A public hearing will be held in the Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Tuesday, December 12, 2000, at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or against the issue noted below: Copies of the public hearing material will be available forreview in the Planning Department, 306E Revere Road, Hillsborough, North Carolina after November 27, 2000. SUBJECT: EXTENSION OF THE SIX (6) MONTH MORATORIUM TO APRIL 18, 2000 Since February of this year, a subcommittee consisting of two (2) Hillsborough Board of Commissioners members, two (2) Orange County Board of Commissioners members, the Planning Directors for bath the Town of Hillsborough and Orange County, .and the Orange .County Economic Development Director, was formed to examine the County's and Hillsborough's Economic Development Districts (EDD's) near the intersections of I- 40 and I-85 and Old NC 86 and New NC 86. The primary focus of this examination was to facilitate a coordinated review of existing regulations and their impact on future development patterns slang the entranceways to Hillsborough also being the center of county operations. Over the past ten (10) months, this subcommittee has met in public meetings over 12 times with input from interested parties, and discussed the design standards, land use compatibility, and "user-friendly" application requirements of the EDD's, as well as transportation planning, in order.to address a larger, more comprehensive area for EDD activities. From this discussion, it was agreed tha#, in order to assure that new development proposals would meet the new standards that are in the discussion, formulation, -and input phase, at least a six (6) month moratorium would be needed in order to develop the new standards, implement them through a public hearing process, and adopt them accordingly. n•\nr~in\c'Irl\mnreM•iuw.N.~i~ ~n nma..