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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director yoeat! of B' Comprehensive Planning ~~~ * '~ 306E Revere Road (919) 245-2589 ~ ~ ~ P O Box 8181 (919) 644-3002 (Fax) '~ Hillsborough, www.co.orange.nc.us ~'°~.b e.te~~°' North Carolina, 27278 March 24, 2000 Deaz Property Owner: You have been identified as the owner of property within S00 feet of a proposed amendment to the Joint Platuvng Area (JPA) Land Use Plan and Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. The proposed amendments aze referenced as JPA-1-00 and CP-1-00; they will be presented at a joint public hearing before the Orange County Board of Commissioners, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, and Chapel Hill Town Council on April ].2, 2000: The hearing will commence at 7:30 PM and be held in the Orange County Southern Human Services Center, 2505 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill. This will be the fourth in a series of public hearings: the first occurring on October 10, 1991, the second on October 14, 1993, and the third on April 14, 1994. The applications aze submitted on behalf of American Stone Company, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), and Philip and Alice Durham. The subject azea is composed of three properties and a portion of a fourth and contains approximately 16S acres. Of the total acreage,. 84.77 acres aze presently under a valid extractive use permit. The properties aze located north of NC S4 neaz the intersection of Bethel=Hickory Grove Church Road (SR 1104). The proposed amendments which will be considered jointly aze summarized as follows: JPA-1-00 requests expansion of the extractive use plan category as contained in the JPA Land Use Plan. The extractive use category encompasses mining and quarry operations. Currently the property referenced as property identification number 9759-54-4097 and owned by Philip and Alice Durham is the only property so designated. The amendment application requests that the extractive use category be extended to the remaining properties. Amendments to the JPA Land Use Plan require the approval of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County as specified in the Joint Planning Agreement. CP-1-00 requests the establishment of a rural industrial activity node covering the subject properties. A rural industrial activity node is land focused on designated road intersections in the rural azeas that is appropriate for industrial uses which do not require urban-type services. Such an amendment requires only the approval of the Orange County Commissioners.