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Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Page 4 <br />November 6, 2008 <br />The other important difference between a UNC Board of Governors created airport. <br />authority and a city or county with respect to acquiring, owning or operating an airport is the <br />special land use regulation provision discussed above and in the enclosed email correspondence <br />The Board of County Commissioners appointment power to a UNC Board of Governors <br />created airport authority is important. The relationship between the County and a UNC Board of <br />Governors created airport authority will also be important. Equally important are the rules and <br />regulations that will pertain to an airport and the land use regulations that will pertain to an <br />:airport in Orange County. Since a new airport will likely be located in Orange County's planning <br />jurisdiction,i I think there is a need for the County to begin, as soon as practical, a review of its <br />zoning regulations to insure they contain "best practices" that are consistent with "current federal <br />legislation governing aeronautics and the regulations duly promulgated thereunder and rules and <br />standards issued from time to time pursuant thereto." N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63-53(1). It is equally <br />important that County land use regulations pertaining to an airport otherwise insure the health, <br />safety and welfare of the citizens of Orange County. <br />Very t1-uly yours, <br />COLEMAN, GLEDHILL, HARGRAVE & PEEK, P.C. <br />GEG/lsg <br />Enclosures <br />xc: Laura Blackmon <br />F:~I.isaUetters~Bd of Comm Itr re SB 1925 airport authority.doc <br />t For purposes of this letter, the County's planning jurisdiction does not include land within municipal boundaries, <br />within "etj" boundazies or within "transition area" boundaries of the Joint Planning Area. <br />