RES-2015-023 Resolution Amending the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Joint Planning Agreement to Allow for the Possibility

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r 7F 11r16 Y-2-ablc- Resolution#: RES-201 5-023 �CL A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT PLANNING LAND USE PLAN AND JOINT PLANNING AGREEMENT TO ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCATING APPROPRIATE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT ENTERPRISES IN THE RURAL BUFFER LAND USE CLASSIFICATION WHEREAS, Orange County, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the Town of Carrboro entered into a Joint Planning Agreement originally dated September 22, 1987 and amended from time to time, and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Joint Planning Agreement, a Joint Planning Land Use Plan was adopted on October 13, 1986 by all parties to the Joint Planning Agreement, and has since been amended on several occasions, and WHEREAS, Orange County initiated amendments to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance in order to adopt a regulatory program referred to as "Agricultural Support Enterprises Within the Rural Buffer Land Use Classification," a program the County has been working on since 2001, and WHEREAS, amendments to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement are necessary prior to Orange County adopting the aforementioned Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance amendments, and WHEREAS, a joint public hearing regarding the proposed Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement amendments was held on March 27, 2014, in accordance with the requirements of the Joint Planning Agreement, and WHEREAS, the topic was further discussed by the three governments at the November 19, 2014 Assembly of Governments meeting, and WHEREAS, the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro have made recommendations regarding the proposed amendments to the County's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) which would implement the Agricultural Support Enterprises program within the Rural Buffer land use classification, and WHEREAS, Orange County will incorporate the recommendations made by the Towns into the proposed UDO text amendments which are scheduled to be considered at a later date. NOW THEREFORE, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County hereby resolves that the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement be amended as shown on the attached pages. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the amendments to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement shall become effective upon adoption by the governing bodies of Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro.