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Attachment 8B
Memorandum
To:
David Stancil
From:
Peter Sandbeck
Date:
February 7, 2013
Subject:
Update on Extending Orange County Local Landmark Program into
Hillsborough’s ETJ
Copies:
Margaret Hauth,Jeff Thompson,Rich Shaw
Over the last several years, members of the Historic Preservation Commission
(HPC) and DEAPR staff have received inquiries about the Orange County Local
Landmark Program from property owners in the municipalities, particularly
Hillsborough. Since the Local Landmark Program is a form of zoning, the County is
at present unable to designate local landmarks outside of the County’s planning
jurisdiction—including sites outside of town limits but inside the town’sExtraterritorial
Planning Jurisdiction (ETJ). The Town of Hillsborough’s ordinance provides for the
designation of historic districts but does not currently provide for the designation of
individual properties as landmarks.
At the joint BOCC and Hillsborough Town Board meeting on February 18, 2010,
both electedboards expressed interest in providing local landmark designation
opportunities to suitable properties within the Town’s ETJ and directed staff to
research the matter further. Since that time, DEAPR staff and Town planning staff
have collaborated to explore a potential inter-local agreement to allow the County’s
Local Landmark Program to extend into the Town’s ETJ.
After the most recent follow up meeting on February 6, 2013, the Town staff
expressed its support for allowing the County to extend its Local Landmark Program
into the Town’s ETJ and asked DEAPR to develop a draft inter-local agreement to
share with Town and County legal staff for review, and ultimately for presentation to
both boards for review and approvalwithin the next year.
NATURAL andCULTURALRESOURCES DIVISION
Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks & Recreation
PO Box 8181,Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: (919) 245-2510 Fax: (919) 644-3351