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Stormwater and flooding items in Orange County, between 13 Oct 2025 and 13 Oct 2026

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Stormwater and flooding27
Tax rate and revaluation13
Environment and sustainability10
Water and sewer8
Housing and affordability7
Health and human services5
Zoning text amendment5
Budget and appropriations4
Land conversion and large development4
Schools and education4
Intergovernmental agreements3
Subdivision and site plans3
  1. Tue, Oct 6 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Replaces the 2012 agreement under which the county enforces erosion control rules in Hillsborough, using a state model memorandum after a state audit of the town's stormwater program.
  2. Wed, Sep 2 Orange County · Planning Board
    A major subdivision concept plan for about 17.1 acres at 6600 Lebanon Road in Cheeks Township, PIN 9835-08-4386. The board reviews it and takes action.
  3. Wed, Sep 2 Orange County · Planning Board
    Planning director-initiated amendments to several sections of the Unified Development Ordinance, which staff say are required by changes in state law. The board makes a recommendation to the county commissioners.
  4. Thu, Aug 13 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    Elliot Chapel Hill Borrower LLC contests the $40,394,200 value on the 501 Midtown apartments at 232 Butler Court, arguing for $35,000,000 on condition and maintenance grounds: Tropical Storm Chantal damaged the property in July 2025, raising vacancy and cutting rental income. Nobody appeared for the owner.
    No change, value held at $40,394,200, 3-0
  5. Tue, Aug 11 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    A value appeal on a property flooded during tropical storm Chantal in 2025. The county recommended no change and the owner's own figure matched it.
    No change; value stands at $52,000, 3-0
  6. Wed, Aug 5 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    An appeal arguing a property in a flood zone should be assessed at $140,000 rather than $162,100.
    No change, value held at $162,100, 3-0
  7. Thu, Jul 9 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Fifteen consent items, including the first fiscal 2026-27 budget amendment, a state grant for a mobile integrated health program, financial policies for the transit tax working group, the Rigsbee subdivision preliminary plat, a reinstated interlocal agreement with Chapel Hill, and a Duke Energy grant for a flood detec…
    Approved unanimously.
  8. Tue, Jun 16 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Consent items including a Pollinator Week proclamation, a resolution supporting Tobacco 21 against youth vaping, the year's twelfth budget amendment, an amended contract with Clarion Associates for a comprehensive plan, and an emergency watershed protection agreement with the federal conservation service.
    Approved.
  9. Tue, Apr 7 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    A county-initiated amendment moving the boundary between the Jordan Lake unprotected watershed overlay district and the University Lake protected watershed overlay district across one unaddressed parcel of about 19.4 acres in Bingham Township. Protected watersheds are both part of the county's delegated stormwater man…
    Statement of consistency and amendment approved unanimously
  10. Mon, Mar 23 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    The county's 2026 priority legislative issues, matched to the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' 2025-26 advocacy goals and the county's FY 2025-29 strategic plan. Farmland preservation is a top-six goal. Others include protecting clean water supplies and watersheds, state funding for disaster mitigat…
  11. Wed, Feb 4 Orange County · Planning Board
    A county-initiated amendment moving the boundary between the Jordan Lake unprotected watershed overlay district and the University Lake protected watershed overlay district across one unaddressed parcel of about 19.4 acres off Dodson's Crossroads at Arden Estate Court, a newly established private road, in Bingham Town…
    Recommended to the county commissioners unanimously; adopted by them on April 7
  12. Wed, Jan 28 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The board heard seven residential tax appeals from the 2026 revaluation. Grounds included storm damage, floodplain and land-use limits, comparable sales, and needed repairs. Four assessments were reduced and three were left unchanged; the board raised none. Five owners appeared in person, one sent a family member, and…
    Four reduced, three unchanged, none increased
  13. Wed, Jan 21 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The owner of this 87,730-square-foot Mebane warehouse sought a reduction from $5,428,500 to $5,000,000, citing a 2022 sale price of $4,950,000 and a market proforma. The county said the sale involved below-market legacy leases and limited site access, and after accounting for that recommended $5,265,700. The board acc…
  14. Tue, Jan 20 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The board heard six afternoon appeals; all six owners attended, one of them remotely. Grounds ranged from flooding and steep terrain on vacant land to a comparable-sale dispute and a broker's valuation estimate. The board reduced five assessments and left one unchanged. Combined value fell from $1,157,700 to $988,800,…
  15. Tue, Jan 20 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Thirteen items approved together: five sets of minutes; motor vehicle and property tax releases for eighteen taxpayers; sixteen late exemption applications; a March 25 tax lien advertisement date; the 2026 listing period extended to February 13; budget amendment #6; ordinance execution for the impervious surface, wate…
    Approved unanimously
  16. Fri, Jan 16 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    A review of how the county is tracking against its strategic plan. Mobility on Demand wait times fell from 22 to 19 minutes against a 15-minute target. Homelessness cases stay open because placements and rental support are not available. Cold weather shelter beds in northern Orange County went unused and that program…
  17. Dec 10, 2025 Orange County · Board of Adjustment
    An evidentiary hearing on a major modification to the school's 2015 special use permit and site plan, updating the campus master plan for buildings phased over ten years. Student population would rise from about 294 to roughly 350 by 2035 with staff from 48 to 55, while total approved new square footage falls from 56,…
  18. Dec 3, 2025 Orange County · Planning Board
    Planning director-initiated amendments to the unified development ordinance, covering error corrections, recent state law changes, internal inconsistencies and school needs.
  19. Dec 3, 2025 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The board approved by consent fifteen more parcels recommended for a value change, for reasons including a GIS-documented easement, floodplain and watershed restrictions, corrected building records, and one owner-submitted fee appraisal. Current values on these parcels ran from $184,900 to about $2.36 million; the app…
  20. Nov 20, 2025 Orange County · Housing Authority Board
    Voucher holders may select a unit in a flood zone and the housing authority cannot deny tenancy on that basis. The authority has drafted an acknowledgement form telling prospective tenants the unit is in a floodplain, encouraging renter's insurance because the landlord bears no responsibility for displacement, and ide…
  21. Nov 18, 2025 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The board heard 13 real-property valuation appeals, with eight owners appearing in person and five submitting evidence in writing. It reduced nine assessments and left four unchanged, cutting combined value from $11,956,600 to $10,520,200, a drop of about 12%. Individual reductions ranged from 4% to 50% of assessed va…
    Nine reduced, four unchanged
  22. Nov 18, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Planning director-initiated amendments to simplify impervious surface limits and existing development definitions across the county's thirteen watershed protection overlay districts, delete the obsolete sliding scale table, and refine minimum reservoir buffer widths in the Upper Eno critical watershed overlay to accom…
    Approved unanimously
  23. Nov 14, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    A professional engineer with forty years in local land development presented on on-site and community wastewater systems. Key points: the engineered option permit lets private engineers design, self-check and permit systems, with state review now covering about 10 percent of large designs; suitable soil is scarce in O…
  24. Nov 6, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    The text amendments were continued to the November 18 business meeting.
    Continued to November 18
  25. Oct 15, 2025 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The appellant cited an unclear title, no legal easement across neighboring tracts, neglected surrounding homes and a withdrawn purchase offer. The county proposed a 40% downward adjustment to the land for shape, easement, floodplain and topography, and the board adopted it, lowering the value to $423,820.
    Value reduced from $706,168 to $423,820, unanimous
  26. Oct 15, 2025 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The appellant raised the same title and access concerns as the adjoining parcel. The county increased its land adjustment from 20% to 50% for access, floodplain and topography, and the board lowered the value to $104,633.
    Value reduced from $167,413 to $104,633, unanimous
  27. Oct 15, 2025 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The appellant compared two nearby sales and pointed to drainage problems that leave the yard holding water after rain. The county added depreciation for deferred maintenance on the manufactured home and adjusted the land for its dirt-drive access; the board lowered the value to $240,400.
    Value reduced from $295,800 to $240,400, unanimous

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