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~~ <br />PLANNING ~'R~.#~~`~ ~'R~P~~~L #9 ^ I~ove~belr 2~~8 <br />Lead Departrnerrt: Planning & [nspections <br />Primary Conract(sy. Percii~a Holtz ~2~5-25 ~ ~ }, Glenn Bowles (246-2577} <br />Department Interaction: Administration and Caurtty Attorney <br />Subject: Small Area Plan-related ,~rnendmertts <br />BAGKGI~QE.IND: <br />The County has adopted three small area plans ire the past tuna yews. Orange <br />County's practice for adopting small area plans calls for lmplementatian <br />measures to be adopted subsectuently as separate actions. Essentially, the <br />small area plans in Prange County are documents tl•ta# contain tasfc force <br />recornrnendationswtth implementation of th~rse recommendations to occur at a <br />later date. 7'he following presents an update on the actions required to <br />irrtplernent some of the recornmsndatiorES contained lrr the three adopted small <br />arcs }Mans. <br />Efland-l~lebane Srrra(I Area Plan <br />The ~OCC adopted the Efland-ltillebane~SAP on .tune 27, 2046. Further . <br />implemrn#ation of the plan (one impiementatlan measure -the Efland Cheeks <br />Zoning Overlay Distfict-has been adalated) will require additional actions. <br />Specifically, the faHawing actions must be completed: <br />1. Adept the Efland-Mebane SAP as part of the Cornprel~ensive Plan; <br />2. Decide -vhether the suggested cE~anges to the 1Nater and Sewer <br />Management Planning and Boundary~Agreernent will fie pursued. If the <br />sugges#ed changes are to be pt~tsued, this action needs to occur first. <br />3. Revise the Land Use Element map to reflect the Possible 1=oture Larrd <br />Use Map contained in tf~e SAP artd revise the Land Use Element text to <br />include the new land use categories. <br />q.. Develop along-range t+~laster Plan for water and sewer services, <br />Additionally, an engineering study of the existing Orange-Alamance 1Nater <br />System 4OAWS~ should be comple#ed in cooperation w~h QA1NS. <br />5. Develop design guidelines fflr file designated Mixed Use E#[and Core <br />.Area. <br />6. Additional 2oriirtig Qrdirrance text changes will likely be necessary in order <br />to increase cians[ty in the planning area, as the SAP sraggests. <br />