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3j ~~~~~~ ~~o.r~C1~ ~p~oposa~ ~~ a ~- l~avembeli• Z~08 Lead Department: ~ ~'lanr~ing & Inspections Prirryary Contact(s~: Craig Benedict {245-2592) Eepartment interaction: Ackministratian, County Attorney, ~conornic Revelopment Subject: I~lodificati;on ot€ 5pecia! Use permit Cnristr€~ction Timefr~rne BACKGROUND: ]n acaardance with the provisions of the honing Or~efinanGe, development projects that are either a Pianrked Deueiaprr~errt andlar a Speciai Use.hava a one-year time period in whicE~ its commence land-disturbing activities or face the potential revocation of any and all approvals. [S5t71E: 1Nhile this requiremer3t may be realistic for ~ srrraEl-scale, sir~le use, project it is not practical rror large, multi-phase projects, involving: ~. Infrastructure improvements (i.e. water andlar sewers and State appravais, 2. Transportation lmpraverrrcrGts requiring the issuance of permits by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, 3. Erasion control and storrrrwater managernerrt permits, and 4. other similar i4cai, Stater andlar Federal permit#ing processes, n such instances, the necessary permits may take !anger than a year for an applicant to obtain in order to cornmenca nand-disturbing activities. Further, unique economic cor7ditions might also irnpac# the ebiiity of an applicant to commence land-disturbing activities in a timely fashion. PRCIPCSAL: Staff is currently reviewing the feasilaility of amending the Ordinance to modify the permit submitfial and cor<strucxiarr commencement requirnments Iri are effort to provide some fiexihilifiy cartcerning large-scale, mufti-phased, deveiapmerkt projects. Ultimoteiy, staff would like to require that a developer submit various permit applications to local, State, andlar Federal agencies in arcfer #a show larogress in cornmer~cing the devefapmerit of an approved project.