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18 ' <br />MARCH 20, 1999 REPORT <br />Orange County Planning StatY Comments <br />CONSISTENCY <br />Between the Fac~itated Small Area for Carrboro's Northern Study Area and <br />Proposed Amendments to the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance <br />Section 2.6C of the Joint Planning Agreement requires that (w)henever Chapel <br />hill proposes to anund the tact of its Land Development Ordinane~ and whenever <br />Carrboro proposes to a»:end the text of its Land Use Ordnance, the respective towns <br />shall deliver a copy of the full text of the proposed amendment to Orange county not <br />later than thirty (30) days before the date of the public hearing on any such <br />amendment. The agreement further states that (u)nless Orange County with the <br />respective towns a written objection on or before the date of the public hearing on the <br />Proposed ordnance amendment; then adoption of the amendment by the respective <br />town shall automatically t, fled a corresponu0ng amendment to the applicable <br />ordinance adopted by reference by Orange County as provided in Sedrion 21 G Any <br />such objection shall be based on a deternu'nation by Orange County that the proposed <br />amendment is inconsistent with the adopted .joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. <br />Proposed amendments to the Carrboro Laced Use Ordinance (hereafter referred to <br />as the NSA Ordinance) to implement the recommendation of the Facilitated Small Area <br />Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area were received in the specified timeframe. The <br />amendments consist of 29 revisions or additions to the existing ordinance comprising 35 <br />pages; some revisions are contained in one sentence whereas others are multiple pages in <br />length. Additional attachments include vernacular architechual standards with <br />photographs aced illustrations. <br />The approach to analyzing conformity of the 29 revisions with the adopted small <br />area plan ax this stage is brief. The title or content of each section is listed below with a <br />brief assessment of its consistency or inconsistency with the adopted plea. The primary <br />intent is to identify areas needing further investigation. :'. <br />Section 1. The article and section references corttadried iri this ordinwnce are to the <br />Carrbom land;Use GMdinarrce. <br />Consistent ~ Inconsistent Not Addressed Not Applicable X <br />Comments: ~ ' <br />Section 2. Residerttiad ~ of ma~ jor developments in certain districts <br />Consistent X Inconsistent Not Addressed Not Applicable <br />Comments: Formula for determining constrained lands needs to be same in plan and <br />ordinance. <br />