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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 22, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1 <br />SUBJECT: Upper Eno Watershed Critical Area - Zoning Ordinance and Atlas Amendment <br />and Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element Text and Map Amendment <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Proposed Zoning Ordinance Text and <br />Map Amendments <br />2. Proposed Comprehensive Plan Text and <br />Land Use Element Map Amendments <br />3. Various Maps <br />4. Document Regarding Water Supply <br />Watershed Protection in Orange County <br />5. Property Owner Letters and Notification <br />Certification <br />6. Planning Board Ordinance Review <br />Committee Summary Notes <br />7. Relevant Supporting Objectives of the <br />2030 Comprehensive Plan <br />8. Table of Zoning Ordinance Requirements <br />for Watershed Protection Overlay <br />Districts <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Director <br />Perdita Holtz, Planner III <br />245 -2592 <br />245 -2578 <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on County initiated amendments to certain Sections of <br />the Zoning Ordinance, the Zoning Atlas, and Chapter 5 of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Land <br />Use Element Text and Map. Specifically, the following portions of the Zoning Ordinance text are <br />proposed for amendment: <br />• Section 4.2.27 (Watershed Protection Overlay Districts) <br />• Article 22 (Definitions) <br />Application of the text amendments will result in changes to the Watershed Protection Overlay <br />District boundary depicted on the official Zoning Atlas and on the Land Use Element Map of the <br />2030 Comprehensive Plan. The proposed text changes in "Track Changes" format are included <br />in Attachments 1 and 2. The existing and proposed Critical Area boundaries are depicted on <br />Map 3.1 in Attachment 3. Map 3.2 depicts areas proposed for inclusion into or removal from the <br />Critical Area designation. <br />BACKGROUND: At the August 24, 2009 Quarterly Public hearing (non - public hearing portion <br />of the agenda); staff presented the proposed work plan to begin .implementation of the adopted <br />small area plans. Changes to the "Critical Area" of the Upper Eno watershed is one of the <br />