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4 <br />b. Identifying potential future amendments to the UDO that may be necessary in <br />order to address public concernslcomments or various objective of the <br />Comprehensive Plan, and <br />c. Providing a rough work planlschedule for the Board of County Commissioner's <br />review on possible future UDO amendments. <br />The annotated outline will provide a tentative schedule for the possible presentation and <br />review of future amendments seeking to modify various land use regulations in an effort <br />to further implement the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. This document is <br />intended for presentation at the August 2010 Quarterly Public Hearing after the <br />presentation of the draft UDO. <br />II. Background: <br />Orange County is centrally located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Development <br />within the County ranges from highly urbanized (i.e. the municipalities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, <br />Hillsborough, and Mebane) to rural areas where farming activities still serve as the predominant <br />land use. <br />The County is approximately four hundred (400) square miles in area with a population of <br />approximately 128,000 with approximately sixty percent (60%) of local residents living within <br />the aforementioned municipalities. <br />Over the past several years, the County has undergone an extensive revision to its <br />Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted in November of 2008. One of the many goals of the <br />plan was the consolidation of existing land use regulations into a more user friendly format to <br />avoid unnecessary confusion amongst individuals attempting to develop property. In order to <br />accomplish this task, staff proposed and received authorization from the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners to develop a UDO for the County. <br />III. Scope of Services: <br />The UDO shall impact development activities outside of the incorporated areas, extraterritorial <br />jurisdictional (ETJ) boundaries, and established Joint Planning areas of the Town's of: Chapel <br />Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and the City of Mebane. <br />A staff person within the Department of Planning and Inspections shall serve as the County's <br />primary contact for the selected firm and shall be responsible for coordinating, implementing, <br />and administering the project's timeline and deliverables. <br />The consultant team is expected to attend select public meetings and workshops, along with pre- <br />determined Planning Board advisory meetings, as part of the work program associated with the <br />project. <br />10123!2009 <br />