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93 <br />Thrs Unified.Development Ordinance project rs designed to accomplish two ob)ecuves: (1) Combine the town's zoning and <br />' to one Unified Development Ordinance; and (2) while blending these two ordinances make adjustments to <br />subdvision ordinances m Key -(henle5 fOY 11TIpYOVEf11Cnt <br />provisions th oalsefo~tthegordi aoce re--write eme~ged fmm)thevClar'wneteam~s <br />themes or g ublic duringthe project initiation 1 Make the code more customer-friendly <br />interviews with stakeholders, town staff and the p <br />meetlngs and independent review of the., town's planning and regulatory <br />documents. These goals are consistenfwiththe stated goals of the project as <br />identified by the town and with many best practices in land use regulation. They 2. Streamline the development review process <br />" th' re ulatioris, procedures, <br />are: <br />Make the code more customer-friendly; <br />Streamline the development m edures~ ansd definitions, <br />Modernize the regulations, p <br />3. Modernize e $ <br />and definitions <br />4. .Improve development quality , <br />5.: Achieve developmentand redevelopment <br />improve development quality, and <br />e Achieve. development and redevelopment that is consistent with the ,, that promote community goals <br />community's planning and development goals. <br />These five goals or themes inform and guide the annotated outline of the new <br />Unified Development Ordinance. fn some cases, a discussion of alternative means <br />~oluton based ons ou~ulnderPtandn g of IHillsbomugh and betapractices in North <br />Carolina and nationwide. The following pages provide more detail on each of the <br />five key goals: <br />MAKE THE UDO CUSTOMER-FRIENDLY <br />One of the most frequently cited concerns raised by both stakeholders and town <br />frfendly~This s so forta ~ar ety frreasonss dGenerally, bothnstakeholders and staff <br />agreed the structure and format of the current regulations frustrates users and town <br />usabilityaland cu tomlernf~endl ness of Hillsborough'sannew odeaaremPetvdown <br />below. The primary goal of these techniques is [o create auser-friendly document <br />that presents the document in a more customer-friendly way <br />CONSOLIDATE ZONING ORDINANCE AND <br />SUBDIVISION REULATIONS <br />The town's existing zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations are <br />separate documents. The modern thinking and preferred trend among <br />local governments is to consolidate zoning and land development <br />regulations into one consolidated development code. Most communities <br />adopting this approach find a unified document that organizes all relevant <br />procedures and development regulations in an organized and logical <br />format makes the regulations more customer-friendly. We recommend as <br />part of the update effort the town consolidate the current zoning <br />ordinance and subdivision regulations into one Unified Development <br />Ordinance document <br />Pagc 3 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina <br />Unified Development Ordinance I Drag Annotated Outline <br />November, 2009 <br />