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UDO Assistance� Orange County, North Carolina 3 <br /> We suggest focusing on the following key ideas: <br /> o Making the ordinance more user-friendly, through: <br /> ■ Greater use of illustrations and graphics; <br /> ■ Structural re-organization; <br /> ■ Updating and clarifying definitions; <br /> ■ Providing a referencing system; <br /> ■ Removal of out-.dated or conflicting provisions; and <br /> ■ Improving development review processes (as appropriate)-* <br /> o Consolidating procedural provisions and revising them so they are more efficient, <br /> remove confusing language, and provide more certainty; and <br /> o Incorporating selected new provisions that serve to implement objectives that are <br /> included in the new Comprehensive Plan. <br /> We are c urrently undertaking a similar initiative with the Town of TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH, <br /> Hillsborough, crafting a new LIDO that combines zoning and NORTH CAROLINA <br /> subdivision ordinances into one user-friendly document. We have <br /> just completed a draft Annotated Outline for Hillsborough UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE <br /> (presented to the Town Board of Commissioners on November <br /> 23). We attach the Hillsborough outline here as an appendix. <br /> We believe that one benefit of selecting our team for assistance <br /> with Orange County's LIDO is an opportunity for coordinating °'A"'°'°°""°"ffi"` <br /> language, terminology, and approaches to "edge" areas with our "°"aii6"'2'Z°°' <br /> work in Hillsborough. <br /> TASK 3W. DOCUMENTING / CATALOGUING PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> We understand that Orange County staff will be leading this LIDO effort, including planning <br /> and facilitating public input meetings. We can assist in this effort in several ways: <br /> o Using our keypad-polling technology in public meetings to gauge public opinion-* and <br /> o Helping to document and catalogue public-comments for use in reports that can be <br /> posted and made available for review. <br /> We have' <br /> had great success in using keypad-polling as <br /> a technique to promote public engagement and <br /> obtain valuable information. Feedback from <br /> participants is universally positive, and we would be <br /> pleased to make this technology available for use as <br /> .�_., part of this LIDO project. We will plan on attending <br /> ith county staff <br /> public meetings along w as agreed <br /> �� upon during project initiation. <br />