2010-032 Planning - Professional Services Related to the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance

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Annotated Outline ADMINISTRATION General Commentary: For an ordinance to be effective, it is Article 2• Administration'. important that its development review process is efficient and that the community's substantive planning and development 2.1 Review and Decision. .1 , _. I-Making Bodies I *_ :1 1 goals are embedded in the development review standards. An A. Town Board of Commissioners: efficient process is achieved when the general framework for Be Planning Board . review is not redundant, the procedures used and the review C. Board of AdWstment standards included result in a reasonable degree of certainty, D. Town Staff and the review process for each type of permit is streamlined tO 2,2 Common Review Procedures_ the greatest extent possible without sacrificing assurance that A. Authority to File Applications the relevant substantive planning/development goals are used in Be A pplication Contents making development decisions. C. Fees Certainty is provided primanly through the establishment of D. Submission Schedule clear review procedures, definite and understandable E res Application Conference development review standards, and a balance of discretionary F. A pplication Submission and more administrative review procedures. G. Determination of Completeness H. Preparation of Staff Report . . S treamlining i s achieved i n a combinati on of ways: I. Scheduling Public Hearing 1. Consolidating the permit process so the j, Public Notification applicant has fewer permits to obtain; K. P ublic H earing Procedures 2. Reducing the number of review steps where LP Conditions' of A pproval possible; and 3. Allowing for increased administrative-level M A ppeals,of Decisions .. . review instead of discretionary review when N. Notifi6�tionto_A' ' plicant community planning/development goals are O. Deferral.of Application V., not sacrificed. P. Withdrawal of A pplication Q. Examination of Documents Assuring that the community's planning/development goals are R. Simultaneous Processing of App lications embedded in the development review standards requires a S. Lapse bf Approval close evaluation of existing standards to'ensure they are clear, 2 3 S pecific Standards for D opment Approvals sufficiently specific, and consistent with the substantive A. Land Use P Amendment planning/development izoalsembraced by the community. B. Rezon`ing'jor Text Amendment These factors, all of which are relevant to the procedural C. Conditional Rezoning. efficiency and substantive effectiveness of review procedures, D. Planned Development are each considered in the design of this Administration article. E. Site Plans F. Subdivision- Plats b. I t is suggested this new Chapter 2, Administration, include G. Special Use Permit sections on the following: H.. Zoning Permit • A dministrative and Decision-making Bodies that �, Variance consolidates the development review responsibilities � Administrative AdjU stment of the review boards and key town staff members. Common Review Procedures that establish a K. Interpretation common set of review procedures for the review of L. Appeal applications for development approval. M. Vested Rights Determination • Specific Standards for Development A pprovals that N. Beneficial Use Determination include the specific review standards, any unique procedural review requirements for each individual application, and rules that apply to an application once it is approved (e.g., the life of the development approval, expiration, minor deviations, and amendments). The structure for review of individual applications for Hillsborough,North Carolina Unified Development Ordinance I Draft Annotated Outline Page 3 November,2009