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2 <br /> b. Identifying potential future amendments to the UDO that may be necessary in <br /> order to address public concerns/comments or various objective of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan, and <br /> c. Providing a rough work plan/schedule 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 /> 10/23/2009 <br />