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UDO Assistance I Orange County, North Carolina 3 <br /> We suggest focusing on the following key ideas: <br /> • 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 /> • Consolidating procedural provisions and revising them so they are more efficient, <br /> remove confusing language, and provide more certainty; and <br /> • Incorporating selected new provisions that serve to implement objectives that are <br /> included in the new Comprehensive Plan. <br /> We are currently undertaking a similar initiative with the Town of TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH, <br /> Hillsborough, crafting a new UDO 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 UDO is an opportunity for coordinating °'AA..A.WCkO` <br /> language, terminology, and approaches to "edge" areas with our N--*.112.2M <br /> work in Hillsborough. <br /> TASK 3: DOCUMENTING / CATALOGUING PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> We understand that Orange County staff will be leading this UDO effort, including planning <br /> and facilitating public input meetings. We can assist in this effort in several ways: <br /> • Using our keypad-polling technology in public meetings to gauge public opinion; and <br /> • Helping to document and catalogue public comments for use in reports that can be <br /> posted and made available for review. <br /> We have 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 UDO project. We will plan on attending <br /> public meetings along with county staff as agreed <br /> .� upon during project initiation. <br />