2010-032b Planning - Contract Professional Services Related to 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-Making Bodies goals are embedded in the development review standards. An A. Town Board of Commissioners. efficient process is achieved when the general framework for B. Planning Board . review is not redundant, the procedures used and the review C. Board of Adjustment 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 B. Application Contents making development decisions. C. Fees Certainty is provided primarily through the establishment of D. Submission Schedule clear review procedures, definite and understandable E. Pre-Application Conference development review standards, and a balance of discretionary F. Application Submission and more administrative review procedures. G. Determination of Completeness H. Preparation of Staff Report Streamlining is achieved in a combination of ways: I. Scheduling Public Hearing 1. Consolidating the permit process so the J. Public Notification applicant has fewer permits to obtain; K. Public Hearing Procedures 2. Reducing the number of review steps where L. Conditions of Approval possible; and 3. Allowing for increased administrative-level M. Appeals of Decisions .. . review instead of discretionary review when N. Notification to Applicant community planning/development goals are 0. Deferral of Application not sacrificed. P. Withdrawal of Application_ Q. Examination of Documents Assuring that the community's planning/development goals are R. Simultaneous Processing of Applications embedded in the development review standards requires a S. Lapse of Approval close evaluation of existing standards to ensure they are clear, 2.3 Specific Standards for Development Approvals sufficiently specific, and consistent with the substantive A. Land Use Plan Amendment planning/development goals embraced by the community. B. Rezoningor 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 It is suggested this new Chapter 2, Administration, include G. Special Use Permit sections on the following: H.. Zoning Permit • Administrative and Decision-making Bodies that 1. Variance consolidates the development review responsibilities J Administrative Adjustment 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 Approvals 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