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ORDINANCE B (Planning Board Recommendation) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHAPEL HILL DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE REGARDING LANDSCAPE BUFFERYARD REQUIREMENTS IN THE MATERIALS HANDLING DISTRICT WHEREAS, the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill has considered the proposed amendment to the Chapel Hill Development Ordinance to change the landscape bufferyard requirement in the Materials Handling zoning district, and finds that the amendment is appropriate due to changed or changing conditions in a particular area or in the jurisdiction generally and achieve the purposes of the Comprehensive Plan; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill as follows: Section 1. The first paragraph of Section 14.12.2 of the Chapel Hill Development Ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows: "A buffer is a strip of land together with the screening required thereon. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the type of buffer required between a proposed development and adjacent streets, land uses or zoning designations shall be as specified in Subsection 14.12.6, Schedule of Required Buffers. Where the proposed development site and the adjacent land are both located within either Town Center District, no buffer shall be required. Where the proposed development site is located in the Residential- Special Standards- Conditional zoning district, no buffer shall be required. Where the proposed development site is located in the Materials Handing (MH) zoning district, a 100 280 foot Type `B" landscape bufferyard shall be required." Section 2. That all ordinances and portions of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3. That these amendments shall become effective upon adoption. This the _ day of 2000.