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o61D-adv~~ai~ <br />5-~~ -a. oc~ 7 i <br />ORANGE COUNTY ~, , ,3 <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 21, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.3 <br />SUBJECT: Land Use Element Text Amendment -10-Year Transition Areas <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Proposed Land Use Element text <br />amendments <br />2. Map depicting 10-Year Transition <br />areas in the County <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />Perdita Holtz, 245-2611 <br />PURPOSE: To consider making text amendments to the Land Use Element regarding 10-Year <br />Transition areas. <br />BACKGROUND: The existing Land Use Element definition for 10-Year Transition areas does <br />not allow for non-residential uses in the transition areas (see attached map for location of the <br />10-Year Transition areas within Orange County). One of the recommendations of the Efland- <br />Mebane Small Area Plan (EMSAP) is to allow commercial development in certain areas along <br />the Highway 70 corridor and to allow'for conversion of some residential structures to office type <br />uses. These types of uses are not permitted under the existing land use definition. <br />The proposed text amendment would amend the definition of the "10-Year Transition" category <br />in Section 3.3 to potentially allow non-residential uses in designated 10-Year Transition areas in <br />accordance with adopted small area plans and/or zoning overlay districts. (See attachment for <br />the existing and proposed definitions). Additionally, the Land Use Element's "Zoning District <br />Matrix" in Section 4.0 would be amended to designate appropriate zoning districts for the 10- <br />YearTransition areas. <br />The proposed amendments are consistent with the recommendations contained in the adopted <br />EMSAP. The 10-Year Transition areas in the vicinity of Hillsborough would also be affected by <br />the amended definition. However, the definition requires that norr-residential uses would be <br />permitted only in accordance with adopted small areas plans and/or zoning overlay districts. <br />Therefore, until such time that these actions are completed fora 10-Year Transition area, <br />applications for non-residential uses would not be consistent with the definition. <br />.•ta:n;:`.':+~::c (QRnnn.,~Or=<.I :1! ~~:..:d.li:(!o:nma.'.gi~:..'~,:.PII I:Pi;a:emi: i~~t':Pi..'!I'!,: `.:r~~+hni~i: >ir,,;,;;in: <br />