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125 7 OA WS over the years about water quality protection but has not received comments regarding this, specific proposal. Written Comment Received Staff received one written comment from a real estate agent representing the property owner of the 79.23 acre parcel in the Efland area immediately north of Interstate -85/40 and west of the US70 Connector. A portion of this parcel is currently in the Critical Area designation and will not be fully removed from the designation under the proposed criteria presented at the Quarterly Public Hearing. The comment requests that the Critical Area designation be removed from the parcel completely and that the interstate be used as the Critical Area boundary line. Staff comment: staff concurs that this area is designated for growth/economic development in the Efland- Mebane Small Area Plan. Staff is suggesting that the proposed criteria in Section 4.2.27 be revised to exclude the area north of West Ten Road, west of the US70 Connector, and south of the railroad track from the Critical Area designation. The proposed text and maps incorporating this suggestion are not yet available but will be distributed at the Planning Board meeting. Proposed Impervious Surface Amendments In response to concerns voiced by property owners regarding impervious surface requirements, staff re- visited Section 6.23.3 of the Zoning Ordinance (the section pertaining to impervious surfaces). Staff is proposing additional amendments to this section to make it clear that property owners with existing smaller -sized lots (under 5 acres) in the Critical Area are allowed Impervious Surface Ratios higher than 6 %. This information was part of the Quarterly Public Hearing presentation. The proposed amendments to Section 6.23.3 are included in Attachment 1. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Funds for Small Area Plan implementation were included in the FY09 -10 Budget. Following is a breakdown of expenditures related to the required notifications on this project: • Legal Ad: approximately $1875 • Signs: $917 • Postage for Mailed Notifications: $737 • Printing of Notification Postcards: $116 (professionally printed and cut down to size using cardstock Planning Department had on hand) • Notification letters (paper, printing, labels, envelopes): used supplies Planning Department had on hand • Total staff time used for all aspects of notification process: approximately 65 hours Staff time to research, write, coordinate, and map the amendments was significant and was accomplished using existing Planning staff included in the Departmental staffing budget. RECOMMENDATION: The Zoning Officer recommends the Board: 1. Deliberate as necessary on the proposed amendments. 2. Make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners in time for the June 1, 2010 BOCC regular meeting.