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w II <br />~ .1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 23. 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # C 3 f a ) <br />SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS: CANE CREEK WATERSHED <br />OVERLAY DISTRICTS <br />DEPARTMENT:: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: a Yes No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />• Letter to property owners <br />• Executive Summary of staff report <br />• 10/29 Community Meeting Summary <br />• Staff Recommendation <br />• Proposed Amendments <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stencil, Eat 2590 <br />Adhir Kackar, Eat 2589 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Mebane -227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed text amendments to the Orange County <br />Zoning Ordinance to implement new development standards for Cane Creek <br />watershed. These amendments are being heazd in conjunction with proposed <br />companion amendments to the Subdivision Regulations. <br />BACKGROUND: Changes aze proposed to Section 2.2 (Definitions) and Section 6.23 (Extra <br />Requirements for Watershed Protection Overlay Districts) of the Zoning <br />Ordinance to implement new watershed protection measures for Cane <br />Creek watershed. These changes, along with companion amendments to the <br />Subdivision Regulations, result from athree-yeaz study of Cane Creek Watershed <br />conducted by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), and subsequent <br />recommendations by the OWASA Boazd of Directors in October 1997. <br />The amendments to the Zoning Ordinance would offer two sets of development <br />standards for protecting water quality. The first option would change the <br />minimum lot size for new development in the watershed from two acres to five <br />acres, with a provision allowing up to five lots as small as two acres in size for all <br />lots of record. A second option is available for Flexible Development in Cane <br />