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?+J .3 <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 #~4 f~a 1~ <br />SUBJECT: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS: <br />FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT IN CANE CREEK WATERSHED <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: a Yes No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENTS}: <br />• Staff Recommendation <br />• Proposed amendments <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stanch, Eat 2594 <br />AdLsir Kactcar, Eat 2589 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERSc <br />Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Mebane -227-203I <br />Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed text amendments to the Orange County <br />Subdivision Regulations to implement new development standazds for Cane <br />Creek watershed. These amendments are being heard in conjunction with <br />proposed companion amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. <br />BACKGROUND: Changes aze proposed to the Flexible Development section of the Subdivision <br />Regulations to implement new watershed protection measures for Cane Creek <br />watershed. These changes result from athree-year study of Cane Creek Watershed <br />conducted by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), and subsequent <br />recommendations from the OWASA Board of Directors. <br />One of the development options in the proposed new measures would change the <br />amount of open space in new major subdivision developments from 33% to 50% <br />of the tract, if this development option is chosen. Specifically, these amendments <br />to Section IV.B.10 of the Subdivision Regulations would amend the open space <br />standazds of Flexible Development to recognize these special standards in Cane <br />Creek watershed, and also clarify other subsections which specified the previous <br />open space percentage. These amendments are proposed in conjunction with <br />