ORD-2006-008 - ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS

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be built more liberally on the typical single - family lot. Orange County has always had the restriction for not more than 800 feet of additional structure for accessory residential uses. Commissioner Halkiotis asked Craig Benedict if he saw a difference in Carrboro that also may be appealing to a graduate student market and not necessarily an aging senior citizen market. Craig Benedict said that there are a lot of different uses for the additional apartments. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he has heard this issue raised with citizens over the last few years, and people are building extra rooms for their parents. In a case like this, he sides with the citizens because this would not be impacting the schools. Chair Jacobs said that if the public hearing is being left open, then they do not have to decide on this tonight. He verified with Geof Gledhill that he would be bringing back a report on the issue of moving a house and providing an exception to the impact fee. E. ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LAND USE ELEMENT UPDATE 1. Draft Land Use Element Text Update This is the second of a three -part public hearing process for the Comprehensive Plan, Land Use Element (LUE) Update and is to present the LUE text update. Among other things, the update will: • Incorporate 2000 US Census data; • Reflect new growth trends; • Revisit Goals, Objectives, and Policies; • Include new subdivision data; • Revisit Future Land Use Map categories and descriptions; • Achieve desired land uses and densities; and • Develop a more user friendly and understandable document. The first public hearing was opened on November 21, 2005. Planning Board Chair Jay Bryan introduced this item. Comprehensive Planning Supervisor Tom Altieri reviewed some background information, including what a land use element is and where the County is in the update process. There have been outreach meetings in all townships and staff developed a rough draft of the text and staff received written comments from the Planning Board on the draft text. He said that the land use element text is being updated to incorporate 2000 US Census data; to reflect new growth trends; to revisit goals, objectives, and policies; to include new subdivision data; to revisit future land use map categories and descriptions; to achieve desired land uses and densities; and to develop a more user - friendly and understandable document. Tonight is the second of a three -part public hearing process for the land use element update. This public hearing will remain open until the May 22nd public hearing is held. The land use element is a policy guide and not a regulatory document and must be implemented through the zoning ordinance and /or subdivision ordinance. Per County ordinance, prior to the May public hearing, Planning staff will be sending a mail notice to any property owner affected or within 500 feet of an area to be affected by any future land use map amendment or zoning map amendment. The Board of County Commissioners will be hearing public comments at the public hearing before referring all of the items to the Planning Board for their recommendation anticipated in June or July of this year. The County Commissioners will close the public hearing at a subsequent meeting and a decision could be made as early as August 22 "d The citizens can obtain a copy of the draft text on the County's website — at the "Agendas" link under the February 27th Quarterly Public Hearing. It is also available at the Planning and Inspection homepage. Hardcopies are available for review at the Planning