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Attachment 1 <br />2 <br />NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING and <br />PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />A joint public hearing will be held at the Department of Social Services, Hillsborough <br />Commons, 113 Mayo St., Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Monday, November 22, 2010, <br />at 7:00 PM for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or <br />against the following item: <br />A. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM <br />1. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO): The proposed UDO combines several <br />existing Ordinances into one document and makes changes to regulations pertaining <br />to Landscaping, Buffers, and Tree Protection; Signage; Parking, Loading, and <br />Circulation; Stream Buffers; and Stormwater Management. Additionally, the existing <br />"Planned Development" zoning districts are proposed for deletion and are proposed <br />to be replaced by Conditional Zoning Districts and a Conditional Use District. Other <br />changes to existing text are also contained within the UDO. All changes from <br />existing text are documented within the UDO using strike-through text, color-coded <br />text, and footnotes. <br />Upon adoption of the UDO, the following Orange County Ordinances would be <br />repealed and replaced by the UDO: Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Regulations, <br />Economic Development Districts Design Manual (a subsection of the existing Zoning <br />Ordinance), Environmental Impact Ordinance; Soil Erosion and Sedimentation <br />Control Ordinance, and Stormwater Ordinance. <br />Additionally, the existing Economic Development Districts (EDD) will be re-named <br />and the new names will be depicted on the Zoning Atlas (map). The uses currently <br />allowed in the County's three EDDs are not changing nor are the boundaries of the <br />existing EDDs being amended. <br />The public hearing draft of the UDO is available on the Planning Department's <br />website at: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/planning/UDO.asp <br />Pu ose: To receive citizen comment on the Unified Development Ordinance <br />(UDO). <br />Accommodations for individuals with physical disabilities can be provided if the request <br />is made to the Director of Planning at least 48 hours prior to the Public Hearing by <br />calling the one of the phone numbers below. The full text of the public hearing item <br />may be obtained after November 12, 2010 from the Planning Department (Note: the <br />UDO is available only digitally via the Department's website or a CD containing a PDF <br />file of the document may be obtained from the Department). The agenda abstract and <br />attachments may also be obtained at the County website www.co.orange.nc.us at the <br />Meeting Agendas link prior to the meeting. <br />