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~~ 1 2 3 4 5 7 S 9 ~0 ~~ 12 ~3 f4 ~5 ~~ ~7 1 l~ ~9 2g 2~ 22 23 24 ZS 26 27 2~ 29 30 3f 32 33 34 35 35 37 3~ 39 40 4~ 42 43 44 45 46 47 4~ 49 50 5I ~~:~~ 27 C urge each of you to slog down this process and do the due diligence necessary to ensure that your decisions do not result in unintended consequences. Sincerely Jeanne Brown 104 Beechridge Court Chapel Hill, [1lC 2517 Commissioner Gordon said that she has her own written comments that she will be submitting herself. She said that some of the language of the Planned Development Districts was left out for Conditional Districfis and this is important to note because the deleted text contained more language which tied approval of conditianal districts to the Comprehensive Plan and had specific language which referenced the protection of the character of surrounding neighborhoods. She will write up the issues and submit the comments. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the conditional zoning districts and if they are grounded in that the land use plan regulates their compatibility with their surroundings. Other people are contending that the districts have been decoupled from the base zoning. He asked Craig Benedict fio address this point. Craig Benedict said that in the UDC, there is specific language in Section 1.1.7, He read this. He said that the language is very specific to make sure there is a strong linkage between rezoning applications that come forward to the County Commissioners and linkage to small area plans of the Comprehensive Plan. He said that he thinks the discussion tonight is not allowing someone to ask at all or allowing somebody to ask and then the County Commissioners saying that ifi is inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Commissioner Jacobs said that a neighboring jurisdiction had a rural zoning at an interchange and somebody came in and wanted fio build a 1,OOD,DDD square foot mall. The zoning was changed and the economic development was accommodated. He asked whafi would be different in the proposed system in haw Orange County might consider something like that, which was not consistent with the Land Use Plan, Craig Benedict said that grange County is unique in that there are multiple layers of planning concepts that are reinforced. There are some.counties in the state that have no zoning. If there is a land use plan that says what the future land use is, and it is next to an interstate, there would be a conscious decision about what fiype of use would be appropriate for the future. There is also the water and Sewer Boundary Agreement and small area plans. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the section on Planned Developmenfi Districts in Article l and said thatfihere was a section afi the beginning of the article that described the districts "generally," She also made reference to 3.7, in the UDQ that described the Conditional Districts "generally." She said thatfarthe Planned Development ~PD~ Districts there is overarching language, that pertains to all of the districts, which ties the approval of PD Districts to the Comprehensive Plan, and it includes mare specific language that references guidelines like protecting the character of surrounding neighborhoods. She made reference to Section 3.7, page 3-62 for conditianal Districts and compared that language wifih the language far Planning Development BPD} Districfis. In comparison with PD Districts, there is much less overarching language that ties the approval of Conditional Districts to the Comprehensive Plan in gays that take into account the surrounding land uses and the