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~~U ~~~ Tom Ai~ieri; ~h~~no~ ~err~ ~~~~~~: ~: ~a~~e~~s on ~ni~ied ~~~rel~p~e~~~~C~~~ance --w~-Qriginal Message^--~-- ~'roms ,A,~.ice Gordon [mailto:gordon. a~,ice~gma~.~.. comb Sent : ~o~.day{ ~ebruax~y ~ ~ ~ ~ 41~. l.2 :1~. P~ o : Donna Baker C~ ; ~'ulie McC~.intoc~ ~ubj ect : ~'wd: Comments on ~Unif ied Development Ord~,~aance Thank ou. I am f oxward~.ng your Message to the ~DCC C~-e~'~, donna Bal~erx who can include it in the public record far the hearing. ~..~_......_.~-_ Foxward~ed message -------_-__.... ~`rar~: su~.~.e McClintock ~mcclintock. ~ ulie~gma~.l . camp Date: Mori, ~8 ~'e~a ~~1'1 1~.:~1:35 ~O~Q~ Subs ect : Com~tent s an Unified Development Cx~dinance ~ comp mckeea rich ahoy . camp Tc~; phemminger@bel.lsouth.net, a~.ice goxdon ~gordan. a.sce@g~na~.~.. g ~' Bernadette pelisszer ~bpe~.issi~rC~co.a~`ange.nc.us~, s~uhasz~s~ruhasz.cQn~, bjaccbs~co,arange.nc.us, vfoushee~Ca.ozange.nc.us Cc : fclifton~co .orange . nc . us , craa.g bened~.ct ~cben.edict~ca .orange . nc . us ~ Orange County Comm~.ssionexs lei hbc~rs far Responsible growth appreciates the County staff making themselves available g for a presentation on the proposed Unif~.eo~ Developt~ent t~rdlnance a few weeks ago, Tt was a useful. session and enabled us to understand the proposal better. Th~.s UDO propasa~. is complicated and chal.~,eng.ing to understand and the staf f did the~.r best to answer our questions. red us that this nets proposal mere~.y repackages the existing ordinance The staff reassu with new termiz~o~.ogy. Tn stud~~-ng the proposal fuxther~ we find there are manor ax`eas where the replacement of general use districts with cond~.t~.Qnal distr~.cts wau~.d bring about a new process and potential~.y different results fxam,the curre~.t oxdlna~.ce. ~Canditional Use pan be a valuable toad. because case specific condlta.ons can , be set by the e~.ected board, Hawe~Ter, it is not a toad. to b~ placed eve~;ywheret such as in the rural buffer ox watershed cr~,tical areas,, or iri many areas where zoning Changes are not , a ra riate . Tt wound be most useful in areas where large sca~.e ecanom~.c develap~tent ~s pp P determined to be desired by the community. In addition, the conditiana~. use Zoning, as proposed to apply to the entire County outs~,de the municipalities, would uncut the purposes of the Camprehe~.sive Plan and zoningjmap ~hzCh serve as a structure for the call.ective aspirations of the County. The Comm~.ss~.on would ~e cam el~,ed to e~.ercise far mare discret~.on on the a ra r~.ateness of uses and the p pp-- p a lication of avexlay zones, such as the Critical Watershed Dver~.ay D~.stricts .in any PP ive~. area. T heliev'e the public wou~.d be frustrated by an. unpr`ed~.ctab~le environment and g a. much less transparent County prates s . In Z~o~rember of ~ Q ~ 8 the Chapel ail l Council ~ considered a Land Use Management A Qx~dinanGe Test amendment that would create special. res~.dentlal standard cand~,ta!.oral caning dlstrlc~.s to create a new tool to allow increased density-es in. specific areas i,n , Tawn k ~`hesa za~.es would be a ~.ied w~.thin ~ zones inc~.uding the Downtown. This new zan~ng d~strzct would pP a ~, if the Council decided au. applicants request met certain goals, such as affordable PP ~ housings transportations protection of the natural e~.vlronmentr.protection of nei hborhoads and the promotion of ecnonmic vita~.ity. Tn add~tian., a specla~. use perm~.t g was required to 'accompany the appl~;cation. Cha el Hill citizens expressed cons~.derable vuZr~erab~-lity and Concern ahout~ the f zve areas p