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R E s- a o,,-~ 3 a Attachment 1 4 <br />oR~-aoil- oi3 <br />RESOLUTION <br />OF THE GRANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />To ADOPT A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AND REPEAL ALL EXISTING <br />ORDINANCES NO1N INCORPORATED IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT <br />ORDINANCE <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the statutory authorities provided in the North Carolina General <br />Statutes, specifically, Chapter 153A, Article 18; Chapter 4; Chapter 1 EOA, Article 19; <br />Chapter 39, Articles 5 and 5~a}; and Chapter 47, Article 2, Section 30; Grange County <br />may establish comprehensive development regulations for designated portions of <br />Grange County and provide for administration, enforcement, and amendment thereof; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, under the direction of the Board of County Commissioners, Grange County <br />staff, with the assistance of a consultant, has been working since August 2009 on <br />consolidating existing County land development ordinances into a Unified Development <br />Grdinance UDG} with specific changes authorized by the Board of County <br />Commissioners; and <br />WHEREAS, numerous public input meetings were held to provide information to the <br />public and the opportunity to comment; and <br />WHEREAS, staff produced a draft UDO in August 2410 upon which the public, Board of <br />Commissioners, and Planning Board commented; and <br />WHEREAS, staff produced a Public Hearing Draft UDa in November 2010 which <br />incorporated many of the comments made on the August 2010 draft; and <br />WHEREAS, two public hearings have been held whereby the Board of County <br />Commissioners and Planning Board heard formal public comment; and <br />WHEREAS, after significant review work by the Planning Board, the Planning Board has <br />recommended that the Board of Commissioners adopt the November 2010 Public <br />Hearin Draft with the revisions contained in Attachment 2 of this agenda item abstract <br />9 <br />to be incorporated into the UDO; and <br />WHEREAS, the UDG is consistent with the goals and objectives of the adopted .2030 <br />Comprehensive Plan; <br />NGVII, THEREFGRE, BE IT RESGLVED by the Grange County Board of <br />Commissioners that the November 2010 Public Hearing Draft of the UDG, with staff to <br />incorporate the revisions contained in Attachments 2 and 3 of the April 5, 2011 agenda <br />item abstract, is hereby adopted and the following existing Grange County ordinances <br />are hereby repealed: Zoning Grdinance, including the Economic Development Districts <br />Design Manual; Subdivision Regulations, Environmental Impact ordinance; Soil <br />Erosion and Sedimentation Control ordinance; and Stormwater ordinance. <br />