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$7 <br />~~P4.F <br />~ Upon review of the ordinance, we realizes that the most of planned development <br />ilas 1Jeei1 Goi~salidaLed InECi a single QQr~idilUf`~ic~l t~I~trlCt t~~a ca~~ ~`iloat" anywhere 1~1 the <br />3 county. The district -- II~PD-~~ ~- appears to be a goad fit far the EDDs but can <br />4 inadvertently encourage random sprawl and incompatible development in our rural <br />5 ~cammunities. <br />b As currently defined, conditional districts open the door for industrial, intense <br />'l commercial and other incompatible uses in the rural areas. <br />o we appreciate That this board is not likely to approve incompatible development <br />9 but a slight shift in board composition could change everything. Please consider how <br />tQ the shift in composition of the Chatham County Commissioners is affecting Chatham's <br />I1 development. <br />~~ Tonight, we gill speak an a variety of issues including: <br />~3 Reinstating features in the ordinance that better align conditional uses to underlying <br />~4 land use, zoning and amenities. we are especially concerned that much of the <br />15 guiding language for planned development was lost when the categories were <br />~6 consolidated into a single conditional zone I~IPD-CZ. <br />~7 <br />~~ Reinstating special use permits, at least until Shall Area Plans and better defined <br />19 conditional districts can be put into place <br />Zg <br />~~ Deferring changes to ordinances for wastewater treatment systems until phase 2 <br />~Z where they can be fully discussed <br />23 <br />24 better define conditional districts so that rural areas are not subject to conditions that <br />~5 fit the EDDs. <br />Z6 <br />~7 Priorities for Phase 2 ~-that are important to the rural community <br />Z$ we gill also talk about process transparency and how conditional districts are <br />~9 working in the towns. <br />30 A common thread is for the Comprehensive Plan -~ which many of you have <br />3~ worked on - to guide future land use planning, conditional uses, and zoning. <br />32 Please appreciate that we did not plan to get involved in Phase 1 at all.because we <br />33 believed that it was a consolidation of existing ordinances and that changes would be <br />34 deferred to Phase 2. <br />35 l personally attended a public information session last summer. The ~ or 3 hour <br />3~ session focused on organization, table of contents, formats and colors. Conditional <br />37 zones were mentioned at the tail end of a long night with no discussion about how they <br />3~ were being applied. <br />39 Please know that we are not anti-development - we are anti sprawl. we believe that the <br />4Q UD4 and well defined conditional districts will make it easier to attract the development <br />4 ~ we want. <br />4Z If you agree with our comments, we are committed to work with the county and the <br />43 planning board to correct the Phase ~ UDD and move quickly onto Phase 2. <br />44 <br />45 ~pea~er ~a enhance ~anditlcnal ~on~ng ®~strQCts t®~~pp~rt~t~~ r~ra~ c®m~~nlt~ <br />4~ 4arl~ee 9~cT~gue~ <br />47 After attending the January 27~~ public information session and generally feeling <br />4~ overwhelmed by the complexity of the UDO, I decided to read all 8~4~ pages of the <br />49 document plus Article 7 of the current ordinance plus all Planning Board minutes related <br />5Q to this topic and meet with Craig Benedict to review my questions. I find the overall <br />