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31 The following resolution was introduced by Alderman Coleman and seconded by Alderman Haven~0'Donnell: RESOLUTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) FOR ORANGE COUNTY Resolution No. 78/2010-11 WHEREAS, revisions have been proposed to the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance JUDO}, and under the Orange CountylChapel HilllCarrbora Joint Planning Agreement, Carrboro is to give comments on these revisions to the Orange County Board of Commissioners; and WHEREAS, Orange County Planning Staff made a presentation to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on January 1 S, X011, at which time staff described proposed changes as essentially a consolidation of several Orange County Ordinances, with no significant changes in wording; and ~wHEREAS, nonetheless, with the incorporation of existing ordinances into the new UDO, important changes have been introduced in the new UDO, and although public presentations have explained certain aspects of the UDO, certain aspects remain unclear as the document is 8~0 pages and is not quickly understood; and WHEREAS, these particular areas have been identified as of concern to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen: The Conditional District BCD}: This "floating zoning district" is a new construct for Orange County and it refers to a district that is not mapped until a rezoning application is approved. The new warding for the CD district leaves out important text, which specifically ties any rezoning to compliance with the underlying Comprehensive Plan. what is missing, for example, is language utilized for the original Planned Development BPD} district that explicitly refers to protecting the character of the surrounding neighborhoods and seeking opportunities for neighborhood scale mixed use; and Certain provisions for the University Labe watershed Overlay District: the Conditional Districts should be prohibited in the University Labe watershed Overlay District, and For the Cane Creek and Upper Eno Protected and Critical watershed Districts though outside of the Joint Planning Area, the conditional use district should be prohibited; and Certain provisions for the Rural Buffer; the original language in the existing .zoning ordinance specifies that development is for low densities and relies an ground absorption systems for sewage disposal, The new UDO text changes the disposal method to wastewater treatment facilities, which seems to imply the use of package systems. WHEREAS, it is important to understand these mayor changes to the UDO, because these could have an unintended effect an the way development occurs in Orange County;