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A. INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE <br />What is an Implementation Bridge? <br />Orange County has been working to develop a Unified Development Ordinance ~UDO~. <br />This project was initiated in fall, 2009, to consolidate existing County land use <br />regulations into a central document where all regulations governing the development <br />and use of property would be located. This new UDO includes regulations currently <br />contained within the following documents: <br />• Zoning Ordinance <br />• Subdivision ordinance <br />• Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control ordinance <br />• Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance <br />• Environmental Impact ordinance <br />• Stormwater Ordinance for Neuse River hands <br />Benefits of placing all development regulations into one central document include <br />making existing land use regulations more user~friendly, and eliminating existing <br />contradictions and inconsistencies. The County's 2430 Comprehensive Plan supports <br />the development of a UDO. <br />on August 24, 2449, the Board of County Commissioners authorized County planning <br />and zoning staff to. <br />^ incorporate land use development regulations into a central document; <br />^ Correct identified inconsistencies, <br />^ Begin modification/updating of existing development standards ~i.e, signage, <br />parking, landscaping, lighting, stream buffers, etc}; <br />^ Update graphics/tables; and <br />^ Develop Conditional Use/Rezoning regulations. <br />The process of creating the UDO was intended to be incremental. work to initially <br />create the document would be Phase I, focusing on structure, organization, and the <br />specified adjustments noted above. It was anticipated at the beginning of this initiative <br />that ideas for other substantive changes to the County's [and use regulations would be <br />offered during the process of creating the UDO. Accordingly, the concept of an <br />"Implementation Bridge" was introduced: An inventory of these ideas vuould be <br />maintained, and at the end of Phase [ a report would be prepared documenting public <br />comments and providing a synopsis of possible future UDO amendments that would <br />fo{low in Phase I[ and beyond. This [mplementation Bridge is that report. It is intended <br />