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Carrboro is moving from conditional use to more traditional planning that uses neighborhood input as the basis for long term land use planning and rezoning if/as appropriate. It's a win/win scenario; neighbors can discuss their priorities and concerns up front— before there's any discussion of development. It reduces risk for developers who understand zoning. It's similar to Orange County's Small Area Planning process. Hopefully Carrboro's experience offers insight can help Orange County. Speaker 6: Carrboro Experience (Kathy Kaufman) I'm Kathy Kaufman and I live in the Northern Transition Area, which is part of Carrboro's planning jurisdiction. As you know Carrboro has conditional districts everywhere and, as a result, every residential community now feels vulnerable to incompatible development. My community, at Old 86 and Lucy Lane is adjacent to the NE corner of Eubanks and Old 86— which Carrboro wants to rezone. When we were invited to an all day "neighborhood meeting" - last Saturday, we feared that we would be under pressure to respond to a development proposal for the parcel - including a rezoning using a conditional district. We learned instead that the meeting was intended to explore options to rezone the area— and has invited the neighbors and the developer to participate. We appreciate Carrboro making an effort to hear from neighbors prior to any specific development proposals being offered. Time will tell if these advanced planning steps will lead to development processes that are less contentious, but this is at least a step in the right direction. Speaker 7: Priorities For Phase 2 (Frank Tozzolina) We support economic development in the EDDs and zoning in the rural areas that supports rural character and the comprehensive plan. As you know, the rural community is regularly threatened by unwanted municipal development and sprawl. As the county pursues the EDDs, please assure us that the planning dept and the planning board will work with the rural community on these high priority, zoning issues: Conditional districts that align with the comprehensive plan and that enhance rural character including: Agricultural Support Enterprises — to help make our farm economy vibrant and sustainable. Airport zoning that tightens county control over the risk of continued attempts to site an airport in Orange County after Horace Williams closes Small Area Plans for Bingham, Cedar Grove and other rural areas building on the work that's been done in Efland and Orange County Speedway Foundation changes that we've already brought to your attention including: Excluding government or municipal uses from residential zoning. Increasing notification distances for rural areas. 500 feet and adjacent properties are insufficient Establishing lighting, noise and traffic impacts that fit the rural areas Eliminating landfills, which are not permitted by resolution, from our zoning. Speaker 8: Summary (Tish Galu) Thank you for listening to our organized comments on the UDO. Again —we appreciate the work that has gone into the UDO and hope that the Board, the Planning Board and the