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__ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ __. ~ General Public: ';Public Hearing process consistent with NC State Statutes and Orange County ordinance requirements. For text amendments, the process consists of legal advertisements ' published for two consecutive weeks prior to the public ; ;hearing and the public hearing. ' ^ Small Area Plan Workgroup: _ _ ._ _ .._. _ ^ Other: ; _ _ _ _ _ ' _ _ __ __ _ __ 3. FISCAL IMPACT Consideration and approval of the proposed amendments will not create the need for additional funding. Existing Planning staff will research and write amendments, as well as coordinate processing and reviews. Associated advertising costs were included in the FY11-12 Budget. ; D. AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS _ e amen ments are in response to the BOCC directive to focus on economic development-related initiatives. The purpose of the proposed amendments is to allow for a greater intensity of property use in areas of the county to be served by water and sewer systems. This will be accomplished by revising the Dimensional and Ratio Standards of various zoning districts for properties located in certain Future Land Use classifications, specifically, the Commercial Transition Activity Nodes and the Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Nodes. The anticipated result will be that a higher floor area ratio will be allowed in concert with a lower required open space ratio and possible changes to other required ratios (staff has not yet completed all analyses for this item since this step of the process is to receive authorization to proceed). _ _ __ __ _ 11 _E. SPECIFIC-AMENDMENT LANGUAGE __. __ _ _ _ _ ___ Specific amendment language is not yet completed but will be available for Planning Board Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) review/comment in early April. , Primary Staff Contact: Perdita Holtz Planning (919) 245-2578 pholtz@co. orange. nc. us