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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 5, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. to — OL <br />SUBJECT: Proposed UDO Text Amendment: New Section 6.20: Public Sewer Connection <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />Amendment Outline Form (UDO /Zoning- <br />2012 -07) <br />2. Ordinance Amendments <br />3. Public Comments <br />4. Map of Efland Sewer Service Area <br />5. Map of North Buckhorn Sewer Service <br />Area <br />6. February 27, 2012 Quarterly Public <br />Hearing Minutes <br />7. April 4, 2012 Planning Board Minutes <br />8. Draft May 2, 2012 Planning Board <br />Minutes <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Kevin Lindley, Staff Engineer, 245 -2583 <br />Craig Benedict, Director, 245 -2592 <br />PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and <br />make a decision on a Planning Director initiated text amendment to create a new Section 6.20 <br />of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) outlining public sewer connection requirements. <br />BACKGROUND: This item was heard at the February 27, 2012 Quarterly Public Hearing and was <br />discussed at the April 4, 2012 and May 2, 2012 Planning Board meetings (minutes of these <br />meetings are included as Attachments 6, 7, and 8, respectively). At the April meeting, staff <br />received comments from the Planning Board and staff requested to re -visit this amendment at the <br />May 2, 2012 Planning Board meeting in order to give time for the public to submit comments on <br />the amendment. All public comment received as of the completion of this abstract has been <br />included at Attachment 3. Also of note, North Carolina General Statute 153A -284, which is <br />referenced in Attachment 2, gives the County the authority to require connection to sewer lines <br />operated by or on behalf of the County. <br />Planning Board Recommendation (Unanimous) <br />The Planning Board recommendation differed from staffs original proposal on one main point. <br />Specifically, that if an existing septic system fails and there is a viable repair area on the <br />property, the owner should have the option to use that repair area rather than be required to <br />connect to public sewer. Staff has incorporated this recommendation into paragraph (C) of the <br />proposed Section 6.20, included as Attachment 2 to this abstract. <br />