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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 24, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -c <br />SUBJECT: Amendments to Unified Development Ordinance Text— Incorporate Changes <br />Suggested by MuniCode (UDO /Zoning 2012 -15) - Public Hearing Closure and <br />Action (No Additional Comments Accepted) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Comprehensive Plan /Future Land Use <br />Map and Unified Development Ordinance <br />(UDO) Amendment Outline Form <br />(UDO /Zoning- 2012 -15) <br />2. Ordinance Approving Amendment <br />3. Excerpt of Draft Minutes - November 19, <br />2012 Quarterly Public Hearing <br />4. Excerpt of Draft Minutes — December 5, <br />2012 Planning Board Meeting <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Perdita Holtz, Planner III, 919 - 245 -2578 <br />John Roberts, County Attorney, 919 - 245 -2318 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 919 -245- <br />2592 <br />PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board's recommendation, close the public hearing, and <br />make a decision on Planning Director initiated text amendments to the Unified Development <br />Ordinance (UDO) to incorporate changes suggested by MuniCode, a corporation retained by <br />Orange County to codify the County's ordinances. <br />As a reminder, the reconvening of this hearing is solely to receive the Planning Board <br />recommendation and any additional written evidence submitted since the November 19, 2012 <br />Quarterly Public Hearing. This hearing is not intended to solicit additional input from the public <br />or the applicant. While the BOCC may ask staff questions related to the review of a given item, <br />comments from the public shall not be solicited. <br />BACKGROUND: As part of the codification process for all Orange County Ordinances, MuniCode <br />has completed a legal review of the UDO. As a result, MuniCode has suggested a number of <br />corrections /updates to State statute /rule references. Except for the change suggested in Section <br />6.16.4, the changes are not substantive, but the text amendments must go through the normal <br />amendment process since the UDO does not allow for manifest errors to be corrected without a <br />formal amendment. <br />