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74 <br />Planning Board <br />NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: <br />2012 calendar year for annual report; 2013 calendar <br />Report Period: <br />year for work plan <br /> <br />Within last 3-years: <br /> Development and adoption of Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />· <br /> Land Use Element Map amendments in Bowman Road area and Efland <br />· <br />(423 acres) <br /> UDO Text Amendment for Office/Institutional zoning district <br />· <br /> Rezoning in Efland area (112 acres) <br />· <br /> Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access Management Plan (covers over 1,50 <br />· <br />acres) <br /> Future Land Use Map and Zoning Atlas amendments associated with <br />· <br />changes in the Orange – Alamance county line boundary <br /> <br />More recently: <br /> Three separate UDO text amendments that revised numerous regula <br />· <br />order to better promote activity in the Economic Development Dis <br />Commercial Transition Activity Nodes, and Commercial-Industrial <br />Activity Nodes. <br /> UDO text amendment to add a new conditional zoning district – R <br />· <br />Economic Development Area (REDA) – that is applicable to the geo <br />area in the “Highway 57 Speedway Area” Small Area Plan. <br /> Future Land Use Map and Zoning Atlas amendments in the Eno EDD <br />· <br /> Zoning Atlas amendment to pre-zone certain properties (232 acre <br />· <br />Buckhorn/Mebane Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Nodes <br />prepare the area for eventual non-residential development. <br /> Future Land Use Map amendment in the Efland area (47 acres chan <br />· <br />10-Year Transition) <br /> Comprehensive Plan text amendments to correct inconsistencies. <br />· <br /> Four separate UDO text amendments relating to public sewer conn <br />· <br />stormwater, political signs, and appeals. <br /> UDO text amendment related to telecommunication towers, includi <br />· <br />limitations. <br /> UDO text amendment to address the development of solar arrays. <br />· <br /> In 2012, several applications for special use permits and rezon <br />· <br />not initiated by the County were processed. The Planning Board <br />of these and issued a recommendation to the BOCC on each applica <br /> <br /> <br />List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponso <br />Annually. <br /> Monthly Planning Board meetings <br />· <br /> Quarterly Public Hearings (4) <br />· <br /> Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) meetings and special <br />· <br />meetings as required <br /> <br />