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districts. <br />c. Local Government Review: <br />Not applicable <br />d. Notice Requirements <br />Notices to affected and adjacent property owners were mailed on November 2, <br />2012. A total of 108 letters were mailed to affected property owners and 76 post <br />cards were mailed to adjacent property owners. <br />A legal advertisement was run in the Chapel Hill Herald on November 4 and 11 <br />and in the News of Orange on November 7 and 14. <br />25 notification signs were posted in strategic areas of the affected area on <br />November 8, 2012. <br />e. Outreach: <br />® General Public: Planning staff held an "open house" style public information <br />meeting on November 14, 2012 at the Efland- Cheeks <br />Community Center. Ten people and one BOCC member <br />attended the meeting. <br />® Small Area Plan Workgroup: The EIVISAP IFG met on August 29, 2012 to <br />review and comment on the proposed overlay <br />districts. The group decided that additional <br />meetings were not necessary as the proposed <br />overlay districts were consistent with the intent <br />of the adopted EIVISAP. <br />F-1 Other: <br />3. FISCAL IMPACT <br />This project required a fairly substantial amount of Planning staff time to complete <br />and was accomplished by existing staff. The legal advertisements, notification <br />mailings, and posted signs were paid using Planning Department FY12 -13 funds <br />budgeted for these purposes. <br />Adoption of the two new zoning overlay districts is not expected to impact County <br />funding needs. <br />D. AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS <br />Adoption of the amendments will mean that new development (other than detached <br />single family houses) in the affected area will be subject to the requirements of the <br />zoning overlay district. In some cases, such as required buffering, this is a lessening of <br />611 <br />12 <br />