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Mebane Small Area Plan. The amendment package in Attachment 2 includes a map showing the extent of the two proposed zoning overlay districts. Ninty -eight (98) parcels containing approximately 157 acres are located in the proposed Efland Village Overlay District. Sixty -four (64) parcels containing approximately 275 acres are located in the proposed Efland Interstate Overlay District. These figures include road and rail rights -of way. Planning staff held a Public Information Meeting on November 14, 2012. Ten people and one BOCC member attended the meeting to learn more about the proposal. Public Hearing This proposal was heard at the November 19, 2012 joint public hearing. Please see Section C.1.b of Attachment 1 for a summary of questions and comments made at the public hearing and staff responses. Comments #4 and 5 of the referenced section contain comments on which the Planning Board was asked by staff to make a specific determination. Procedural Information In accordance with Section 2.8.8 of the Unified Development Ordinance, any evidence not presented at the public hearing must be submitted in writing prior to the Planning Board's recommendation. Additional oral evidence may be considered by the Planning Board only if it is for the purpose of presenting information also submitted in writing. The public hearing is held open to a date certain for the purpose of the BOCC receiving the Planning Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. Additionally, as a result of a 2012 NC Supreme Court decision, governing bodies are required to take two separate actions addressing a proposed zoning atlas amendment, specifically: 1. Adoption of an Ordinance approving or rejecting the proposed atlas amendment (included in Attachments 2 and 3), and 2. Adoption of a separate statement denoting the atlas amendment complies with an adopted comprehensive plan (this is the Statement that comprises Attachment 4). Planning Board Recommendation The Planning Board considered this item at its December 5, 2012 meeting. The Planning Board unanimously voted to recommend approval of this item with recommended changes, specifically that pedestrian circulation and connectivity should be provided in the Efland Village Overlay District. (See Section C.1.b, comment 5 in Attachment 1 for additional information). The Planning Board's recommended additions are included in the text of Attachment 3 in green font color. The Planning Board approved minutes are included in Attachment 8. Planning Director's Recommendation The Planning Director recommends approval of the proposed Comprehensive Plan, UDO, and Zoning Atlas amendments contained in Attachment 2. The additions in Attachment 2 address comments made at the Quarterly Public Hearing regarding provision of an internal pedestrian system in multi - family and larger commercial projects but do not require project applicants to provide a pedestrian system that connects to adjacent parcels. The recommendation for approval is based on the following: • The amendments further implement recommendations in the Efland - Mebane Small Area Plan; and