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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 9, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -a <br />SUBJECT: Amendments to Unified Development Ordinance Text: Revise Section 1.6.5 — <br />(Planning Board) Rules of Procedure - Public Hearing Closure and Action (No <br />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-2013-02) <br />2. Ordinance Approving Amendment <br />3. Excerpt of Draft Minutes — February 25, <br />2013 Quarterly Public Hearing <br />4. Excerpt of Draft Minutes — March 6, 2013 <br />Planning Board Meeting <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Perdita Holtz, Planner III, 919 - 245 -2578 <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 revise Section 1.6.5 — (Planning Board) Rules of Procedure to be <br />consistent with current County processes and procedures. <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 February 25, 2013 <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: The Board of County Commissioners adopted a general advisory board policy <br />document in 2012 and policies and procedures for the Planning Board in November 2012. This was <br />part of an effort to standardize operations of the numerous boards which advise the BOCC. <br />Because the UDO has a specific section relating to the Planning Board's Rules of Procedure, the <br />section needs to be updated in order to be consistent with current County processes and <br />procedures. <br />Attachment 1 contains additional information and analysis on these amendments, and Attachment 2 <br />contains the ordinance approving the proposed amendments along with the amendments in "track <br />changes" format (ir d .text for proposed text and it d for proposed deletions). <br />