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U; 1 PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT PLAN: Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan REFERENCE: Section 2.6 County-Specific Road Classification System ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board X BOCC Public Other: Expected Public Hearing Date: November 24, 1997 Purpose of Amendment: To consider ordinance and Comprehensive Plan Amendments for the draft update to the road functional classifications of the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Background: On June 4, 1997 staff presented to the Planning Board a process and schedule for updating the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan; included in this was an update to the road functional classifications. An amendment to update the functional classifications is necessary because the maps in the Transportation Element to the Comprehensive Plan depict planned roads that are not planned anymore; some of the current functional classifications are not referenced by other adopted plans and ordinances; the existing classifications have been applied to every road in the county, making it difficult to clearly and quickly identify the most important roads; and the BOCC has directed that all references to the planned NC 751 Connector Road be deleted from all adopted plans in Orange County. As a part of the Functional Classification System update, the planned major thcroughfares adopted by Orange County municipalities (i.e., Hillsborough's Northside Drive\Western Bypass) which are outside of a municipality's land use planning jurisdiction will be presented for consideration and adoption by Orange County. In this way Orange County can classify the proposed thoroughfares and then protect the rights-of-way for those thoroughfares that are consistent with the County's Comprehensive Plaa. The update will also consist of deleting previously planned thoroughfares that are no longer planned (i.e., Davis Road, Durham Outer Loop, the old alignment for Eno Drive)as well as the NC 751 Connector. Adoption of the FY 1997-98 BOCC Goals and Objectives on August 7 has made it necessary to modify the schedule originally proposed to the Planning Board in June. On September 3, 1997 the draft Functional Classifications and Map were presented to the Planning Board for the first time. On September 24, 1997 the draft Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Amendments were presented to the Ordinance Review Committee. All plan and ordinance amendments related to the functional classification of Orange County roads were presented to the Planning Board at their Long-Range Meeting on October 14, 1997. The da.te for taking these items to public hearing is November 24, 1997. Existing and proposed plan text: (header on each page identifies text proposed for removal/addition) Planning Board: 10-14-97 BOCC: