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W Michael Harvey From: Chief Chris Blue Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 6:14 AM To: Michael Harvey Subject: Re: Notification of amendment to Orange County Unified Development Ordinance regarding development of Government Uses Mr. Harvey: I have no comments or suggested edits. Thank you, Chris Blue Chapel Hill Police Chief Sent from my Wad On Aug 5, 2013, at 8:58 AM, "Michael Harvey" < mharvey @orangecountync.gov<mai Ito: mharvey @orangecountync.gov>> wrote: The Orange County Planning Department, at the direction of the County Commissioners, has initiated an ordinance amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance requiring the holding of a neighborhood information meeting prior to the review of a development project proposing a governmental use. This amendment is being proposed to address concerns over an apparent lack of public notification when a land use within the governmental uses land use category (i.e. government facilities and office buildings which will include land fill(s), transfer stations, parks, office building, police /fire stations, volunteer fire station, etc.) is proposed for development. The amendment is being made consistent with a BOCC Chair /Vice Chair request in accordance with a UDO Amendment Outline Form approved at the June 18, 2013 BOCC meeting (attached). All I am including at this time is the proposed language requiring the meeting. You are receiving this e-mail as you are the contact person(s) for public safety agencies /volunteer organizations that may be responsible for the development of ?? ?government uses ? ?? in Orange County. As a result we would like to solicit your input on the proposal as its adoption could impact the process you would have to go through in order to develop a ?? ?governmental use ? ?? in the County. Please bear in mind that the purpose of the neighborhood information meeting is to inform the general public of the project and solicit their comments /suggestions with respect to the project. This amendment will not alter the approval process for the project, which will still be reviewed administratively by the County planning staff, nor does it impose additional development standards /limitations above and beyond what already exists (i.e. setbacks from property lines, land use buffers, impervious surface limits, etc.). There will not be a public hearing or Board approval of the project required as part of any revised review process. It should be noted this amendment may not have any impact on you whatsoever. It will only impact those agencies looking to development ?? ?government uses ? ?? in the County ? ? ?s planning jurisdiction and does not include properties located within local municipalities or their extraterritorial jurisdictional boundaries (ETJ). Please provide any response, in letter or e -mail format, to the County no later than August 23, 2013 for inclusion in the September 9, 2013 Orange County BOCC meeting package.