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28 _ <br /> North side of this property. She feels that changing the zoning of this property.will affect their land. <br /> They are concerned and opposed to the rezoning of this property. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis, to refer <br /> the proposed Zoning Atlas amendment to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned <br /> no sooner than February 2, 1999, <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 3. Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment <br /> a) Cane Creek Watershed Overlay.Districts <br /> 4 4. Subdivision Regulations Text Amendment <br /> a) Flexible Development in Cane Creek Watershed <br /> These.items were presented together by Planner David Stancil for the purpose of <br /> receiving citizen comment on'proposed text amendments to the Orange County Zoning Ordinance <br /> and to the Orange County Subdivision Regulations to..implement new development.standards for. <br /> Cane Creek Watershed. Changes are proposed to Section 2.2 (Definitions). and Section 6.23.(Extra <br /> Requirements for Watershed Protection Overlay Districts) of the Zoning Ordinance to implement <br /> new watershed protection measures for Cane Creek watershed. These changes,,along with the <br /> companion amendments to the Subdivision Regulations, result from a three-year study.of Cane <br /> Creek Watershed conducted by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority(OWASA) and subsequent <br /> recommendations by the OWASA Board of Directors in October, 1997. The amendments to the <br /> Zoning Ordinance would offer two sets of development standards for protecting water quality. The <br /> first option would change the minimum lot size for new development in the watershed from two <br /> acres to five acres,with a provision allowing up to five lots as small as two acres in size for all lots of <br /> record: A second option is available for Flexible.Development in Cane Creek watershed.' In this <br /> special option, new major subdivision development could occur at the current two-acre lot density, <br /> but new proposed standards for the County's Subdivision Regulations would change the.amount of <br /> open space from 33% to 50%. Specifically, the'amendments.to the Zoning Ordinance would alter a <br /> definition and change the existing protected watershed (CANE-PW) and critical area (CANE-CA) <br /> overlay districts for Cane.Creek. The changes to the definitions section would reflect the special <br /> 50% open space standards for the Flexible Development option within the watershed. The changes <br /> to the overlay districts would apply a minimum lot size of five acres in the watershed,and allow for <br /> up to five lots as small as two acres in size for lots of record as of January 1;,1999. Also, changes <br /> are proposed to the Flexible Development section of the Subdivision Reg.ulations to implement <br /> these new watershed protection measures for Cane Creek watershed. Specifically, these <br /> amendments to Section IV.13.10 of the.Subdivision Regulations would amend the open space <br /> standards of Flexible Development to recognize these special standards in Cane Creek Watershed, <br /> and also clarify other subsections which specify the previous open space percentage. <br /> QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: <br /> None: <br /> QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD: <br /> None. <br /> H:\BOCC\NOV2399.MIN <br />