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d. Notice Requirements <br />Prior to the public hearing, notices will be mailed to affected and adjacent property <br />owners, legal advertisements will be run, and notification signs will be posted in <br />strategic areas of the affected area, in conformance with State Statutes and UDO <br />requirements. <br />e. Outreach: <br />® General Public: Because significant changes to the prior materials are <br />not being proposed, Planning staff is not suggesting a <br />separate public meeting for these amendments. <br />An "open house" style public information meeting for the <br />prior proposal was held on November 14, 2012 at the <br />Efland- Cheeks Community Center. Ten people and one <br />BOCC member attended the meeting. <br />® Small Area Because significant changes to the prior materials are <br />Plan not being proposed, Planning staff is not suggesting <br />Workgroup: additional meetings. <br />As part of the prior proposal, the EMSAP IFG met on August <br />29, 2012 to review and comment on the proposed overlay <br />districts. The group decided that additional meetings were <br />not necessary as the proposed overlay districts were <br />consistent with the intent of the adopted EMSAP. <br />❑ Other: <br />3. FISCAL IMPACT <br />The prior project required a fairly substantial amount of Planning staff time to <br />complete and was accomplished by existing staff. Since significant changes are not <br />being proposed as part of this reconsideration, staff time commitments are not <br />expected to be significant. The legal advertisements, notification mailings, and signs <br />will be paid using Planning Department FY13 -14 funds budgeted for these purposes. <br />Adoption of the two new zoning overlay districts is not expected to impact County <br />funding needs. <br />D. AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS <br />Adoption of the amendments will mean that new development (other than detached <br />single family houses) in the affected area will be subject to the requirements of the <br />zoning overlay district. In some cases, such as required buffering, this is a lessening of <br />existing regulations to reflect the smaller sized lots that exist in the affected area. In <br />other instances, such as architectural requirements, the proposed regulations are <br />slightly more restrictive than existing regulations. <br />The regulation requirements are consistent with the recommendations contained in the <br />I adopted Efland- Mebane Small Area Plan and are being proposed in order to encourage <br />5 <br />