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7 <br />1 Craig Benedict said there have been some crossover meetings in the past. He <br />2 suggested that the Planning Board and other boards look at their intersecting goals again to <br />3 determine commonalities. <br />4 <br />5 Attachment: <br />6 Activities /Projects Identified by the Planning Board and Planning Staff for 2014: <br />7 1. Agricultural Support Enterprises: UDO text amendments scheduled for February 2014 <br />8 QPH <br />9 2. Public Hearing Process: UDO text amendments to consider changes to the existing public <br />10 hearing process (scheduled for February 2014 QPH) <br />11 3. Efland Overlay Districts: UDO Text, Zoning Atlas, and Comprehensive Plan Amendments <br />12 to add two new overlay zoning districts in the Efland area and specify design standards for <br />13 the areas. (This item was denied by the BOCC in February 2013 but is scheduled to be <br />14 reconsidered at the February 2014 QPH). <br />15 4. Town of Hillsborough /Orange County Interlocal Agreement Implementation: <br />16 Hillsborough- Orange County ETJ (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Swaps (early 2014) <br />17 5. Town of Hillsborough /Orange County Interlocal Agreement Implementation: <br />18 Comprehensive Plan and UDO amendments to implement the Town of <br />19 Hillsborough /Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area Land Use Plan (scheduled <br />20 for February 2014 QPH) <br />21 6. New and /or Revised Zoning District: UDO text amendment to adopt a new general use <br />22 zoning district and /or "fine tune" existing ED zoning to match locational attributes for <br />23 targeted research and development industry and applied light manufacturing. <br />24 7. Rural Buffer Clustering: Address clustering in the Rural Buffer to allow smaller lot sizes <br />25 while maintaining a minimum density of 2 units per acre <br />26 8. Legislative Changes: Amend regulations as necessary in response to legislative changes at <br />27 the State level <br />28 9. Streamline Regulations: Continue to streamline regulations where possible <br />29 10. 2014 BOCC Retreat: Any priorities that emerge at the January 2014 BOCC retreat <br />30 <br />31 <br />Emerging Issues Identified by the Planning Board and Planning Staff for 2014: <br />32 <br />1. <br />Rural Enterprises: Continue to expand rural enterprises by completing work on "Agricultural <br />33 <br />Support Enterprises" and Home Occupation standards. Determine need to address water & <br />34 <br />sewage disposal issues in the Rural Activity Nodes to encourage development in these <br />35 <br />nodes. <br />36 <br />2. <br />Streamlining: Streamline the project approval /public hearing process by revising the existing <br />37 <br />quarterly public hearing process. <br />38 <br />3. <br />Emergency Access: Work with appropriate staff /departments to better ensure properties can <br />39 <br />be reached by emergency personnel (e.g., driveway width and clearance, bridge weight limit <br />40 <br />signage and sufficiency to allow a fire truck to pass, gate width, and curve radii sufficient for <br />41 <br />emergency vehicles). <br />42 <br />4. <br />Mass Gathering /Special Events: Revisions to UDO regarding mass gathering and special <br />43 <br />events (must wait until after Emergency Services /Attorney's Office enacts a Mass Gathering <br />44 <br />Ordinance) <br />45 <br />5. <br />Pre - zoning for Economic Development Projects: Continue to "prezone" areas where <br />46 <br />possible to focus growth in appropriate areas with consistent land uses, thereby improving <br />47 <br />the review and approval process. <br />48 <br />VA <br />