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• Requires amendments to Joint Planning Area documents <br /> • Orange County, Towns of Chapel Hill & Carrboro must approve JPA <br /> amendments <br /> • March 27, 2014 joint planning public hearing <br /> • JPA documents must be amended before these proposed <br /> UDO/Comprehensive Plan changes can be adopted by Orange County <br /> • Will be on longer review/approval timeframe <br /> • The more intensive uses could not be considered in the Rural Buffer, under the <br /> current proposal <br /> Unified Development Ordinance & Comprehensive Plan Amendments <br /> • Only a few changes/additions would be necessary to the ASE text applicable outside of <br /> the Rural Buffer to allow ASE uses within the Rural Buffer <br /> • District chart in Article 3 <br /> • Additions to RB zoning district in Table of Permitted Uses for General Use <br /> Zoning Districts <br /> • Noting that some uses shall not be approved in the ASE-CZ if located in the <br /> Rural Buffer <br /> • Additions to some of the use-specific standards in Article 5 <br /> • Comprehensive Plan amendment to allow new ASE-CZ zoning district in the Rural <br /> Buffer land use category <br /> Project Review/Approval Process <br /> • Depends on use being proposed within the Rural Buffer <br /> • Three basic processes: <br /> • Staff review/approval <br /> • Special Use Permit <br /> • Class B is reviewed/approved by Board of Adjustment <br /> • Class A is reviewed/approved by Board of County Commissioners (none <br /> in RB) <br /> • Rezoning <br /> • General Use district (not applicable in the Rural Buffer) <br /> • Conditional district (including proposed ASE-CZ) <br /> • All projects within the Rural Buffer are sent to JPA partners for review and comment, in <br /> accordance with the JPA Agreement <br /> Permitted Outright vs. SUP or Conditional Zoning <br /> • Less intensive uses added to the Table of Permitted Uses as permitted outright <br /> • Subject to use-specific and general development standards <br /> • Community Agricultural Processing Facility <br /> • Community Farmers Market <br /> • Cooperative Farm Stand <br /> • Community Meat Processing Facility <br /> • Non-Farm Use of Farm Equipment <br /> • Rural Special Events <br /> • Staff approval <br /> • More intensive uses must be permitted through either the Special Use Permit process or <br /> rezoned as an ASE-CZ <br /> • Class B Special Use Permit <br /> • Microbrewery with Minor Events <br /> • Winery with Minor Events <br />