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3 Public Hearing The proposed UDO amendment was heard and opened for public comment at the November 25, 2013 Quarterly Public Hearing. Agenda materials from the public hearing can be viewed at http://www.orangecount\/nc.gov/occierks/131125e.pd . Additionally, an excerpt of approved minutes from this meeting are provided in Attachment 5. No members of the public spoke on the proposed UDO amendments and no substantive questions were asked. As detailed in Section B.1 of Attachment 1, letters were mailed to residents who currently have a home occupation permit in order to solicit feedback. At the February 18 BOCC meeting, the Board voted unanimously to close the public hearing, prior to referring the amendment back to the Planning Board and staff for further review. Attachment 1 contains additional information and analysis regarding the amendment. Proposed text amendment language can be found in Attachment 2 within a "track changes" format (red text for proposed additions and black strikethreugI4 for proposed deletions). Modifications made following the November Quarterly Public Hearing and December 4 Planning Board meeting are denoted in underlined green text. Finally, Attachment 3 contains a spreadsheet summarizing proposed revisions to Sections 2.22, 5.3.4, and 5.5.3. Planning Director's Recommendation The Planning Director recommends approval of the proposed UDO amendments based on the following: i. The UDO amendments are consistent with the goals and policies of the adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan. ii. The proposed amendments achieve a reasonable balance between protecting existing residential uses and allowing expanded (when compared to existing regulations) home occupations in residential areas. Planning Board Recommendation The Planning Board considered this item at its April 2, 2014 meeting and voted 4 -2 to recommend approval of the UDO text amendment. An excerpt of draft minutes from this meeting is included in Attachment 7. Agenda materials from this meeting can be viewed at http: / /www orangecountync aov /planning/ documents /4.2.14PBPacketWeb.pdf. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Consideration and approval will not create the need for additional funding for the provision of County services. Costs for the required legal advertisement will be paid from FY2013 -14 Departmental funds budgeted for this purpose. Existing planning staff included in the Departmental staffing budget will accomplish the work required to process this amendment. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board: 1. Receive the Planning Board's recommendation; and 2. Approve the Ordinance contained in Attachment 2.