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9:3 <br />a. Planning Board Review: <br />July 10, 2013 — discussion of topic <br />September 4, 2013 — further discussion <br />October 2, 2013 — Ordinance Review Committee <br />November 6, 2013 — Ordinance Review Committee <br />December 4, 2013 — further discussion <br />January 8, 2014 — BOCC recommendation <br />April 2, 2014 — BOCC recommendation <br />b. Advisory Boards: <br />c. Local Government Review: <br />The proposed text amendments were received from the Town of Carrboro <br />submitted to the JPA Partners on and the Town of Chapel Hill are <br />November 7, 2013. Comments included at the end of this form. <br />d. Notice Requirements <br />Consistent with NC State Statutes — legal ad prior to public hearing <br />3. FISCAL IMPACT <br />Consideration and approval will not create the need for additional funding for the <br />provision of County services. Costs for the required legal advertisement will be paid <br />from FY2013 -14 Departmental funds budgeted for this purpose. Existing Planning <br />staff included in the Departmental staffing budget will accomplish the work required <br />to process this amendment. <br />D. AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS <br />Proposed amendments to existing home occupation standards include two types of <br />home occupations. The first type, minor home occupations, follows the existing review <br />process in place for home occupations with revisions allowing for an increase in square <br />footage and number of employees in all residential districts. The second type, major <br />home occupations, is proposed in order to accommodate larger scale accessory <br />business uses in the AR (Agricultural Residential) and R -1 (Rural Residential) zoning <br />districts. A Class B Special Use Permit will be required for major home occupations. <br />The number of employees and permitted amount of square footage utilized in a major <br />home occupation shall be determined with the approved special use permit. <br />Additional minor revisions to existing standards will address traffic generation, accessory <br />._ .. .. .... ......._._ ....... <br />5 <br />