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2 <br /> Mebane Small Area Plan. The amendment package in Attachment 2 includes a map showing <br /> the extent of the two proposed zoning overlay districts. <br /> Ninty-eight (98) parcels containing approximately 157 acres are located in the proposed Efland <br /> Village Overlay District. Sixty-four (64) parcels containing approximately 275 acres are located <br /> in the proposed Efland Interstate Overlay District. These figures include road and rail rights-of <br /> way. <br /> Planning staff held a Public Information Meeting on November 14, 2012. Ten people and one <br /> BOCC member attended the meeting to learn more about the proposal. <br /> Public Hearing <br /> This proposal was heard at the November 19, 2012 joint public hearing. Please see Section <br /> C.1.b of Attachment 1 for a summary of questions and comments made at the public hearing <br /> and staff responses. Comments #4 and 5 of the referenced section contain comments on which <br /> the Planning Board was asked by staff to make a specific determination. <br /> Procedural Information <br /> In accordance with Section 2.8.8 of the Unified Development Ordinance, any evidence not <br /> presented at the public hearing must be submitted in writing prior to the Planning Board's <br /> recommendation. Additional oral evidence may be considered by the Planning Board only if it is <br /> for the purpose of presenting information also submitted in writing. The public hearing is held <br /> open to a date certain for the purpose of the BOCC receiving the Planning Board's <br /> recommendation and any submitted written comments. <br /> Additionally, as a result of a 2012 NC Supreme Court decision, governing bodies are required to <br /> take two separate actions addressing a proposed zoning atlas amendment, specifically: <br /> 1. Adoption of an Ordinance approving or rejecting the proposed atlas amendment <br /> (included in Attachments 2 and 3), and <br /> 2. Adoption of a separate statement denoting the atlas amendment complies with an <br /> adopted comprehensive plan (this is the Statement that comprises Attachment 4). <br /> Planning Board Recommendation <br /> The Planning Board considered this item at its December 5, 2012 meeting. The Planning Board <br /> unanimously voted to recommend approval of this item with recommended changes, specifically <br /> that pedestrian circulation and connectivity should be provided in the Efland Village Overlay <br /> District. (See Section C.1.b, comment 5 in Attachment 1 for additional information). The <br /> Planning Board's recommended additions are included in the text of Attachment 3 in green font <br /> color. The Planning Board approved minutes are included in Attachment 8. <br /> Planning Director's Recommendation <br /> The Planning Director recommends approval of the proposed Comprehensive Plan, UDO, and <br /> Zoning Atlas amendments contained in Attachment 2. The additions in Attachment 2 address <br /> comments made at the Quarterly Public Hearing regarding provision of an internal pedestrian <br /> system in multi-family and larger commercial projects but do not require project applicants to <br /> provide a pedestrian system that connects to adjacent parcels. The recommendation for <br /> approval is based on the following: <br /> • The amendments further implement recommendations in the Efland-Mebane Small Area <br /> Plan; and <br />