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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 17, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -m <br />SUBJECT: Legal Advertisement for Quarterly Public Hearing —September 8, 2014 <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Proposed Legal Advertisement <br />2. Location Maps <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems <br />Coordinator, 919 - 245 -2578 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 919- <br />245- 2592 <br />1 <br />PURPOSE: To consider the legal advertisement for items to be presented at the joint Board of <br />County Commissioners /Planning Board Quarterly Public Hearing scheduled for September 8, <br />2014. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners reviews proposals to be considered at <br />public hearing for consistency with general County policy and presentation format. The <br />following items are scheduled for the September 8, 2014 Quarterly Public Hearing (please note <br />that the list below is not the order in which items will appear on the agenda — the proposed legal <br />ad reflects the anticipated order of the agenda). <br />Applications- <br />1 . Class A Special Use Permit request submitted by Sunlight Partners LLC, SunDurance <br />Energy, and Shelia Bishop, Michael Bishop, and Annie Nunn seeking to develop a 5 <br />megawatt solar array /public utility station on two parcels of property, totaling <br />approximately 50 acres in area, off of Mt. Sinai Road near Cascade Drive in Chapel Hill <br />Township. This item was continued from the May 27, 2014 Quarterly Public Hearing and <br />is included in the legal advertisement primarily for public information purposes (e.g., <br />since the item was continued from a previous public hearing that was legally advertised, <br />there is not a legal requirement to re- advertise this item for public hearing). <br />County Initiated: <br />2. 2030 Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text <br />Amendments and Zoning Atlas Amendments to establish two new zoning overlay <br />districts in the Efland area in Cheeks Township. The purpose of the zoning overlay <br />districts is to encourage high quality growth in the geographic area covered by the <br />overlay districts while protecting existing development and community character. <br />Alternative development regulations are necessary to reflect the reality of smaller sized <br />lots served by water and sewer systems while ensuring that good planning practices <br />