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A RESOLUTION ADDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE OF <br /> ORANGE COUNTY TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ORANGE COUNTY, <br /> NORTH CAROLINA, AS APPENDIX A <br /> WHEREAS, on December 17, 1996 the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, <br /> pursuant to North Carolina General Statute §153A-49, authorized the codification of its <br /> ordinances into a code of ordinances; and <br /> WHEREAS, for various reasons the code of ordinances was not adopted but remained <br /> available to residents using the Orange County website thus creating confusion regarding the <br /> actual adopted laws of Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, the issues regarding adoption were ultimately resolved and on December 5, 2011 <br /> the general ordinances of Orange County were codified by the Board of County <br /> Commissioners into the Code of Ordinances of Orange County, North Carolina (the "Code"); <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, due to multiple problems with the complexity of converting the Unified <br /> Development Ordinance ("UDO") to an appropriate format and also several staff changes and <br /> other issues at Municipal Code Corporation, the entity with which Orange County contracted to <br /> maintain the Code, the Code did not include the UDO which was adopted in its unified form on <br /> April 5, 2011; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Code's adoption ordinance specified that the UDO would remain in effect, <br /> however, and work was continued on adding the UDO to the Code; and <br /> WHEREAS, on April 3, 2014 Municipal Code Corporation completed the final proofs of the <br /> UDO and delivered them to the County Attorney's office after which both planning staff and the <br /> County Attorney reviewed the proofs and determined the Proofs are ready for codification. <br /> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED pursuant to North Carolina General Statute §153A-49 <br /> and the Adopting Ordinance of the Code of Ordinances, Orange County, North Carolina, dated <br /> December 5, 2011, the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance, having been originally <br /> adopted on April 5, 2011 and amended from time to time thereafter, and as it is reflected in the <br /> Unified Development Ordinance Proofs dated April 3, 2014 provided by Municipal Code <br /> Corporation, is added to the Code of Ordinances, Orange County, North Carolina, as Appendix <br /> A thereto. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED recently adopted text amendments to the UDO, Ordinance <br /> 2014-017 regarding kennels adopted April 15, 2014, Ordinance 2014-007 regarding home <br /> occupations adopted May 20, 2014, and Ordinance 2014-022 regarding agricultural support <br /> enterprises outside the rural buffer adopted May 20, 2014, are not included in the Unified <br /> Development Ordinance Proofs and will not be published at this time, but shall continue in full <br /> force and effect until and beyond such time as they are officially published in Appendix A of <br /> the Code of Ordinances, Orange County, North Carolina. <br />