Public Hearing Notice for 05-23-1994 Mtg. - Proposed Sustainable Development Policy - Proposed Revisions to Historic Preservation Ordinance, Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Atlas, Zoning Ordinance, and Subdivision Regulations

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" f ORANGE COUNTY X= PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ZONING ATLAS, ZONING ORDINANCE, AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS FOR ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. Pursuant to the requirements of the General Statutes of North Carolina, Chapter 153A, Section 240, 323 and 343, and Articles 20.5, 20.6, 2.2.12 and 2.2.13 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, and Section VII of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held in the Superior Courtroom of the Orange County Courthouse(New), 106 East Margaret Lane,Hillsborough,North Carolina,on Monday,May 23, 1994 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for against the following items: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY PRINCIPLES A sustainable community is one which uses and protects its human and natural resources to meet current needs while insuring that community assets are available for future generations. A policy is proposed for inclusion in the Board of ; Commissioners Policy Manual which outlines sustainable community principles which should be used to evaluate local jv programs and policies. HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AMENDMENT The proposed amendment would add a new Article 4 to establish procedures for local review of nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. The current Article 4 (Certificate of Appropriateness) and Article 5 (Remedies and Legal Status Provisions)would be renumbered to Articles 5 and 6,respectively. REZONING REQUESTS The proposed amendments to the Orange County Zoning Atlas are as follows: 1. Z-2-94 Orange Water and Sewer Authority The applicant proposes to rezone approximately 68.4 acres from Agricultural Residential (AR) to Agricultural Services (AS). The subject property is located northwest of the intersection of Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) and NC 54, lying approximately 2000 feet from both State Roads and accessed by two private roads across property also owned by OWASA.The property is more specifically described as Lot 8,Tax Map 26,of Bingham Township. 2. Z-3-94 Bobby Kirk The applicant proposes to rezone approximately five (5) acres from Agricultural Residential (AR) to Neighborhood Commercial (NC-2). The subject property is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) and Bradshaw Quarry Road (SR 1115), and is more specifically described as part of Lot 4, Tax Map 11, of Bingham Township.The property is located in the Cane Creek Protected Watershed. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS Several amendments are proposed which involve the recently adopted Economic Development Districts. The first two items are related to boundary or map adjustments requested by property owners in the 1-851U.S. 70 Economic Development District. In addition, changes to the locational criteria in the Comprehensive Plan and application criteria in the Zoning Ordinance are proposed. 1. Comprehensive Plan Map Amendments a. CP-4-94 1-85/U.S.70 Economic Development District When the 1-85/U.S.70 Economic Development District was approved on March 15, 1994, several properties were split by the Economic Development District Land Use Plan designation. During the public hearing concerning the district proposals, the owners requested that all of their property be included in the Economic Development District category. Adjustments proposed to move the Land Use Plan designation boundaries to property lines are as follows: Current Proposed Township Tax Map.Block.Lot Acreage Designation Designation Eno 5.25..90B 2.86 Commercial Economic Eno 5.25..91 1.79 Activity Development Eno 5.25..102 0.80 Node Activity Eno 5.25..102A 1.01 Node 2. Zoning Atlas(MAP)Amendments a. Z-4-94 1-85/U.S.70 Economic Development District When the 1-85/U.S.70 Economic Development District was approved on March 15, 1994, several properties were split by either the "zoning district" boundary or by a "development area" boundary identified in the Economic Development Districts Design Manual (Article 6.29 of the Zoning Ordinance). During the public hearings concerning the district proposals, the owners requested that all of their property be included in the Economic Development District (EDD) zoning district. The owners also requested that adjustments be made in the Primary and Secondary Development Area designations to include all of their property. Adjustments proposed to move the zoning district boundaries to property lines are as follows: Current Proposed Township Tax Map.Block.Lot Acreage Zoning Zoning Eno 5.25..90B 2.86 R-1 EDD Eno 5.25..91 1.79 R-1 EDD Eno 5.25..102 0.80 R-1 EDD Eno 5.25..102A 1.01 R-1 EDD Adjustments proposed to the development area boundaries described in the Economic Development Districts Design Manual(Article 6.29 of the Zoning Ordinance)are as follows: Current Proposed Development Development Township Tax Map.Block.Lot Acreage Area Area Eno 5.25..908 2.86 None Primary 7.18 Secondary Primary Eno 5.25..91 1.79 None Primary 5.21 Secondary Primary Eno 5.25..102 0.80 None Secondary Eno 5.25..102A 1.01 None Secondary Eno 5.25..103 0.76 Secondary Primary Eno 5.25..59 1.99 Secondary Primary Eno 5.25..54A 4.73 Secondary Primary