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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 3, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 -b <br />SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendments <br />for Agricultural Support Enterprises Within the Rural Buffer Land Use <br />Classification — Defer Public Hearing Process to May 5, 2015 (No Additional <br />Oral Comments Accepted) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Perdita Holtz, 245 -2578 <br />Craig Benedict, 245 -2592 <br />PURPOSE: To defer the public hearing process on the Comprehensive Plan and Unified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO) zoning text amendments pertaining to Agricultural Support <br />Enterprises within the Rural Buffer land use classification to May 5, 2015. <br />As a reminder, the public hearing where oral comments are accepted was held on February 24, <br />2014. Any additional comments received after the oral public hearing must be in writing. The <br />item on the March 3, 2015 agenda is solely to further defer action on the proposed text <br />amendments until May 5, 2015 in order to allow additional time for necessary amendments to be <br />made to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Agreement. <br />BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the February 24, 2014 Quarterly Public Hearing. <br />It was noted at the hearing that concurrent amendments to the Joint Planning Area Land Use <br />Plan and Agreement (JPA) were necessary in order for the County to adopt the proposed UDO <br />zoning amendments. The JPA land use amendments, which were heard at the March 27, 2014 <br />joint public hearing, must be approved by the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Orange <br />County. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted the JPA land use amendments at its <br />June 3, 2014 meeting. The Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro considered the amendments at <br />meetings in June, but opted to continue to contemplate the JPA amendments, with the Town of <br />Carrboro Board of Aldermen in particular noting it wished to delve into the details of the UDO <br />zoning amendment, which would implement the JPA land use amendments. On October 14, <br />2014, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen adopted a Resolution pertaining to the JPA amendments <br />and the topic was discussed at the October 16, 2014 joint Orange County /Town of Carrboro <br />meeting and at the November 19, 2014 Assembly of Governments meeting. The Town of <br />