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12 <br />Ordinance #: ORD- 2015 -011 Attachment 3 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT <br />ORDINANCE <br />WHEREAS, Orange County initiated amendments to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan <br />and Unified Development Ordinance, as established in Sections 1.1 and 1.7 of the Orange <br />County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), in order to allow for appropriate low- intensity <br />agricultural support enterprise uses within the Rural Buffer land use classification, and <br />WHEREAS, the Board finds that the text amendment to the Comprehensive Plan is necessary <br />to promote implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 1.1.5 and 1.1.7 of the UDO and to Section 153A -341 of the <br />North Carolina General Statutes, the Board finds that the amendments will carry out the intent <br />and purpose of the adopted Agricultural Development and Farmland Protection Plan (2009) <br />and is internally consistent with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan or part thereof including, but not <br />limited to, the following: <br />Planning Principle #5: Preservation of Rural Land Use Pattern <br />Planning Principle #8: Preservation of Community Character <br />Natural and Cultural Systems Goal 2: Economic viability of agriculture, forestry, and <br />horticulture and their respective lands. <br />Natural and Cultural Systems Goal 3: Infrastructure and support systems for local and <br />regional agriculture. <br />Objective AG -3: Develop programs and associated infrastructure facilities to make local <br />farms more economically viable, including local farm product processing, development <br />of a distribution center, and marketing initiatives. <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the requirements of Sections 2.3 and 2.8 of the Unified Development Ordinance <br />(UDO) have been deemed complete, and <br />WHEREAS, the Board has found the proposed amendments to be reasonably necessary to <br />promote the public health, safety, and general welfare. <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County that the Orange County <br />Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance are hereby amended as shown on <br />the attached pages. <br />