Agenda - 02-18-2016 - C2 - Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment

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25 Due to these concerns, the BOCC voted to reopen the public hearing and refer the item back to the Planning Board and staff to modify the proposed amendment to address comments received at the May 26, 2015 Quarterly Public Hearing and the September 1, 2015 BOCC meeting. Comments made at this meeting are included in Section C.1 of Attachment 1. Approved minutes from this meeting are included Attachment 5. Agenda materials from the hearing can be accessed at the following link: http://www.orangecountync.gov/departments/board of county commissioners/agendas.php. The proposed revised amendment creates an entirely new land use, temporary custodial care units, which combines temporary health care structure standards outlined in Session Law 2014- 94 and existing standards related to temporary mobile home units (custodial care) contained in Section 5.4.4 of the UDO. Proposed revisions to the amendment include: • Proposed standards allowing for temporary health care structures and temporary mobile homes up to 1,000 square feet in size to be placed as an accessory use to an existing single family dwelling unit. • The removal of the required Class B Special Use Permit for temporary mobile homes currently contained in the UDO. • Proposed language increasing the number of unrelated persons that can live in a dwelling unit from three to five based on the North Carolina Residential State Building Code. • The removal of language regulating signage content for the temporary health care structures proposed in the original amendment. Due to recent court rulings regarding signage, the County Attorney's office recommended removal of this language from the amendment. In summary, all comments and concerns received at previous meetings have been incorporated into the proposed amendments. Joint Planning Area (JPA) Agreement The opportunity for comment by the JPA partners (Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro) is required for all UDO text amendments that may affect the RB (Rural Buffer) zoning district. Since temporary custodial care units will be permitted as an accessory use to a detached single family dwelling in the RB district, the proposed text amendments were submitted to the JPA partners for review and comment on December 22, 2015. To date, no comments have been received. Planning Director's Recommendation: The Planning Director recommends approval of proposed text amendments, including the: i. Statement of Consistency contained in Attachment 2, which indicates the proposed text amendments are consistent with the adopted Comprehensive Plan, are reasonable, and are in the public interest, and ii. The text amendment as contained in Attachment 3. Planning Board Recommendation: At its January 6, 2016 meeting, the Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of the Statement of Consistency and the amendment package. Draft minutes from this meeting and the signed Statement of Consistency are included in Attachment 6. Agenda materials from the January 6, 2016 Planning Board meeting can be viewed at: http://www.orangecountync.gov/Planning Board Agenda Packet Jan 20161.pdf.