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03 <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date:June 30. 1994 <br /> Agenda Abstract <br /> Item# C 1 <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT -AR/R-1 ZONING DISTRICTS <br /> (TWO-ACRE MIlJIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT/DENSITY AVERAGING) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: —X—Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Planning Director X2592 <br /> Proposed Amendments <br /> PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688.7331 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance which <br /> would establish a minimum required lot size of two acres throughout the County's <br /> planning and zoning jurisdiction. <br /> BACKGROUND: At its May 17, 1994 meeting,the Board of Commissioners received a report on proposed <br /> Rural Character Strategies. Discussion was continued to the May 26, 1994 budget <br /> presentation meeting. At that meeting, the Commissioners decided to conduct a special <br /> hearing at the end of June to consider the following items: <br /> 1. Rezoning of the remaining 37% of the County's planning and zoning jurisdiction <br /> from one dwelling unit per acre to one dwelling unit per two acres to establish a <br /> "baseline"from which to implement rural character strategies; and <br /> 2. Receipt of citizen comment on the following open space preservation issues: <br /> a. Whether clustering was a desirable and marketable form of development; <br /> b. Whether a 50 percent open space requirement was appropriate,and how <br /> should open space be defined; and <br /> C. Whether density bonuses should be provided as incentives for preserving <br /> open space. <br /> The proposed amendments listed below seek to establish a"base-line" minimum lot size <br /> requirement of two acres throughout the County's planning and zoning jurisdiction from <br /> which proposed Rural Character Strategies may be implemented. <br /> 1. Article 5.1.1 - Schedule for Residential Develovment. Single and Two-Family. <br /> Multi-Famihr. Residential Hotels. Rooming Houses. Etc. <br /> A Proposal to change the minimum required lot area per dwelling unit from <br /> 40,000 square feet(0.92 acres)to 87,120 square feet(2.0 acres)in AR Agricultural- <br /> Residential and R-1 Rural Residential zoning districts. <br />