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2 On October 3, 2006, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved a process for updating the County's Comprehensive Plan in two phases as follows: Phase I, to include the development of Comprehensive Plan goals and County Profile Element, the first of eight Elements to be completed as part of the Update; and Phase II, to include the remaining Elements that will comprise the updated Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan will include the following eight Elements: 1) County Profile; 2) Economic Development; 3) Housing; 4) Land Use; 5) Natural and Cultural Systems; 6) Recreation and Parks; 7) Services (Utilities) and Community Facilities; and 8) Transportation. In addition to numerous citizen comprised County advisory board meetings, the County conducted public input meetings on July 31St and August 7th to begin receiving public input on the draft goals and County Profile Element prior to public hearing. a. Draft Goals (Attachment 2) Between May-June 2007, the following County advisory boards and supporting staff worked to develop the draft goals for the Comprehensive Plan: Affordable Housing Advisory Board, Agricultural Preservation Board, Commission for the Environment, Economic Development Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Orange Unified Transportation Board, Planning Board, and Recreation and Parks Advisory Council. Goals express an ideal future end related to the public health, safety, and/or general welfare and provide a general direction-setter. The draft goals have been developed in support of the Board of County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Guiding Principles adopted October 21, 2004 and amended on April 24, 2007.. . b. Draft County Profile (Data) Element (Available on-line, www.co.orange.nc.us/ planning/compre_cpupdate.asp) Between January-April 2007, staff developed a draft County Profile Element that was presented to County advisory boards for review. Between April-June 2007, staff revised the County Profile Element in response to comments received from the boards. The County Profile (Data) Element serves as the primary reference point for basic information contained in the Comprehensive Plan. As such, it is intended to provide a convenient location for population statistics as well as key social, environmental, and economic conditions that exist within the County. 3. Conditional Uses: Text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan to address conditional uses. The Zoning Ordinance contains regulations that establish zoning districts and assign land uses to one or more of these districts. Certain circumstances may arise where a proposed land use is deemed appropriate for a specific parcel of property, but all of the land uses contained within a specific general use zoning district may be inappropriate or incompatible with the goals and objectives of the Ordinance. The Conditional Use District (CUD) process is designed to address these situations.