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INFORMATION ITEM 1 <br /> PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br /> Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br /> Administration 131 W. Margaret Lane <br /> (919) 245-2575 Suite 201 <br /> (919) 644-3002 (FAX) ORANGE COUNTY P. O. Box 8181 <br /> www.orangecountync.gov NORTH CAROLINA Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> a a a rEX O-111 <br /> r .'■• �r � ■1. _ lm lm' Eton LIB .�' lift2i, A (111 31. l �m <br /> ��;IAAI111, .0 r°„, <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Board of County Commissioners <br /> FROM: Craig Benedict, Planning & Inspections Director <br /> DATE: June 7, 2016 <br /> SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEM — Development impacts on rural areas <br /> ATTACHMENT 1: Adopted Growth Management System Map, November 5, 2003 <br /> ATTACHMENT 2: NCDOT Level of Service D Standards for Systems Level Planning <br /> (excerpt) <br /> Please accept this memorandum in response to a request from Commissioner Barry <br /> Jacobs for an explanation on the identification/measurement of transportation impacts. <br /> Specifically Commissioner Jacobs wanted a breakdown of how we <br /> regard/regulate/gauge traffic impacts in the rural and/or urban areas of the County. <br /> Preamble: Roads under county planning jurisdiction have been under the maintenance <br /> control of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) since 1932 and <br /> therefore their responsibility and authority will in most cases take precedence over local <br /> county government. <br /> Existing Regulations <br /> The Growth Management Systems was adopted on November 5, 2003 as a tool <br /> allowing for the differentiation between the various required review processes and <br /> development standards for projects located in either urban or rural settings (Attachment <br /> 1). The intent of the Growth Management Systems process, ultimately, was to require a <br /> heightened level of project review based on a project's location and its anticipated <br /> impact(s) in that setting. <br /> The UDO also establishes standards for the completion of a Transportation Impact <br /> Analysis (TIA) for development projects meeting set criteria. A TIA is intended to <br /> provide an analysis of a development project's impact, if any, on existing transportation <br /> networks. <br /> The UDO requires a TIA for the following: <br /> 1 . All Conditional Use and/or Conditional Zoning District permit applications <br /> regardless of anticipated daily trips or location within the County (Section 2.9 of <br /> the UDO), <br />