Agenda - 09-12-2016 - D.4 - Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment – Modify Use Standards

Browse Search

411 Originally, this text amendment package was envisioned to establish and permit secondary uses in the UDO. Following a recommendation from the Orange County Attorney's Office, Planning staff revised the amendment in order to permit the uses initially proposed as secondary uses in a more concise manner. In essence, adding these support uses directly to the specific principal use standards. As a result, the secondary use concept will not be established in the UDO; however, the same outcome is expected to be achieved by amending the use standards contained in Article 5. The proposed amendment was presented for review and comment at the July 6, 2016 Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) meeting. Agenda materials from that meeting are available at http://www.co.orange.nc.us/planning/planningboard.asp. Summary notes from this meeting are included in Attachment 4. Attachment 1 contains additional information and analysis regarding this amendment. Proposed text amendment language can be found in Attachment 3 within a "track changes" format. Planning Director's Recommendation: The Planning Director recommends approval of the Statement of Consistency, indicating the amendments are reasonable and in the public interest, contained in Attachment 2 and proposed amendment package contained in Attachment 3. Planning Board Recommendation: At its August 3, 2016 meeting, the Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of the Statement of Consistency and the amendment package. Draft minutes from this meeting are included in Attachment 5. Agenda materials from the August 3, 2016 Planning Board meeting can be viewed at: http://www.orangecountync.gov/8.3.16PIanningBoardAgendaPacket.pdf. Following the August 3rd Planning Board meeting, County Attorney staff completed their review of the proposed text amendments. As a result of the review, edits were made to the proposed amendments. The edits made after the August 3rd meeting are identified with yellow highlighting in Attachment 3. Due to the edits made to the proposed text amendment package following Planning Board recommendation, the Orange County Attorney's Office determined the amendments would need to be presented to the Board at the September 7, 2016 Planning Board meeting for a second review and recommendation before the September Quarterly Public Hearing. Planning staff will present a summary of the Planning Board's discussion and recommendation for the BOCC at the September Quarterly Public Hearing. Agenda materials from the September 7, 2016 Planning Board meeting can be viewed at: http://www.orangecountync.gov/SeptemberPlanningBoardPacket.pdf. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Consideration and approval will not create the need for additional funding for the provision of County services. Costs for the required legal advertisement were paid from FY2016-17 Departmental funds budgeted for this purpose. Existing Planning staff included in the Departmental staffing budget will accomplish the work required to process this amendment.