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rn <br /> � ' � <br /> .� <br /> I. <br /> ~ ^ <br /> • <br /> � <br /> ��� � � . � <br /> �� <br /> ti <br /> ORANGE «��»��l�2C�� . . � <br /> t. <br /> _ <br /> � ____SB.~^~°"G"� <br /> NORTH {l&RQ00�A. <br /> il <br /> ' ` 27278 <br /> . <br /> m0^ or <br /> � <br /> $ ett, Di � ' <br /> . " <br /> �� � . <br /> �� . . <br /> ^�. �� <br /> ' <br /> . MEMO <br /> � <br /> ki <br /> � <br /> X� <br /> TO MARV| . COLLINS ' ^ <br /> . <br /> FROM: <br /> � GUSAN SMITH <br /> DATE: JANUARY 22, 1985 <br /> SUBJECT: EXTRACTIVE USE REGULATIONS . ' <br /> ji <br /> Within the last year two local firms invo)Ved .ln the extraction and processing <br /> 1 <br /> , <br /> - of min eral resources obtained land in Orange County by purchase or option for <br /> purposes. 'Although neither firm has pursued apprnval o f the i <br /> of a special use permit as required by the Orange County Zoning Ordinance,nce'issuance <br /> the interest indicated by these firms and concerns raised by adjacent t � <br /> owners prompted staff to review the regulatory provisions contained �nproper y <br /> current Zoning Ordinance. <br /> the <br /> The provisions of the Zoning Ordinance <br /> (adopted 1981) regarding extractive e <br /> us o <br /> s were culled from the first Orange County Zoning Ordinance and subsequently for inclusion in the 1981 ordinance. The provisions of the first or6inance were more comprehensive and stronger than provisions in other local ordinances because th e development of the ordinance was stimulated by interest in6icateJ in Chapel Hill Township by a strip mining operation. The 1921 ordi- 'i,:," <br /> nance nance �xpan6�d on the provisions of the earlier ordinance by <br /> tying requirements more closely to procedural requirements and performance atandaros. <br /> The provisions of the current Zonin Ordinance governing extractive uses are <br /> (1) extractive u <br /> ` , uses are governed by the Special Use Permit process; <br /> (2) extractive uses are permitted, following approval and issuance of <br /> a special use perm|t, in all residential and industrial zoning <br /> districts and the General Commercial IV district; . <br /> ' <br /> (3) applications for a special use permit must include a site plan <br /> ; operations plan and rehabilitation plan; plan, � <br /> . <br /> . 1::';� <br /> � <br /> '"�n� <br />