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192 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date JANUARY—,6 .-1986 <br /> Wigti <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS Item <br /> DEPARTMENT : PLANNING w �'� r PUBLIC HEARING _Yes XI No <br /> Attachment (s) rr Information Contact : SUSAN SMITH <br /> MARVIN COLLINS <br /> SEE 11-25-85 PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA <br /> Telephone Numbers <br /> Hillsborough -- 732-8181 <br /> Durham — 688-7331 <br /> Mebane — 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill — 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendments for <br /> app ro,va l . <br /> This item was submitted to public hearing on November 25 ; 1985 . <br /> NEED : These amendments are proposed in response to citizen requests . <br /> Issue) statements preceed each proposed amendment . I These <br /> amendments include the following : <br /> (a) Zoning Ordinance, Article 5 -- Establishment of Dimensional <br /> Requirements , Section 5 .1 .2 — Schedule for Non—residential <br /> Development — revisions to the floor area and open space <br /> ratios for industrial zoning districts . <br /> (b) Zoning Ordinance, Article 8 SPECIAL USES — provision for <br /> the issuance of a Class A Special Use Permit to accomodate <br /> requests for modifications of impervious surface <br /> requirements for property subject to the Protected <br /> Watershed II (PW—II ) overlay zoning district . <br /> IMPACT : Amendment of the development ordinances will address the <br /> citizen requests . <br /> RECOMMENDATION : The Planning Staff recommended approval of the text <br /> amendments . <br /> The Planning Board did not act on the amendments <br /> days of the within thirty <br /> I3O) da <br /> Y he public hearing as prescribed in Section 20.7 <br /> of the Zoning Ordinance. The Ordinance provides that "failure <br /> of the Planning Board to submit a recommendation within the <br /> required time shall be considered a favorable recommendation , <br /> without conditions" . <br />