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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT 29 Meeting Date: November 24r 1986 Item# SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT (ARTICLE 5 - ESTABLISHMENT OF DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS/RURAL BUFFER) *************************************************************************** DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: _X_Yes No *******************************************************************'******** ATTACHMENTS: Proposed Text CONTACT: Marvin Collins Amendment TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 967-9251 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 *************************************************************************** PURPOSE: To receive public comment on a proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendment which would establish dimensional requirements such as lot area, lot width, setbacks, building height. etc for a proposed new zoning district classification, Rural Buffer (RB) . NEED: On October 13, 1986, the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan was adopted. As part of the Plan. a Rural Buffer land use designation was approved with a minimum lot size requirement of two (2) acres per dwelling unit. Specific provisions do not . exist in the Zoning Ordinance which identify dimensional requirements for lot area, lot width. setbacks, etc. IMPACT: Approval of the proposed amendment would conform the Orange County Zoning Ordinance with the Rural Buffer designation adopted October 13 , 1986 as part of the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. Data collected from the Orange County Land Records Office indicates that approximately 48% of the parcels within the proposed Rural Buffer area have lot sizes of less than 80 ,000 square feet or approximately two acres. This indicates that 48% of all parcels within the area would become nonconforming if the proposed minimum lot size standard of two acres were adopted. These