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05 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 30, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # ) <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Article 6.23 - Watershed Protection Overlay Districts (subdividing two or more lots of record in <br /> University Lake Watershed) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING X Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Citizen Request for Amendment Mary Willis <br /> Proposed amendment Extension 2583 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill-967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to allow the <br /> transfer of dwelling units across common boundaries of adjoining lots of record for cluster <br /> subdivisions within the University Lake Watershed. <br /> BACKGROUND: Article 6.23.2 of the Zoning Ordinance regulates the maximum residential densities allowed <br /> in Orange County's 13 protected watershed overlay districts. The following requirement <br /> pertains to residential density in the University Lake Watershed, including its Critical Area: <br /> "Up to five lots at least two acres in size can be created from a lot of record as of <br /> October 3, 1989. Thereafter, each lot shall contain at least five acres, and the density <br /> shall not exceed one (1) dwelling unit per five acres." <br /> Under current regulations, all of the lots which could be created from a lot of record would <br /> be contained within the exact lot boundary in existence on October 3, 1989. This <br /> requirement limits design flexibility in cases where a subdivision consists of two or more <br /> adjacent lots of record. <br /> The proposed amendment was initiated by a citizen after inquiring into possibilities for <br /> creating a cluster subdivision on two existing lots in the University Lake Watershed. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Article 20 of the Zoning Ordinance requires that the Zoning Officer's recommendation be <br /> presented to the Planning Board within 30 days of receipt of an application. However, <br /> Article 20.4 exempts any application for amendments to the Zoning Ordinance by either the <br /> public or the County from the provisions of Article 20.3. In either case, though, the public <br /> hearing is the time scheduled for presentation of the Zoning Officer's Recommendation. <br />