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4 <br /> 1 Chair McKee said he would like to brag about his stepson, Robert Moore, who recently <br /> 2 competed in the Ironman Triathlon in Wilmington. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> 5 NONE <br /> 6 <br /> 7 5. Public Hearings <br /> 8 <br /> 9 a. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Amendments — Hillsborough Economic <br /> 10 Development District <br /> 11 The Board conducted a continued public hearing, reviewed revisions incorporated in <br /> 12 response to comments made at the September 12 Quarterly Public Hearing, including drive- <br /> 13 thrus, and considered action on government-initiated amendments to the text of the UDO that <br /> 14 would modify some development standards, types of permitted uses, and use standards within <br /> 15 the Hillsborough Economic Development District (EDD) and which would revise the <br /> 16 Manufacturing, Assembly & Processing sections of the Table of Permitted Uses - General Use <br /> 17 Zoning Districts and Conditional Zoning Districts. <br /> 18 Perdita Holtz, Orange County Planning, made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 19 <br /> 20 UDO Amendments - Hillsborough Economic Development District (EDD) <br /> 21 Board of County Commissioners Meeting <br /> 22 November 1, 2016 <br /> 23 Item 5-a <br /> 24 Presenter: Perdita Holtz, AICP <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Refresher on Overview <br /> 27 • Modify some development standards <br /> 28 • Revisions to types of permitted uses <br /> 29 • Amendments to some use-specific standards <br /> 30 • [presented more in-depth at the quarterly public hearing] <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Purpose of Amendments <br /> 33 • County is currently working on plans to extend water and sewer infrastructure to parcels <br /> 34 south of Interstate 40. <br /> 35 • Desire to better promote economic development opportunities, especially high-tech <br /> 36 research and development/manufacturing. <br /> 37 o By-right approvals important to enhance competitiveness during site selection <br /> 38 process. <br /> 39 • Site selection specialists send detailed questionnaires to potential <br /> 40 communities. <br /> 41 • Used to weed out communities that don't have sites ready-to-go. <br /> 42 • Continued interest to simplify and shorten review processes, where feasible. <br /> 43 • Ensure standards are in place to promote development that will have minimal impacts <br /> 44 on surrounding properties. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Recent History <br /> 47 • Heard at September 12 quarterly public hearing <br /> 48 • Revised as a result of comments <br /> 49 o Allow drive-throughs in each of the EDH zoning districts <br />