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1 <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 August 4 , 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> (ARTICLE 14 . 3 - SITE PLAN REVIEW) <br /> (ARTICLE 21 . 4 - ZONING COMPLIANCE PERMIT REQUIRED) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br /> Proposed Ordinance Amendments Extension 2580 <br /> 5/25/93 Public Hearing <br /> Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 6/21/93 Planning Board Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Minutes Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendment <br /> that would add language to Article 14 and Article 21 <br /> of the Zoning Ordinance to clearly explain that a site <br /> plan approval with or without a zoning compliance <br /> permit does not establish a vested right to develop a <br /> project in the absence of an approved Site Specific <br /> Development Plan. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1991 the Zoning Ordinance was amended to include <br /> provisions for vested rights. An applicant may request <br /> approval of a Site Specific Development Plan which <br /> would allow him or her to develop property according <br /> to the plan for a period of two to five years. Once a <br /> vested right is established, development of a project <br /> would not be affected by zoning changes concerning the <br /> type and intensity of the use. <br /> If a site plan is approved without being vested, the <br /> applicant is not entitled to develop the project <br /> should zoning regulations change subsequent to plan <br /> approval. Issuance of a zoning compliance permit does <br /> not extend a vested right. If a site plan approval is <br /> followed by a zoning permit and a building permit, <br /> then the project is vested, provided the building <br /> permit does not expire. <br /> The proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance would <br /> eliminate any question as to the viability of a <br /> project without approval of a Site Specific <br />