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189 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: ZONING ORDINANCE <br /> REFERENCE: ARTICLE 4.2 - DISTRICTZSTATE ENTSA OF INTENT/ <br /> ARTICLE 4.3 - PERMITTED USE TABLE <br /> ARTICLE 5.1.2 - DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NON- <br /> RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT <br /> ARTICLE 6.26 -PBU FERIREQUIREMEN S ADJACENT TO <br /> IC ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: x Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC _ Public <br /> "W'— Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: ___High •Middle X Low <br /> Comment: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC NEARING DATE: February 27, 1989 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: <br /> To consider proposed amendments to the Zoning ordinance for <br /> the purpose of protecting lands of public interest, and apply <br /> II such standards to land designated as Public Interest Areas in <br /> the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: <br /> In order to provide consistency between the Orange County <br /> Comprehensive Plan and the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, it <br /> is necessary to zone properties designated as Public. Interest <br /> Areas to comparable and compatible zoning districts. The <br /> majority of land in the Public Interest Area Comprehensive <br /> Plan Land Use Designation is owned by Duke University. <br /> There was considerable concern regarding the limitation on <br /> uses which would be permitted in the Duke Forest lands as a <br /> result of any rezoning. A long range plan for the use of <br /> Duke Forest was prepared by the University, and rezoning was <br /> postponed in order for Orange County to consider the results <br /> of the plan during the rezoning process. <br /> Three classes of the proposed <br /> land classification system <br /> recommended in the Duke Forest report affect portions of Duke <br /> Forest in Orange County. They include the following: <br /> Class 1 - Permanent Research Forest <br /> Class 2 - Research Project Land <br /> Class 4 - Residual Endowment Land <br />