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057 <br /> Orange County Subdivision Ordinance <br /> 1) Changes to extend to all subdivisions,county-wide, the requirement to dedicate <br /> recreation land (where such land is called out on the County's Land Use Plan <br /> Recreation Element or Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan as desired for <br /> recreation/open space purposes) or payment in lieu of dedication (where the <br /> subdivision does not include such lands). <br /> The following sections describe the proposed ordinance amendments in more detail, <br /> and also five the Carrboro Administration's comments on them. <br /> • <br /> 1. Proposed Environmental Impact Ordinance (DRAFT), <br /> This Ordinance would stand alone as part of the County Code -- it is not an <br /> amendment to the Zoning or Subdivision Ordinances. The Ordinance lays out the <br /> process by which the County can require a review of the environmental impact of <br /> various projects, under the authority granted by the North Carolina Environmental <br /> Policy Act,especially NCGS 113A-8. <br /> OVERALL COMMENT CONCERNING THE ORDINANCE'S APPLICABILITY: The Town is <br /> concerned about the proposed applicability of the Ordinance to projects within the <br /> Carrboro Planning Jurisdiction, including the corporate areas, ETJ and Joint Planning <br /> Transition Areas. As it is currently worded,the County EIS Ordinance would <br /> require environmental review for certain projects "...within the County's jurisdiction <br /> under the North Carolina Environmental Policy Act...". There is no specific statement <br /> that that requirement will not apply within the planning jurisdictions -- including <br /> the Transition Areas --of municipalities within the County. This is of great concern <br /> to the Town. The Town's agenda for the fall of 1989 includes continued review of a <br /> local Environmental Impact Ordinance, on which the Town wants a full local and <br /> joint planning public hearing process to occur before a decision is made as to <br /> whether it should apply within Carrboro's planning jurisdiction. As it is currently <br /> written,the County ordinance would likely be applicable within Carrboro's planning <br /> jurisdiction, although Carrboro will have had very little or no opportunity for input <br /> to the Ordinance drafting or review processes. The Town has no difficulty with <br /> County unilateral actions that affect only areas within-the.County's planning and <br /> zoning jurisdiction, but does object to County unilateral actions that directly affect <br /> areas within Carrboro's planning and zoning jurisdiction. <br /> PARTICULARS OF THE ORDINANCE The Ordinance requires that an Environmental <br /> Assessment form be filed for all non-exempt projects that: <br /> * require State permits: a Mining Permit, NPDES permit, State Non-DiScharge <br /> Permit or State permit for Oil Refining;or <br /> • are required by a state or federal agency to file environmental documentation;or <br /> 2 <br />