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3 <br /> PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> REFERENCE: Section 4.0 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION <br /> Subsection - Zoning Ordinance <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: _X_Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: X High Middle Low <br /> Comment: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: February 27, 1989 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To revise Section 4.0 of the Land Use <br /> Element of the Comprehensive Plan to: <br /> 1. Reflect the zoning of Cheeks <br /> Township; <br /> 2. Reflect the adoption of zoning plans <br /> for Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br /> Transition Areas; and <br /> 3. Reflect the application of the Rural <br /> Buffer zoning district and <br /> associated development standards to <br /> the Rural Buffer area designated on <br /> the Joint Planning Land Use Plan. <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: As summarized above. <br /> EXISTING PLAN PROVISIONS: See attached text. <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENT: Described below - proposed changes are <br /> underlined. <br /> 4.0 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION <br /> Zoning Ordinance <br /> The Zoning Ordinance is the major legal tool for implementing <br /> the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive. Plan. The Zoning <br /> Ordinance serves as the means to achieve the desired <br /> relationship between land uses; to prevent incompatible land <br /> use associations; and to encourage and provide incentives for <br /> the more compact and efficient land use patterns delineated <br /> in the Land Use Element. <br /> Simply stated, zoning is the division of a jurisdiction into <br /> different districts and the regulation of population density, <br />