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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 1, 1989 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # g.-444 <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> (ARTICLE 12 - LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS) <br /> (ARTICLE 7.20.4J - LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING, MOBILE HOME <br /> PARKS) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Crudup <br /> Extension 574 <br /> Proposed Amendment <br /> 5/22/89 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> 6/19/89 Planning Board Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to Article 12 of the <br /> Zoning Ordinance, Landscaping and Screening <br /> Requirements. <br /> BACKGROUND: Article 12 establishes landscaping and screening <br /> requirements that apply during site plan review. Site <br /> plans are required for Special Use Permits, including <br /> planned developments, for churches, and for building <br /> permits on non-residential lots. <br /> Last year Section IV-B-8 of the Subdivision <br /> Regulations was amended to incorporate some of the <br /> screening requirements from the Zoning Ordinance. The <br /> purpose of the proposed amendments to Article 12 is to <br /> provide more consistency between the subdivision <br /> landscape regulations and the requirements for <br /> landscaping and screening contained in the Zoning <br /> Ordinance. <br /> Portions of Section IV-B-8 have been added to Article <br /> 12 including provisions to establish tree protection <br /> areas and require a minimum number of trees on lots <br /> for which site plans have been submitted. The schedule <br /> of required buffers between land uses and the <br /> standards for those buffers have been substituted for <br /> the existing screening requirements. Illustrations of <br />