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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 5„ 1990 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # X <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS - INTERIM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br /> (ZONING ORDINANCE -- ARTICLE 6 . 15 .2 ) <br /> (SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS - SECTION IV-C-2) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _X_No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Existing/Proposed Ordinance Planning Director - Extension 346 <br /> Amendments <br /> Proposed University Lake TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Watershed Protection Agreement Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham Estates Subdivision Plan Durham - 688-7331 <br /> 11/27/89 Public Hearing Minutes Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> 12/18/89 Planning Board Minutes Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> Watershed Analysis Summaries <br /> 1/16/90 Planning Board Minutes <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to the interim <br /> development standards applicable in University Lake <br /> watershed. The proposed amendments, if adopted, would <br /> provide more flexibility in the administration and <br /> application of the current standards contained in <br /> Article 6 . 15 .2 of the Zoning Ordinance and <br /> Section IV-C-2 of the Subdivision Regulations. <br /> BACKGROUND: In March, 1989, the Final Report -University Lake <br /> Watershed Study was issued by Camp, Dresser & McKee <br /> (CDM) . Following the release of the Final Report, the <br /> Town of Carrboro adopted a moratorium on development <br /> within that portion of its planning and zoning <br /> jurisdiction in University Lake watershed, pending a <br /> decision on water quality protection strategies. <br /> Orange County subsequently adopted interim development <br /> standards for the watershed for a six-month period, <br /> including a five-acre minimum lot size where more than <br /> five lots are created. OWASA also continued its <br /> moratorium on water and sewer extensions into the <br /> watershed. <br /> In addition to the above actions, the governing boards <br /> of Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro adopted <br /> resolutions, requesting that the Joint Chatham-Orange <br /> Work Group review the study and provide recommended <br />