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0 <br />0 <br />14'7 <br />0 RANGE C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1 <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 29 1990 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # G -2-0- <br />SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br />Article 22 - Definitions (Efficiency Apartment) <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING X Yes No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Amendment <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Mary Scearbo ext.2583 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comment on a proposed amendment to the <br />definition of "efficiency apartment" to allow flexibility as <br />to the location of such units. <br />BACKGROUND: Single -- family dwelling units may contain an efficiency <br />apartment. Current standards require that the <br />efficiency apartment be located within or attached to <br />the principal residence. <br />Planning Staff has encountered difficulty in <br />determining if an efficiency apartment is "attached" in <br />a manner which complies with the intent of the <br />ordinance. In one instance, it was requested that the <br />efficiency apartment be "attached" to the primary <br />residence via a 100 -foot long enclosed walkway. <br />The proposed amendment would allow an efficiency <br />apartment as a separate structure, provided that <br />size limitations are met to assure that the structure <br />is accessory to the principal residence. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the proposed <br />amendment referred to the Planning Board for <br />recommendation. <br />