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O R A N G E C O U N T Y 13 <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1 <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: AMMst 26, 1991 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # G C) <br />SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br />ARTICLE 6.27 - AFFORDABLE HOUSING <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING -X —Yes No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Amendment <br />Chapter 246 - 1991 Session Law <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Mary Scearbo extension 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 citizen comment on a proposed Zoning <br />Ordinance amendment which would allow application of <br />density bonus provisions for affordable housing to <br />all residential development projects. <br />BACKGROUND In May, 1990, the Zoning Ordinance was amended to <br />allow a density increase of up to 50% for <br />developments which reserve a percentage of the units <br />for occupancy by low or moderate income households. <br />At this time, the density bonus provisions apply only <br />to Planned Developments. Recent legislation provides <br />the authority for orange County to extend the <br />provisions to all developments subject to the Zoning <br />Ordinance. The bonus provisions could then be <br />applied to Site Plans, Special Use Permits, and <br />Subdivisions. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Staff recommends approval of the <br />proposed amendment. <br />