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O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 26 1991 <br />SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br />ARTICLE 22 - DEFINITIONS (Site Specific <br />Plan, Vested Right) <br />ARTICLE 14.3 - SITE PLAN REVIEW <br />ARTICLE 8 - SPECIAL USES <br />143 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # C <br />Development <br />SUBDIVISIONS REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS <br />SECTION II - DEFINITIONS (Site Specific Development <br />Plan, Vested Right, Minor Subdivision) <br />SECTION III -D - APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING _X —yes No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Summary of SB 766 Mary Scearbo - Extension 2583 <br />Proposed Amendment <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 provisions for the <br />vesting of property rights as required by Senate Bill <br />766, ratified July 22, 1990. <br />BACKGROUND: Senate Bill 766 provides that local governments <br />establish ordinance provisions pertaining to the point <br />at which property rights become vested. The <br />provisions of Senate Bill 766 go into effect on <br />October 1, 1991. <br />Currently, the right to complete a development, even <br />if zoning regulations change, is vested when a <br />building permit is issued. The project remains vested <br />for as long as the building permit remains valid. A <br />development may also be vested if there have been <br />"substantial expenditures" made in good -faith reliance <br />an a approved permit. <br />The new vesting legislation is in addition to this <br />current law, and requires that a vested right be <br />established for at least 2 years upon the approval, <br />after a public hearing, of a "Site Specific <br />Development Plan ". <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Staff recommends approval of the proposed <br />amendment. <br />