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Attachment 4 <br />Because the UDO has been amended since these comments were made, referenced sections may be slightly off as some portions of the UDO have been <br />renumbered. <br />16 <br />Implementation Bridge - Future Phase Suggestions Planning Staff Comment <br />51.Will staff be making recommendations to shorten any of the <br />processes? <br />Significant amendments pertaining economic development were <br />adopted on February 7, 2012. Staff recommends waiting to re-evaluate <br />the process until after a project has been processed under the revised <br />regulations. One way to shorten approval processes that require a public <br />hearing would be to dismantle the quarterly public hearings and allow <br />public hearings to occur at any regular BOCC meeting (or specify <br />allowable meetings each year). This would also necessitate a change in <br />having joint public hearings with the Planning Board. In some <br />jurisdictions, the Planning Board makes its recommendation before the <br />public hearing (e.g., the recommendation is based on planning principles <br />only). Additionally, the timeframe could be minorly shortened by <br />changing current policies like having the BOCC approve the legal ad. <br />BOCC approval of the legal ad adds approximately 1 month to the front- <br />end of the process. <br />52. <br />There is an unusual threshold requirement in the Subdivision <br />Regulations – the 21st lot of a subdivision kicks you into an Special <br />Use Permit (SUP) process. Needs to be looked at again – make part <br />of future changes. Planning Board should be able to approve 20 <br />lots or less (without BOCC involvement). <br />These thresholds were debated at the time they were adopted (early <br />2000's). The BOCC will have to decide if it would like to change the <br />current process which requires BOCC approval of subdivisions containing <br />5 or more lots (generally; there are other criteria that also define <br />subdivisions). <br />53.Are there metrics and stats for approval time for each approval <br />process? <br />54. <br />After staff and advisory board review, project went through <br />County Attorney review. Lengthened the process. Why didn’t <br />County Attorney review occur concurrent with staff review? <br />Streamline. <br />This process has been streamlined via internal processes. <br />55. <br />A time-line chart for each land-use review process (re-zoning, <br />subdivision, permits, land use amendments etc.) should be made <br />showing who reviews each step and when. <br />A process chart was included in Article 2 of the UDO for many of the <br />processes. <br />74