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NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: Planning Board Report Period: 2013 calendar year for annual report; 2014 calendar year for work plan ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ANNUAL REPORT/ WORK PLAN FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The Board of Commissioners welcomes input from various advisory boards and commissions in preparation for its annual planning retreat. Please complete the following information, limited to the front and back of this form. Other background materials may be provided as a supplement to, but not as a substitute for, this form. Board/Commission Name: Planning Board Person to address the BOCC at work session- if applicable- and contact information: Pete Hallenbeck, Chair, (919) 732-6551, pete@eflandfd.org (please note the Chair may change in January when the Planning Board holds elections – the Chair at the time the work session is held will address the BOCC) Primary County Staff Contact: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; secondary contact: Perdita Holtz, Planner III (Planning Systems Coordinator) How many times per month does this board/commission meet, including any special meetings and sub-committee meetings? On average, twice per month (12 regular meetings + 4 Quarterly Public Hearings + special or sub-committee meetings). Brief Statement of Board/Commission’s Assigned Charge and Responsibilities. Under the authority of NC General Statute, the BOCC created the Planning Board to embark upon a continuing planning program, including but not limited to the preparation and maintenance of a Comprehensive Plan for Orange County, in protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare of present and future residents, landowners and visitors. The duties of the Planning Board are listed in Section 1.6.3 of the Unified Development Ordinance. What are your Board/Commission’s most important accomplishments? Within last 3-years: • Three separate UDO text amendments that revised numerous regulations in order to better promote activity in the Economic Development Districts, Commercial Transition Activity Nodes, and Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Nodes. • UDO text amendment to add a new conditional zoning district – Rural Economic Development Area (REDA) – that is applicable to the geographic area in the “Highway 57 Speedway Area” Small Area Plan. • Future Land Use Map and Zoning Atlas amendments in the Eno EDD Area. • Zoning Atlas amendment to pre-zone certain properties (232 acres) in the Buckhorn/Mebane Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Nodes (CITAN) to prepare the area for eventual non-residential development. (This is the area Morinaga recently announced they will locate in). • UDO text amendment to address the development of solar arrays. More recently: • UDO, Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Atlas Amendments to adopt two new Attachment 1 18