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Plan/Agreement which is a joint planning effort between Orange County and the <br />Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. By better enabling farmers to stay in the <br />business of farming, the rural, farming heritage of Orange County will continue to be <br />preserved. <br /> <br />Additional information about this topic is available on the Planning Department’s <br />website at: http://orangecountync.gov/planning/SpecialProjects.asp <br /> <br />Purpose: To review the item and receive public comment on the proposed text <br />amendments. <br /> <br />PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING <br />for this proposal <br /> <br />In an effort to better inform interested persons in an informal setting, a Public <br />Information Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2014. Interested <br />persons will have the opportunity to hear a presentation and ask questions <br />about the proposed amendments. The Public Information Meeting will be <br />held in the Food Lab of the Environmental and Agricultural Center located at <br />306 Revere Road in Hillsborough and will begin at 6:00 p.m. <br /> <br />8. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment: In accordance with <br />the provisions of Section 2.8 Zoning Atlas and Unified Development Ordinance <br />Amendments of the Unified Development Ordinance, the Planning Director has <br />initiated amendments to the text of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). <br /> <br />The purpose of the amendments is to change the existing public hearing process for <br />Comprehensive Plan-, UDO-, and Zoning Atlas-related items/amendments. <br />The following Sections are proposed for amendments: 2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 2.8, 5.10.2. <br /> <br />The proposed amendments would replace the existing joint Board of County <br />Commissioners (BOCC)/Planning Board quarterly public hearings with a minimum of <br />eight (8) BOCC-only public hearing dates per year. The Planning Board would make <br />its recommendation to the BOCC after the public hearing but a quorum of Planning <br />Board members would no longer be necessary to hold a public hearing. <br /> <br />Purpose: To review the item and receive public comment on the proposed <br />amendments. <br /> <br /> <br />Substantial changes in items presented at the public hearing may be made following the <br />receipt of comments made at the public hearing. Accommodations for individuals with <br />physical disabilities can be provided if the request is made to the Planning Director at <br />least 48 hours prior to the Public Hearing by calling the one of the phone numbers <br />below. The full text of the public hearing items may be obtained no later than February <br />14, 2014 at the County website www.co.orange.nc.us at the Meeting Agendas link. <br />12