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Purpose of Amendment <br />• Allow appropriate agricultural support enterprises within the Rural Buffer land use <br />classification <br />• Will augment allowable uses famers can pursue in order to generate additional <br />farm-related income while minimizing any adverse impacts on adjoining property <br />• Intent is to better enable farmers to keep farming which will help preserve <br />the rural heritage of Orange County, including the geographic area that <br />comprises the Rural Buffer <br />• Balance between rights of property owner and rights of neighboring property <br />owners <br /> <br />Two Proposed ASE Amendments <br />• Outside of Rural Buffer land use classification <br />• Within Rural Buffer land use classification <br />• Requires amendments to Joint Planning Area documents <br />• Orange County, Towns of Chapel Hill & Carrboro must approve JPA <br />amendments <br />• March 27, 2014 joint planning public hearing <br />• JPA documents must be amended before these proposed <br />UDO/Comprehensive Plan changes can be adopted by Orange County <br />• Will be on longer review/approval timeframe <br />• The more intensive uses could not be considered in the Rural Buffer, under the <br />current proposal <br /> <br />Unified Development Ordinance & Comprehensive Plan Amendments <br />• Only a few changes/additions would be necessary to the ASE text applicable outside of <br />the Rural Buffer to allow ASE uses within the Rural Buffer <br />• District chart in Article 3 <br />• Additions to RB zoning district in Table of Permitted Uses for General Use <br />Zoning Districts <br />• Noting that some uses shall not be approved in the ASE-CZ if located in the <br />Rural Buffer <br />• Additions to some of the use-specific standards in Article 5 <br />• Comprehensive Plan amendment to allow new ASE-CZ zoning district in the Rural <br />Buffer land use category <br /> <br />Project Review/Approval Process <br />• Depends on use being proposed within the Rural Buffer <br />• Three basic processes: <br />• Staff review/approval <br />• Special Use Permit <br />• Class B is reviewed/approved by Board of Adjustment <br />• Class A is reviewed/approved by Board of County Commissioners (none <br />in RB) <br />• Rezoning <br />• General Use district (not applicable in the Rural Buffer) <br />• Conditional district (including proposed ASE-CZ) <br />• All projects within the Rural Buffer are sent to JPA partners for review and comment, in <br />accordance with the JPA Agreement <br /> <br />Permitted Outright vs. SUP or Conditional Zoning <br />254